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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 8d

“Some furloughed workers at the Dept of Education expressed shock…to find that their out-of-office email messages had been changed without their knowledge to reflect the Trump administration’s view that the government shutdown was the fault of “Democrat Senators.””

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated Emails

www.nytimes.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11d

I wonder how long before unis who signed up for campus-wide ChatGPT accounts start asking for this kind of surveillance to be integrated into the student and worker versions.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12d

“This worldwide update includes the ability for parents, as well as law enforcement, to receive notifications if a child—in this case, users between the ages of 13 and 18—engages in chatbot conversations about self harm or suicide.”

OpenAI Adds Parental Safety Controls for Teen ChatGPT Users. Here’s What to Expect

OpenAI’s review process for teenage ChatGPT users who are flagged for suicidal ideation includes human moderators. Parents can expect an alert about alarming prompts within hours.

www.wired.com

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De Speld @speld.nl · 16d

Foort van Oosten: ‘Ik ben ook maar gewoon een man die 5 dagen geleden door de VVD is verzonnen

Demissionair minister van Justitie en Veiligheid Foort van Oosten heeft het boetekleed aangetrokken nadat hij, ondanks het dringende advies van de NCTV, eerder weigerde om de rellen in Den Haag van dit weekend expliciet

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · 17d

Dit is zo waar: veel Amerikaanse techreporters verwarren techsucces met denkkracht

Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 17d

I am begging people to stop conflating a person’s ability to make money to a person being worth listening to.

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 17d

Yes this is as strange and alarming as you think it is: www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · 18d

America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides

www.ft.com/content/e93e...

America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides

[FREE TO READ] FT analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits

www.ft.com

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Maudi63 @maudi63.bsky.social · 22d

I gotta give them props, the opening to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was pretty good. 👇

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 23d

Kimmel.

Colbert.

Suits against the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and 60 Minutes.

Extorting settlements from CBS, ABC, and others.

Blocking the AP's access to the White House. 🧵

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24d

TikTok’s U.S. business would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz under a framework the U.S. and China are finalizing.

Details Emerge on U.S.-China TikTok Deal

Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are part of an investor consortium that would control an 80% stake.

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · 24d

So it begins

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 24d

Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

Business Insider and the Bots

The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.

www.status.news

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ik schreef over Mike Judge, een softwareprogrammeur die dacht dat AI hem stukken productiever maakte. Totdat 'ie het ging meten.

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Deze programmeur dacht dat AI hem productiever maakte. En toen ging hij het meten

Dit gaat lekker, dacht Mike Judge. Hij maakte intensief gebruik van AI bij zijn dagelijkse programmeerwerk en werd wel 25 procent productiever. Tenminste, dat dácht hij. Want, blijkt uit onderzoek: AI...

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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · Sep 8

In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.

Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.

stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...

Peilingen duiden: 10 essentiële vuistregels voor duiders - StukRoodVlees

Zetelpeilingen worden vaak misbruikt. Een tiental vuistregels om je publiek niet voor te liegen met non-nieuws.

stukroodvlees.nl

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · Sep 5

En dat kost je slechts 1 miljoen voor de inauguratie

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 4

“The business commitments include things like cash prizes for students and teachers who use AI in educational ways, and cheap or free access to the companies' AI tools, trainings and certifications.”

Big tech signs on to White House plan for AI education in US schools

The White House hosted several tech and AI leaders at an event today centered on teaching artificial intelligence in US schools.

www.engadget.com

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Rop Gonggrijp @rop.gonggri.jp · Sep 3

EU laws are cute, as long as we don't try to enforce them against American corporations.

Given US dominance in tech and this level of clarity, the silver lining here is that the EU and the member states can fire thousands of lawyers and close entire institutions.

No point, is there?

EU Google antitrust penalty halted amid Trump’s tariff threats

The decision was paused by Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič against the wishes of Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera.

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Olaf Koens @olafkoens.bsky.social · Sep 1

In minder dan een week tijd;

* vuurt Rusland raketten af op een pand in Kyiv waar de EU een kantoor heeft;
* vliegt het drones over wapenroutes in Duitsland;
* verstoort het de GPS in Bulgarije zodat Von der Leyen niet kan landen...

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Sep 1

A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS interference yesterday, with Russia suspected of being behind the attack.

Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming

Commission president was on a tour of frontline states when her plane was target of interference.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · Aug 26

Will the Train Coming Out of This Movie Screen Kill Everyone in the Theater?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 26

Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times

As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient

www.theguardian.com

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Yaël Eisenstat @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm one of the 37 targeted below by DNI Tulsi Gabbard. I haven't had a clearance nor worked in government since 2013. This is political theater & a dangerous example of government abusing its powers to punish private citizens for openly exercising their 1st Amendment rights. My full statement:

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Alderik Oosthoek @alderik.bsky.social · Aug 25

“President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar with the matter said” www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Exclusive: Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law, sources say | Reuters

President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar with the matter said, over U.S. complaints that the law censors Americans and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies.

www.reuters.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 19

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

www.theverge.com/news/761338/...

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ...
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The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5
successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting
with in 2023.
Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output."
The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can
give incorrect responses."
Copy Share Select all Web search Dictionary
...

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · Aug 19

👌

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 19

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 19

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

www.theverge.com/news/761338/...

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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · Aug 19

95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing fortune.com/2025/08/18/m...

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Aug 19

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

President @realDonaldTrump showing President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hat 🤣🇺🇸

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The Tell-Tale Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · Jul 19

The most depressing AI pieces are always going to be the thoughtful, nuanced, open-minded considerations by respected writers who are transparently responding to the publicity incentive created by editors whose owners want this kind of content

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Miles Kellerman @mileskellerman.bsky.social · Aug 14

Reuters reports the US is embedding tracking devices in the packaging of AI chip shipments to China.

As I wrote in a recent post (below), the ultimate goal is much more ambitious: embed tracking into the chips themselves.

#polisky #econsky #lawsky

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · Aug 12

😮

The Journal @thejournal.ie · Aug 12

The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643

UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall

The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.

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Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social · Aug 11

Wie in een stuk over AI schrijft 'dit is inmiddels geen science fiction meer' (oid) is af

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