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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.

Jesse Felder@jessefelder.com

‘While some cling to the promise of an AI “revolution,” the cost of adoption is proving a stubborn bottleneck. These developments also suggest that the economics of replacing human labor with AI may be more complicated than some early forecasts originally implied.’ fortune.com/2026/05/22/m...

fortune.comMicrosoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees | FortuneCompanies are racing to incentivize employees to use AI. But as some companies are finding, the more employees that use the technology, the heavier the bill.

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

San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com

CSU officials have renewed their contract with OpenAI for $13 million a year despite faculty opposition and millions of dollars in budget cuts across the system.

bit.lyCalifornia State University renews controversial systemwide contract with OpenAICSU officials have renewed their contract with OpenAI for $13 million a year despite faculty opposition and millions of dollars in budget cuts across the system.

Alexios Mantzarlis@mantzarlis.com

Today on @indicator.media: A handful of anonymous bots have taken over fact-checking on X. This isn’t hyperbole. In the first three weeks of May, just eight AI contributors wrote 50.3% of all visible Community Notes on the platform.

indicator.media8 AI bots now write 50% of X’s Community NotesThe crowdsourced moderation project faces a choice between scale and legitimacy

The Verge@theverge.com

Boots Riley is resolute in his belief that AI proponents and studio heads who say that gen AI is the future of filmmaking are simply lying. Read the full interview from @charlespulliam.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/entertainmen...