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Weekly Review 31 July 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Many of the jobs once thought to be safe from replacement by AI are not so safe after all: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4198977/oecd-physical-labor-isnt-immune-from-ai-disruptions.html OpenAI is launching a web service to make it easier for businesses to deploy AI agents: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/22/openai-tries-the-consulting-path-with-presence-charging-enterprises-boots-on-the-ground-prices-to-deploy-agents/5275867 How CIO can tell […]

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Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content

Jess Asato’s particulars of claim states Grok added explicit sexual material users had not asked forA Labour MP who is taking legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images created by Grok says the AI tool was instructed to operate with “no restrictions on adult sexual content or offensive content”.Jess Asato’s lawyers

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Weekly Review 24 July 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Laptops and smart devices are banned by a law school over concerns of students using AI to cheat: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/laptop-ban-university-ai-backlash-b3013911.html The AI arms race in technical interviews: https://spectrum.ieee.org/technical-interview-ai-arms-race Which jobs are most threatened by AI in New Zealand: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361007179/kiwi-jobs-highest-risk-ai-automation South Korea launches

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‘We noticed a login from a new device’: the message from fraudsters targeting your X account

They are out to steal your password to commit further fraud such as crypto scams or phishing attacksYou have had an X account for years, since it was known as Twitter. When an email arrives about a new login from a location nowhere near where you live, alarm bells begin to ring.“We noticed a login

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Weekly Review 17 July 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI data centres are producing an enormous amount of pollution: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/pollution-ai-data-centers-severe Students using AI do not get smarter: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/09/brown-says-ai-make-class-dumb-teacher-must-help-use-better/5269291 In Singapore at least, only a tiny minority of workers use AI regularly: https://dataconomy.com/2026/07/08/singapore-workers-ai-daily-usage-6-percent-salesforce/ OpenAI won’t be the only AI company hit

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‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew

All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed blockSixteen- and 17-year-olds in Britain are to be encouraged to observe a midnight to 6am social media curfew but will be able to opt out by changing their account settings.From next spring, they will be urged to refrain from using

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Weekly Review 10 July 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):The AI bubble is a lot like the dotcom boom of the 1990s, and when it pops it will take down the global economy: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/29/how-the-ai-bubble-could-pop-and-take-down-the-global-economy-according-to-the-bis/5263793 Ford has to re-hire its experienced engineers after AI fails: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/30/ai-backfired-so-ford-had-to-rehire-humans-greybeard-engineers How to add Claude AI

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AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinionAI tools are twisting online messages on sensitive political topics about everything from abortion to climate change in ways that could snowball to reshape long-term public opinion, experts have said.As tech companies push AI tools as convenient ways to redraft

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Weekly Review 3 July 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI find security vulnerabilities so quickly we need AI to find solutions: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/618615/fighting-ai-with-ai-the-only-way-to-keep-up-on-new-frenetic-frontier AI coding costs will soon exceed the cost of human developers: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/24/ai-coding-agents-could-soon-cost-more-than-the-developers-using-them/5260864 Loop engineering looks like a scheme to funnel more money to AI companies: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/24/loop-engineering-latest-ai-buzzword-still-needs-humans-in-the-loop/5261735 People have

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Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced.The culture secretary’s department is the UK’s second to quit the Elon Musk-owned platform

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