“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”

BBC News - US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

open.substack.com/pub/keenon/p... @garymarcus.bsky.social

BBC News - Kids' books removed from libraries over web links www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rewatch our webinar where author Richard Pope and Emer Coleman discuss Richard’s book Platformland, and learn about the next generation of public services.

BBC News - The showers and baths keeping data centre tech cool www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘A stream of negativity and abuse’: why are Labour MPs still sticking with X? - www.ft.com/content/5b0e... via @financialtimes.com

AI debt boom pushes US corporate bond sales close to record ft.trib.al/6QP9Q9X

www.404media.co/anthropic-ex... @atoosakz.bsky.social

BBC News - Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Governments welcomed data centers. Now they’re grappling with the fallout restofworld.org/2025... | The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback

A really lovely list here from @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social, and I'm not just saying that because my new book is on it. Read these books!

Part I: "Foundations" | |>Chapter 6: "Computational inductive research" In which I argue for the foundational place of inductive research in computational social science, rooted in interpretation, transparency, and validation. Thanks @tahayasseri.bsky.social for shepherding this handbook through

EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews helped @WashingtonPost.com develop a privacy self-defense guide for deleting the file your chatbot keeps on you, with settings for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini and Meta AI. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/...

7. The project of @daniel-solove.bsky.social's latest book, On Privacy and Technology, is to synthesize twenty five years of thinking about privacy into a “succinct and accessible” volume and to help the reader understand “the relationship between law, technology, and privacy.”

My book’s subtitle is “The People who Turn Lies Into Reality.” The mistake @gcaw.bsky.social is making here is not realizing that online rumors are quickly picked up by a propaganda machine. That’s the role they serve now. “Eating the pets” was an example of this too. Invisiblerulers.com

“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”

On delegation in AI agents: “Who really consents when an AI agent clicks? Who steers the choice? Who is accountable when things go wrong?” www.techpolicy.press/when-an-ai-a...

What if the best way to learn about history is by playing with it? www.economist.com/christmas-sp... From The Economist

youthendowmentfund.org.uk/news/one-in-... The rest turn to Google I suppose

Recent research said one in four teenagers have used an AI chatbot for mental health support in the last year. In that context it’s worth reading @henrymance.ft.com’s assessment which I would abbreviate as: LLMs are too obsequious to be therapeutic. But read the piece! www.ft.com/content/8b6e...

Is this brain monitoring stuff science or nonsense? BBC News - Are these AI prompts damaging your thinking skills? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...