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Ars Technica@arstechnica.com

Age-inappropriate content is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to AI toys, as we’re starting to see real research into their potential social impacts on children.

arstechnica.comThe new Wild West of AI kids’ toysThese connected companions could disrupt everything from make-believe to bedtime stories. No wonder some lawmakers want them banned.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

Will AI turn us all into hipsters and artisans? ft.trib.al/WFQWk9W | opinion

ft.trib.alWill AI turn us all into hipsters and artisans?There is good reason to be dubious about the notion that automation will supplant all demand for human labour

New York Magazine@nymag.com

Parents are worried AI use in the classroom is parasitic, siphoning their children’s intellectual curiosity, capacity for boredom, and data — all in order to make money.

nymag.comHelp! My Kindergarten Is All In on AI.Parents are worried AI use in the classroom is parasitic, siphoning their children’s intellectual curiosity, capacity for boredom, and data — all in order to make money.

Cyril Mychalejko@cmychalejko.bsky.social

Why We Need 'AI for the People', with Congressman Ro Khanna | “I believe if we just give the AI revolution to tech billionaires we’re going to have political unrest in this country,” @khanna.house.gov told me. (Transcript & Audio)

bit.lyINTERVIEW: Why We Need 'AI for the People', with Congressman Ro Khanna“I believe if we just give the AI revolution to tech billionaires we’re going to have political unrest in this country,” Khanna told me.

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com

February: Gallup says that due to cost reasons it will no longer do presidential approval polling May: Gallup says it is exploring "digital twin" technology that replaces human respondents with AI/LLM-generated answers news.gallup.com/opinion/meth...

news.gallup.comGallup Begins Research on Synthetic ResponsesGallup is exploring whether AI-generated agents perform well in predicting people's responses and where they fall short.

Futurism@futurism.com

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trib.alLarge Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring BadlyMany companies bet big on AI and laid off hundreds of employees to do so. Now, a survey reveals they're barely breaking even.

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com

Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.

techcrunch.comPoppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life | TechCrunchPoppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.

Opinion Today@opiniontoday.bsky.social

Americans are broadly pessimistic about AI’s impact. (@appc.upenn.edu) www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-pe...

The Verge@theverge.com

Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat

buff.lyMark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chatEnd-to-end encryption for AI, but not Instagram DMs.

Futurism@futurism.com

"OpenAI is Coke, Anthropic is Pepsi and Grok is RC Cola."

trib.alElon Musk's Attempts at AI Are Falling ApartThe number of new users installing Grok has fallen off a cliff as Elon Musk's xAI flounders on the world stage.

Reuters@reuters.com

Anthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200 million partnership for AI in health, education reut.rs/3RGY9n6

reut.rsAnthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200 million partnership for AI in health, educationAnthropic and ​the Gates Foundation have pledged $200 million to back artificial intelligence-related public goods ‌and areas including health and education, they said on Thursday.

Gizmodo@gizmodo.com

ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Bank Account and See All Your Transactions https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-can-now-connect-to-your-bank-account-and-see-all-your-transactions-2000759306

gizmodo.comChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Bank Account and See All Your TransactionsOpenAI unveiled a new feature on Friday that will allow users to share detailed financial information with the chatbot.

david farthing@davidfarthing.bsky.social

They won’t stop the grifting until it all burns to the ground.

Bucks County Beacon@buckscountybeacon.com

ICYMI: Why We Need ‘AI for the People’, with Congressman Ro Khanna | “I believe if we just give the AI revolution to tech billionaires we’re going to have political unrest in this country,” @khanna.house.gov told Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social. (Audio & Transcript Included)

buckscountybeacon.comINTERVIEW: Why We Need 'AI for the People', with Congressman Ro Khanna - Bucks County Beacon“I believe if we just give the AI revolution to tech billionaires we’re going to have political unrest in this country,” the vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus told Editor Cyril Mychal...

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social

Absolutely horrified at this planned study from my own institution: www.404media.co/researchers-... >>

404media.coResearchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI“With your permission, your child’s lead teacher may wear a small teacher-worn camera that captures the teacher's approximate first-person perspective, and/or we may place a fixed video camera in the ...

Derek Powazek@fraying.bsky.social

Starting to think AI psychosis is the most urgent mental health crisis in modern history. betakit.com/ai-godfather...

betakit.comAI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says we must convince AI that it’s our mother | BetaKitHinton says making AIs care more about us than themselves could keep them from wiping out humanity.

Sam Byers@sambyers.bsky.social

Genuine question: what exactly are we all doing.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social

Way to instantly kill any theoretical credibility you might've had. The author, Steven Rosenbaum, tries to downplay this but the details make it clear this is a massive and disgusting error.

nytimes.comBook on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org

In the race to keep up with skyrocketing demand for crude, oil and gas companies are increasingly turning to AI to gain an edge over their competition. Despite its growing use in the industry, few details are available to the public — or to the industry’s regulatory agency.

texastribune.orgTexas' big oil taps AI to dispose wastewaterFacing limited options, oil industry turns to AI to handle wastewater from oil production. Producers discovered other uses to streamline the process.

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologised for the upset caused to staff by his remarks about artificial intelligence replacing "lower value" human workers, but stopped short of retracting the comments on Friday.

reut.rsStanChart CEO apologises for 'upset caused' by AI commentsStandard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologised for the upset caused to staff by his remarks about ​artificial intelligence replacing "lower value" human workers, but stopped ‌short of retracting the comments on Friday.