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Established AI research Development 5d ago
Penn professor arrested blocking delivery robots

A retired Penn professor has been blocking Uber Eats robots for months. This week, she got arrested for it

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“@tressiemcphd.bsky.social some local news relevant to your interests. See also her professional/professorial credentials www.phillyvoice.com/philly-woman...”

“Marvin “plans to contest the charge on the grounds of her First Amendment right to protest” www.phillyvoice.com/philly-woman...”

Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago
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AI social technology framework essay

AI as Social Technology

6 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“14. Christensen suggests we are working to "increase the AI hype." Here's just one of many, _many_ examples of how we have been doing just that. Or, perhaps, not _quite_ just that. knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...”

“yup. Have you read this? knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a... It's very good.”

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ae: high modernism is actually what america needs right now
ae: note that this does not include "pseudo-religious beliefs about magical rainbows forever if we birth the Machine God"
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Established AI business Development 3d ago

Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram

4 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“How AI causes job loss: 1. Semafor highlights AI use in Dartmouth prof's oped. www.semafor.com/article/08/2... 2. Student journos find other examples. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026... 3. School reviews prof's Claude logs and he resigns: www.insidehigher…”

“The use of Pangram for witch hunting of writers continues: www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...”

Established AI business Analysis 4d ago
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Doctorow internet privacy essay

Pluralistic: The internet was made for privacy (31 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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“, "Not only are digital tools pretty dang good at helping you protect your privacy, but a society-wide abolition of privacy sets us up for infinite harms long into the future": pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/l...”

Established AI field signal Analysis 8d ago
Big Tech kills EU data protection

The Big Tech campaign to kill data protection in Europe | Corporate Europe Observatory

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“"we examine the massive lobbying campaign by Big Tech, look at Big Tech’s best friend Ireland, and explain why OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has suddenly taken such a keen interest in travelling to Germany" #GDPR corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/b...”

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Albanese government warned it is ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI

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“#Robodebt 2.0 very deliberate indeed by government, disgrace "IAT has been found to be routinely under-assessing people’s needs and package entitlements, with aged care assessors banned by the government from overriding incorrect algorithmic decisions" #mal…”

Established AI field signal Development 10d ago
UK Home Office AI secretly embedded

‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims

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“"@OpenRightsGroup is calling on the government to regulate AI, ban uses that are undemocratic and risk human rights violations, such as asylum applications, stronger freedom of information laws, a narrower definition of national security, a robust public re…”

Established AI field signal Development 6d ago
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students AI bots sway fictional election

Students use 'rage bait' and AI bots to sway fictional election

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“"Kaira is part of a competition led by researchers at the University of New South Wales, which pits teams against one another to manipulate social media to win a simulated vote" #disinformation training - hopefully completed by regulation discussion? www.ab…”

Established Policy & governance Development 8d ago
Australia AI chatbot intimacy ban

‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws

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“See ‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws | Australian politics | The Guardian share.google/z29pmLpxCNJ5...”

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Alissa Cooper: The largest search and AI companies announced that they're adopting a common way for publishers to declare their desire to opt out of having AI train on their content. But what does this really mea…
Justin Hendrix: The largest search and AI companies announced that they're adopting a common way for publishers to declare their desire to opt out of having AI train on their content. But what does this really mea…
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