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X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement

Media regulator announces commitments by Elon Musk’s platform to crack down on terrorist and hate contentElon Musk’s X platform has promised to block UK access to accounts linked to banned terrorist groups under an agreement with the communications regulator to crack down on terrorist and hate content.X will also review suspected illegal terrorist and hate […]

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Weekly Review 15 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Replacing people with AI is not generating meaningful returns: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/06/ai-layoffs-backfire-as-cutting-staff-doesnt-cut-it-firms-warned/5230631 Good leadership is vital to make an organisation AI native: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/news/366642764/Enterprises-are-making-an-AI-native-transformation Some suggested safeguards for AI to protect users’ mental health: https://spectrum.ieee.org/mental-health-chatbot-guardrails What are the trade-offs of building AI data centres

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Weekly Review 8 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI has taken away so much entry-level work it is forcing young people into being entrpreneurs: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/apr/25/gen-z-entrepreneurs-business-ai AI vendor lock-in is a thing, and it’s becoming costly for businesses: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/locked_stocked_and_losing_budget/ Zine creators continue to resist AI: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/28/zine-creators-fight-to-resist-ai-influence AI is finding flaws

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Weekly Review 1 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI generated music is becoming more common, and harder to detect by listeners: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/deezer-says-44-of-new-music-uploads-are-ai-generated-most-streams-are-fraudulent/ Michael Dell is funding research towards an AI-led hospital system: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360969141/michael-and-susan-dell-fund-ainative-medical-center-750 Out of date UK government web pages have been ingested by AI, which are now giving

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Weekly Review 24 April 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):People who use AI more have less confidence in their own intellectual abilities: https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-cognition-study The pain AI is causing educators-mostly caused by students using it to cheat: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/to-teach-in-the-time-of-chatgpt-is-to-know-pain/ AI on the edge of the cloud continues to be a growth area:

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French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over alleged child abuse images on X

Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unitBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesElon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.The

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Weekly Review 17 April 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):You can’t trust an AI shopping agent to not screw things up: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/target-ai-agent-tos Concepts you need to understand to use LLM AI effectively: https://www.kdnuggets.com/10-llm-engineering-concepts-explained-in-10-minutes Using AI means designers can evaluate designs orders of magnitude faster than before: https://spectrum.ieee.org/large-physics-models-design-engineering I understand that

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Starmer tells social media firms in No 10 meeting ‘things can’t go on like this’

PM summons senior figures from Meta, TikTok, Google and X and says social media is ‘putting our children at risk’Keir Starmer has told social media bosses “things can’t go on like this” in a Downing Street meeting over internet safety.The prime minister summoned senior figures at Meta, TikTok, Google and X to No 10 on

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Elon Musk’s X cuts payments to users who post clickbait

Platform says it will reward original creators as it penalises ‘aggregators’ for flooding timelines with ‘stolen posts’Business live – latest updatesElon Musk’s X has reduced payments to users who post clickbait and recycle news stories as it warned account holders against “flooding the timeline” with low-quality content.Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, wrote on the

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Reform UK voters least likely to see social media posts from family and friends, study finds

Thinktank says algorithms are fuelling isolation and division after analysing posts shown to social media usersReform UK voters are the least likely to see posts from friends and family on social media and most likely to see content from brands and news organisations, a study has found.The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) thinktank said

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