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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 […]
Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Using AI leads to people losing their logical thinking skills: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/research-finds-ai-users-scarily-willing-to-surrender-their-cognition-to-llms/ These five statistical biases are worth knowing if you work with AI training data: https://www.kdnuggets.com/the-most-common-statistical-traps-in-faang-interviews One way to defeat AI plagiarism in class is to make students use typewriters: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-professor-typewriters
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Company claims law regulating AI systems, set to go into effect in June, infringes on its first amendment rightsElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over a new AI law set to take effect in June.The suit seeks to block the state from enforcing the law, which
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Experts have been alarmed at the growth of deep misogyny dressed up as self-help on social media. We profile seven men from across the continent who are gaining tractionIt is not just Europe and the US that are grappling with a growing landscape of misogynistic influencers online. While Andrew Tate, Myron Gaines, Sneako and other
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Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past postsPosting significant events in your life, from birthdays to weddings and promotions, is a social media staple. But Jenny, like many other Britons recently, has hesitated over contributing to the infinite scroll.“I wouldn’t have even posted my
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Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI rollouts fail because staff are scared of AI: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/workplace_ai_forrester/ Looks like even AI can become over-confident from false praise: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/ai_models_persona_prompting/ Shoe-horning a huge AI model into a PC seems like an impressive engineering achievement for a problem that doesn’t exist:
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Last month, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter filed a criminal complaint over an offensive Grok post generated by an X user that requested that the chatbot “roast” the government official. According to Bloomberg, Keller-Sutter’s complaint seeks to hold the X user accountable for defamation and verbal abuse. She also “asked the prosecutor to assess whether
Musk loves Grok’s “roasts.” Swiss official sues in attempt to neuter them. Read More »
Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permissionAI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, a study into the technology has found.AI chatbots and agents disregarded direct instructions, evaded safeguards and deceived humans and
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Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):More doom and gloom about how AI is going to make young people unemployed. Not that the CEO of an AI company is really neutral about it: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ceo-ai-gen-z-unemployment Should AI agents have to prove they are working for a particular human?
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Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI-powered surveillance is booming in Africa: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/12/invasive-ai-led-mass-surveillance-in-africa-violating-freedoms-warn-experts Building a new AI data centre in New Zealand. Well, near Invercargill they won’t have to worry about cooling: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360951065/massive-ai-factory-could-impact-sea-life-cultural-values AI are now engaging in ad hominem attacks when they don’t get their way:
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