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 in a country like New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/594416/nz-s-ai-data-centre-boom-who-benefits-from-the-build-out
AI generated podcasts are starting to drown out new human created ones: https://www.extremetech.com/internet/aigenerated-podcasts-now-comprise-over-a-third-of-new-shows
If perfectly aligning AI with human goals is impossible, it might be better to have a diversity of AI: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-alignment
The more an AI considers its user’s feelings, the more likely it is to make a mistake: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/study-ai-models-that-consider-users-feeling-are-more-likely-to-make-errors/
Why we need to be careful not to over-hype the potential for AI to cure cancer: https://spectrum.ieee.org/can-ai-cure-cancer-javorsky
The good and bad of recursive self improvement in AI: https://spectrum.ieee.org/recursive-self-improvement
CEO feel they must make a choice: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ceos-ai-two-decisions
Outputs of AI need to be checked by humans, especially if you’re going to be fining people: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360975651/man-wrongly-fined-twice-parking-companys-ai-powered-cameras-takes-fight-commerce-commission
C++ developers are using AI more: https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/05/07/c-survey-finds-ai-use-rising-though-trust-is-in-short-supply/5234708
The problem with so much AI being based in the cloud is that sensitive data can end up in places where it’s not safe: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/07/europe-ai-translation-industry-deepl-partnering-us-firms
Some ways people have used AI in fitness and health, and their reactions: https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/may/06/ai-fitness-health-programs
Companies that use AI to reduce headcount are doing no better than companies that do not: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4167140/ai-led-job-cuts-dont-always-mean-stronger-roi-gartner.html
It’s faster and cheaper to use an API to process web pages compared to using an AI: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/07/ai-vision-agents-use-45x-more-tokens-than-apis-in-benchmark/5231346
While AI can in theory copy themselves to escape control, they are not yet able to do so: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/07/no-one-has-done-this-in-the-wild-study-observes-ai-replicate-itself
Yet another lawsuit over the use of copyrighted works to train AI: https://dataconomy.com/2026/05/06/publishers-accuse-meta-of-massive-copyright-infringement/
AI is making IT projects more complicated and harder to track: https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/as-ai-makes-projects-harder-to-track-will-cios-need-new-controls-
Using AI to power a robot pet for adults: https://spectrum.ieee.org/familiar-machines-and-magic
The people most excited about AI are the ones making money out of it. Everyone else is quite distrustful: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-perception-underclass
AI generated identity fraud is reducing trust in business: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/594423/ai-generated-identity-fraud-reported-by-more-than-half-of-businesses-report
The over-spending on AI is raising substantial financial risks: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/06/global-finance-watchdog-warns-over-private-credit-industry-fuelling-ai-boom
Even smart people can be fooled into thinking AI are conscious: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt
