www.semafor.com
Business Insider recommended nonexistent books to staff as it leans into AI
Some titles on the list included books with extremely garbled titles and fake authors.
techpolicy.press
Taking on the AI Con | TechPolicy.Press
Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna are the authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, just out from Harper Collins.
www.newyorker.com
Two Paths for A.I.
The technology is complicated, but our choices are simple: we can remain passive, or assert control.
www.status.news
Dotdash in the Digital Age
Dotdash Meredith chief Neil Vogel talks to Status about dragging legacy titles into the digital era, navigating Barry Diller’s return, and delivers a sharp message to Google’s Sundar Pichai: stop stea...
www.bloomberg.com
Samsung Nears Wide-Ranging Deal With Perplexity for AI Features
Samsung Electronics Co. is nearing a wide-ranging deal to invest in Perplexity AI Inc. and put search technology from the artificial intelligence startup at the forefront of the South Korean company’s...
www.oneusefulthing.org
The recent history of AI in 32 otters
Three years of progress as shown by marine mammals
www.semafor.com
AI-powered fanfiction blurs political reality
Fake stories about real politicians sometimes get more views than real-world reporting that’s not built for the algorithms.
mikecaulfield.substack.com
Differences in link hallucination and source comprehension across different large language models
I've been waiting for someone else to talk about this, but I guess it will be me
youtu.be
Drone Technology in Ukraine - Automation, Lethality & The (Scary) Development Race
YouTube video by Perun
www.washingtonpost.com
Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind
OpenAI, Meta and others want people to spend more time with AI chatbots, but there is growing evidence that they can hook users or reinforce harmful ideas.
bit.ly
HIV’s Most Promising Breakthrough Has Taken a Hit
Several mRNA vaccine trials found a debilitating side effect, and now the Trump administration is cutting funding for more research.
appstories.net
Sky and Our 2025 Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence WWDC Wishes
blog.bitmex.com
Beyond the Pond Phish: Unraveling Lazarus Group's Evolving Tactics | BitMEX Blog
Lazarus Group, the infamous North Korean cybercriminal actors, tried to pull a fast one on BitMEX with a bogus NFT project. This article details how we observed their infection log database, providing...
www.eff.org
She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Lawmakers who support reproductive rights must recognize that abortion access and mass surveillance are incompatible. The systems built to track stolen ca...
www.npr.org
Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks
Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.
stratechery.com
The Agentic Web and Original Sin
Microsoft is putting forth compelling proposals for the Open Agentic Web. However, the proposal needs digital payments, which will be key to creating a new content marketplace for AI.
theins.press
Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squad
Russian GRU Unit 29155 is best known for its long list of murder and sabotage ops, which include the Salisbury poisonings in England, arms depot explosions in Czechia, and an attempted coup d’etat in ...
www.bloomberg.com
Apple Developer Event Will Show It’s Still Far From Being an AI Leader
Apple, a year after debuting its AI platform, will do little at WWDC to show it’s catching up to leaders like OpenAI and Google. Also: The latest macOS gets its new California theme; a look at why the...