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More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate

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Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions More than 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter expressing “serious concerns” about AI development, saying that the company’s “all-costs justified, warp speed” approach to the powerful technology will cause damage to “democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth.” The letter,

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Virginia Democrat flips seat in state legislature by taking on datacenters

Artificial Intelligence, Democrats, Energy industry, Republicans, Technology, US news, US politics, Virginia

John McAuliff won against a Republican by focusing on something affecting all his constituents: the cost of energy John McAuliff, a 33-year-old small business owner and former civil servant, was one of the more unlikely Democrats to win election to Virginia’s legislature this month, after a campaign in which he could, at times, come off

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How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence (AI), Media, Palantir, Podcasts, Silicon Valley, Technology, US news

At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star A montage of Palantir’s CEO, Alex Karp, and waving US flags set to a remix of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck blasts out as the intro for the tech billionaire’s interview with Sourcery, a YouTube

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ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn

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Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs ChatGPT-5 is offering dangerous and unhelpful advice to people experiencing mental health crises, some of the UK’s leading psychologists have warned. Research conducted by King’s College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian

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‘It was extremely pornographic’: Cara Hunter on the deepfake video that nearly ended her political career

Artificial Intelligence, Deepfake, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish politics, Politics, Pornography, Society, Technology, UK news

The Irish politician was targeted in 2022, in the final weeks of her run for office. She has never found out who made the malicious deepfake, but knew immediately she had to try to stop this happening to other women When Cara Hunter, the Irish politician, looks back on the moment she found out she

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‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI

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In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it On the 8.49am train through Silicon Valley, the tables are packed with young people glued to laptops, earbuds in, rattling out code. As the northern California hills scroll past, instructions flash up

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AI and the bubble risk: How to win without the burn | Mint – livemint.com

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AI and the bubble risk: How to win without the burn | Mint  livemint.com The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago  The Conversation Mark Cuban to Perplexity, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft: You are overspending on AI, only one you  The Times of India Is Big Tech’s superintelligence narrative

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17-year-old from Uttar Pradesh build AI teacher Sophie, video shows it ‘teaching’ students | Hindustan Times – Hindustan Times

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17-year-old from Uttar Pradesh build AI teacher Sophie, video shows it ‘teaching’ students | Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times UP Class 12 student’s AI ‘robot teacher’ Sophie goes viral, sparks debate  India Today 17-year-old UP student builds fully functional AI robot teacher that can talk, teach and answer questions…  Moneycontrol 17-year-old Builds AI Teacher Robot ‘Sophie’  The Times of India

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Why bonds won’t protect you from an AI bubble | Stock Market News – livemint.com

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Why bonds won’t protect you from an AI bubble | Stock Market News  livemint.com Famed short seller Jim Chanos sees risks in growing debt market backed by Nvidia’s AI chips: ‘There’s going to be debt defaults’  Yahoo Finance Big tech companies in US tap debt markets for AI, cloud infrastructure  india.com AI Spending War And AI Debt Pile-Up

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