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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.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social

From hands-on career teaching in NM, to integrating AI into math lessons in NJ, to marching in AL for voting rights, to demanding an end children’s detention in DC, @aft.org members make it clear: We should invest in our kids & communities - not a slush fund for Trump’s allies. youtu.be/45rLAD6W8n8

youtu.beOur Tax Dollars: For Families & Schools, Not Political AlliesYouTube video by AFT

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social

Cloudflare’s CEO explains why despite over 30% revenue growth, they are laying off 20% of staff. He argues that there are 3 types of workers; builders, sellers and measurers (middle managers, legal, HR, operations, etc). AI makes it possible to automate the last group and he expects everyone will