The Who's Who of AI

““As economists, they told me, they’re less concerned with literary quality or customer satisfaction than revenue growth and market expansion.” You don’t say.” evidence ↗

““Crazy, we go from no more [AI] leaderboard to actual usage limits in two weeks,” one Amazon employee said in a reply on Slack. www.404media.co/companies-ar...” evidence ↗

““The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT had assured Scott Winters that the early warning signs of his health crisis were “not something dangerous,” and had dissuaded him from seeking medical advice, instead telling him to trust that ‘God did not design your body t…” evidence ↗

““In the near future, surveillance systems will be able to track everything we do in public, and much of what we do in private.” - from a great op-ed by Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...” evidence ↗

“The Mayo Clinic's AI assistant has serious privacy problems, an extremely high error rate, and a team that manipulated data to lie about the tool. After raising concerns, the research director and AI compliance lead was fired. The future is bright! futurism…” evidence ↗

““We’re not far from the day when one state’s autonomous weapons will be capable of shooting at its adversary’s autonomous weapons. And once that possibility exists, there is a very real risk that it could happen by mistake, or by misunderstanding.” www.nyti…” evidence ↗

“"The most promising thing is that people really care about #privacy. Poll after poll shows it. They’re angry about how technology companies are unleashing new technologies recklessly, without accountability." By @daniel-solove.bsky.social www.wsj.com/tech/c…” evidence ↗

““The vast majority of the talent and agents at our events felt that these were a violation of their privacy and were damaging and spoiling the interactions at the tables. Several expressed concerns that they might not continue to attend in-person events if …” evidence ↗

“The expanded class action suit accuses X “of shielding child predators by obstructing police investigations into Grok-generated child sex abuse materials (CSAM).” CW for descriptions of child harm and sexual assault.” evidence ↗

““…AI cannot account for consent. For women and other marginalized communities, what matters is not the content of the image, but the lack of consent, the harm experienced, and the intention with which the abuse is perpetrated.”” evidence ↗

“Today in luxury surveillance.” evidence ↗

““The study found that on test accounts configured for minors, the ubiquitous search engine’s AI features failed to detect suicide risks, said an eating disorder symptom was normal, and provided instructions for creating deepfakes, or sexually explicit fake …” evidence ↗

““MIT is spending over $3 million on more than 500 AI surveillance cameras in academic buildings, residence halls, and outdoor areas along Memorial Drive.”” evidence ↗

““…the safeguarding concerns around covert filming are real enough for many nurseries and schools to have started banning them from the premises.”” evidence ↗

““Researchers asked 272 experts to evaluate 24 AI risks based on their likelihood and severity of harm between 2025 and 2030.”” evidence ↗

““There are two features in this category. First is the photo critique, which includes a ‘professional’ opinion about framing, lighting, colors, and emotional impact.” 🙃” evidence ↗

“The argument laid out in the article is basically that holding ai companies liable for the harm their products cause will stifle innovation 🙄” evidence ↗

““Macon County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to defund the county's Flock Safety license plate reader camera program after hours of public debate over privacy concerns and public safety.”” evidence ↗