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It's not a daunting job. We could all make the list of potential harms right now, because they are all *completely predictable*. Altman and his leadership team need to give this person the authority to cease development; accepting that is the daunting part
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘This will be a stressful job’: Sam Altman offers $555k salary to fill most daunting role in AI
New head of preparedness at OpenAI will face unnerving in-tray amid fears from some experts that AI could ‘turn on us’
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It's not a daunting job. We could all make the list of potential harms right now, because they are all *completely predictable*. Altman and his leadership team need to give this person the authority to cease development; accepting that is the daunting part
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
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One thing 2025 made clear: Durable progress on climate in the US will require structural reform to our corrupted political systems. Otherwise, steps forward will always be vulnerable to the bloody clawbacks we saw this year. A political strategy that doesn't center system reform is not "pragmatic."
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
One thing 2025 made clear: Durable progress on climate in the US will require structural reform to our corrupted political systems. Otherwise, steps forward will always be vulnerable to the bloody clawbacks we saw this year. A political strategy that doesn't center system reform is not "pragmatic."
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the problems caused by AI data centers are all downstream of previous policy failures that should've been fixed with or without AI entering the picture
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
the problems caused by AI data centers are all downstream of previous policy failures that should've been fixed with or without AI entering the picture
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December 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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That first Nazgûl who lost Frodo right outside the Shire fucking choked
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
That first Nazgûl who lost Frodo right outside the Shire fucking choked
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I feel like my whole issue with the $100 games discussion is that I feel like there aren't any games I'd willingly pay 70 for right now. They keep giving games huge budgets and yet the only thing that feels like it's actually increasing here is the price
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I feel like my whole issue with the $100 games discussion is that I feel like there aren't any games I'd willingly pay 70 for right now. They keep giving games huge budgets and yet the only thing that feels like it's actually increasing here is the price
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This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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OpenAI is working on showing ads when users ask about products in ChatGPT. This is the most obvious choice for ads especially in the recently launched Shopping Research mode.
Google Search has a Shopping tab for the same exact need. Better than random ads unrelated to the conversation.
Google Search has a Shopping tab for the same exact need. Better than random ads unrelated to the conversation.
OpenAI’s Ads Push Starts Taking Shape
OpenAI executives have kept a tight lid on how the company could show advertisements to users of its popular ChatGPT chatbot, leaving the broader digital ad industry eager for clues. Behind the scenes...
www.theinformation.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
OpenAI is working on showing ads when users ask about products in ChatGPT. This is the most obvious choice for ads especially in the recently launched Shopping Research mode.
Google Search has a Shopping tab for the same exact need. Better than random ads unrelated to the conversation.
Google Search has a Shopping tab for the same exact need. Better than random ads unrelated to the conversation.
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Pleased to partner with Philip Morris on our “healthy smoking in schools” initiative
We know students, like the rest of the world, are using AI. Teachers need to be equipped to deal w/all the issues AI creates. Our approach starts with maximizing safety & privacy and empowering educators to make educational decisions, so AI tools can benefit not harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pleased to partner with Philip Morris on our “healthy smoking in schools” initiative
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Even more depressing is imagining me sending my friends a message telling them that our social planning now depends on an app that they need to download and that will extract their private data and text messages.
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Even more depressing is imagining me sending my friends a message telling them that our social planning now depends on an app that they need to download and that will extract their private data and text messages.
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I totally get it if an offer is so overwhelming you can't say no to trading Trey Murphy. But if the next era is about building around Queen, you can spend years trying to find a fit as good as Trey and never succeed. That's why the whole league wants him.
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I totally get it if an offer is so overwhelming you can't say no to trading Trey Murphy. But if the next era is about building around Queen, you can spend years trying to find a fit as good as Trey and never succeed. That's why the whole league wants him.
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
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In 2025, America saw the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. That’s just a preview of what’s to come as RFK Jr continues his rollback of vaccine guidance.
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In 2025, America saw the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. That’s just a preview of what’s to come as RFK Jr continues his rollback of vaccine guidance.
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I had lost all hope.
a man says just when i thought i was out in a kitchen
ALT: a man says just when i thought i was out in a kitchen
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I had lost all hope.
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Yet another billionaire ownership group successfully plays different municipalities against each other to secure public investment for their private business.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Yet another billionaire ownership group successfully plays different municipalities against each other to secure public investment for their private business.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
I'm sorry Shamit. You have to take one for the team.
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I'm sorry Shamit. You have to take one for the team.
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James Borrego knows what he's doing
Immediately back in on the suddenly explosive and fun again Pelicans, because there is nothing wrong with love
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
James Borrego knows what he's doing
PELS STACKED LEAGUE FUCKED!
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
PELS STACKED LEAGUE FUCKED!
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I’m Reposting this, because I believe Trans People should consume whatever they desire…
…even if it’s the equivalent of Diesel Fuel.
…even if it’s the equivalent of Diesel Fuel.
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I’m Reposting this, because I believe Trans People should consume whatever they desire…
…even if it’s the equivalent of Diesel Fuel.
…even if it’s the equivalent of Diesel Fuel.
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It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.
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I'm of the belief that journalism is a tool that can be used to hold people in power accountable but apparently bootlickers wanna turn that into a toxic trait
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I'm of the belief that journalism is a tool that can be used to hold people in power accountable but apparently bootlickers wanna turn that into a toxic trait