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"AI" is bad UX
teapot from the cover of Don Normanās āThe Design of Everyday Thingsā clumsily āshopped by me "AI" means bad UX There is an emergent strain of thought in...
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Reading about Tricolor, a subprime auto lender that went under after it turned out it was a massive fraud scheme where they double pledged collateral to loans and falsified receivables. Their CEO literally asked Grok how to get through the collapse ālike Enronā
www.ft.com/content/0d1a...
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Superb piece on why āAIā is bad user design from @sifu.tweety.fish - and why AI proponents and skeptics so frequently seem to be talking completely past each other.
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
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Since the Internet Archive has popped back into relevance tonight, just an FYI: It's one of a handful of tech nonprofits that have low-key become super important *in general* over the years, and perhaps especially this year.
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me
I feel like thereās a story to be done on the under-recognized importance of tech nonprofits to modern journalism. E.g.: ā¢ Signal ā¢ RECAP/Courtlistener ā¢ Internet Archive/Wayback Machine ā¢ Wikipedia/Wikimedia See also: nonprofit outlets like AP, ProPublica, and RNS, obvi.
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The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
www.youtube.com
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The ROI for tech companies in this scam is going to be absolutely massive. $23 million and they get to worm their way into classrooms.
www.nbcnews.com
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
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"A Context investigation has found that renewable energy infrastructure in Mexico is not growing anywhere near fast enough to meet the rising demands of AI, forcing companies in QuerĆ©taro state, epicentre of the boom, to rely on fossil fuels.ā
www.context.news
AI data boom in Mexico fuels rise in dirty energy | Context by TRF
A boom in U.S. data centres is devouring fossil fuels in Mexico - and hitting locals with power cuts and pollution
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EFFās Jacob Hoffman-Andrews helped @WashingtonPost.com develop a privacy self-defense guide for deleting the file your chatbot keeps on you, with settings for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini and Meta AI. www.washingtonpost.com/teā¦.
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Ready or Not, Here They Come ā Notes From the AI Force-Feed ā¦. talkingpointsmemo.com/edbā¦.
talkingpointsmemo.com
Ready or Not, Here They Come ā Notes From the AI Force-Feed ā¦.
I just got a new iPhone. I didnāt need a newer version....
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Iām so glad we put so much financial and political support behind the tech industry so they can come up with amazing new ideas like charging you 23% more for the same groceries
TheDesk.net@thedesk.net
#BREAKING: Instacart says it will halt a practice that used AI to adjust the cost of groceries for different shoppers after a study found some customers were paying as much as 23% more for the same items.
www.instacart.com
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Lucid's Gravity SUV arrives with high expectations and facing big risks -- by Robert Ferris @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/12/20/l...
www.cnbc.com
Lucid's big SUV arrives with high expectations, and big risks
Lucid Motors says its Gravity SUV will sell far better than its Air sedan. But Lucid is losing money, and the rollout has been challenging.
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Marsha Blackburn Bundles Every Bad Tech Bill Into One, Slaps Trumpās Name OnĀ It
Fourteen years ago, right after the FCC issued its order on net neutrality, Marsha Blackburn flipped out and released a video talking (misleadingly!) about how wonderful Facebook and Twitter were and how they would beā¦
www.techdirt.com
Marsha Blackburn Bundles Every Bad Tech Bill Into One, Slaps Trumpās Name OnĀ It
Fourteen years ago, right after the FCC issued its order on net neutrality, Marsha Blackburn flipped out and released a video talking (misleadingly!) about how wonderful Facebook and Twitter were and how they would be destroyed if the big evil government interfered in any way with the internet. As she says āthere has never been a time when a consumer needed a federal bureaucrat to interveneā¦ā
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šThe RAISE Act has passed in NY.
A major victory for AI accountability, transparency, and public safetyāand a reminder that organizing works. Proud to celebrate this win with our coalition. More soon.āØ
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/1ā¦.
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āFlock's ambitions go far beyond license-plate surveillance,ā EFFās @cooperq.com told @404Media.co. āFlock's goal isn't to catch stolen cars, their goal is to have total surveillance of everyone all the time." www.404media.co/flock-expos...
www.404media.co
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
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ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped
techcrunch.com
ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped | TechCrunch
The experience includes awards, poems, and pictures referencing your year in chat.
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obligatory plug of this piece @kara-williams.bsky.social and I wrote a few months ago explaining the stakes of policymaking with vague/improper ideas of what AI means
consumerfed.org/specific-ā¦.
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These rebranding attempts are getting more ridiculous.
www.businessinsider.com
The CEO of Microsoft AI says AI chatbots are a powerful way for humans to offload emotions and 'detoxify ourselves'
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI's CEO, has described using AI for guidance on life decisions as "something that the world needs."
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Daily Deal: The Complete IT Exams TrainingĀ Bundle
The Complete IT Exams Training Bundle covers five platforms -- Cisco, AWS, CompTIA, Microsoft, Google, and Linux -- with expert-led courses, labs, and exam prep. The bundle comes with access to multiple exam preparation platforms includingā¦
www.techdirt.com
Daily Deal: The Complete IT Exams TrainingĀ Bundle
The Complete IT Exams Training Bundle covers five platforms -- Cisco, AWS, CompTIA, Microsoft, Google, and Linux -- with expert-led courses, labs, and exam prep. The bundle comes with access to multiple exam preparation platforms including LinuxPath, DojoLab, CodeDirect, and ExamsDigest. Youāll be able to train for CompTIA Security+, AWS Solutions Architect, Cisco CCNA, Linux+, and others (exams and certification not provided in this bundle).
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For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
www.techpolicy.press
Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power.
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Captured FTC beclowns itself, eagerly lets lawbreaking AI company off the hook: www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
www.ftc.gov
FTC Reopens and Sets Aside Rytr Final Order in Response to the Trump Administrationās AI Action Plan
Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued an order to reopen and set aside a 2024 final consent order involving Rytr LLC.
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"The democracy world is kind of in one silo, and we tech people are in another silo," said EFF's Cindy Cohn at an event hosted by @harvard.edu's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. "If we don't start talking to each other soon, bad things are going to continue to happen."
hls.harvard.edu
How technology supports and undermines democracy - Harvard Law School
At a recent event, experts urged collaboration between technologists and policymakers to protect the rule of law.
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