@ncdominie.bsky.social BBC News - Vatican excommunicates hundreds of thousands of splinter sect followers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And now it is Exeter's turn. Along with c.500 other academic staff, mostly in humanities, my job is 'at risk' in order to make c.150 of us redundant 😞

BBC News - Microsoft's claims over its quantum chip questioned in Nature article - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Tech giant Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs as it embraces AI www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What better way to spend the longest day than reading Solstice, by @ruthaylett.bsky.social and myself, from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/sols...

@ncdominie.bsky.social @josstified.bsky.social a radical solution to the Uni funding crisis. Instead of increasing pay year on year, reduce hours. That way, the more senior the staff, the less they're around to meddle. Also, make pensions 100% of final salary.

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

@amendlocke.bsky.social www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

BBC News - BMW says humanoid robots are the future of car production - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Waymo pauses robotaxis in five US cities after cars drive into flooded roads www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The survey...found an entrenched sensitivity about the topic, with nearly half of respondents saying they had felt judged for their class, and most ranking social class above age, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation in terms of how they think others see them. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

BBC News - 'Millions' of pounds saved by replacing Palantir tech in refugee system www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Thousands of Waymos recalled after robotaxi swept into a creek www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@ncdominie.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

BBC News - How sunburn inspired a new way to store energy - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@edmundgriffiths.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social One effect of Your Party navel gazing is that we had three leftist parties competing on the Lothian regional list for the Scottish Parliament: CPB, SSP and SWPB. I doubt their combined vote would save a deposit. Would YP have done better?

"Humans need rest and food, and under combat conditions those needs aren't always met," said Dr Rich Drake, UK general manager at Anduril Industries. "Computing allows us to reduce errors across what we call the kill chain." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There's a surprise... BBC News - Shell profits rise as Iran war pushes oil prices higher - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And for anyone interested in the pioneering work undertaken by women in archaeology @trowelblazers.bsky.social provide all the information you could possibly want trowelblazers.com

@prehistoricsociety.bsky.social I just came across this delightful image of a woman gathering honey, in Hugo Obermaier's "Fossil Man in Spain" from 1925.

Slightly diminish a book The Shed With The Green Shutters Greyvoe Greenbunnet The Cheap Green Place

AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

The streetlights might also be used to spot wanted or missing people using facial recognition, Fitzpatrick said. BBC News - UK firm aims to build 'data centre' using 50,000 lampposts in Nigeria - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Oscars says AI actors and writing cannot win awards www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The company claims its method is "10 times faster, 10 times cheaper and 90% as accurate as human polling". BBC News - Will AI lead to more accurate opinion polls? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@amendlocke.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

BBC News - BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC Archive just uploaded The Lonely Shore (1962), a surreal 15-minute short that takes the form of a scientific report from an abandoned and desolate future Britain. Written by Jacquetta Hawkes, an actual archaeologist, and directed by Ken Russell, an actual madman.

BBC News - UK sees steepest decline in healthy life expectancy of rich nations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heriot-Watt College graduate @hwucu.bsky.social

@mattpope.bsky.social @fossilhistory.bsky.social Keith Henderson, Prehistoric Man, 1927

@tessmachling.bsky.social Keith Henderson, Prehistoric Man, 1927

@amendlocke.bsky.social @edinburghsff.com @gsfwc.bsky.social BBC News - Meet the 19-metre octopus that prowled the ancient seas www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Meta says it will cut 8,000 jobs as AI spending grows www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meta to track workers' clicks and key strokes to squeeze every last second out of them. BBC News - Meta to track workers' clicks and keystrokes to train AI - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@stoneclub.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social Earl of Marchmont, Edinburgh

Experts have warned that the model potentially has an unprecedented ability to identify and exploit cybersecurity weaknesses. BBC News - Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

China is the new Japan? BBC News - Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There's a surprise. BBC News - Help to Buy mostly helped high earners, IFS says - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tonight! @ruthaylett.bsky.social will read from her new protest poetry collection 'Shouting in the Tunnel', joined by friends @zainrishi.bsky.social from Readers and Writers Against Genocide and a representative from Woman Life Freedom Edinburgh. Join us from 7pm!