Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis emerges as early Anthropic investor - www.ft.com/content/8f2a... via @financialtimes.com

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That well known socialist rag, <checks notes> the @economist.com makes the case for partial nationalisation of AI companies 👀 economist.com/leaders/2026...

Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center project hits a major hurdle as the government says it would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power needs TechRadar share.google/9vUDiJ5e1sUE...

There are many reasons why young people in 2026 might be more anxious than they were in 1995—and the data tells us as much. But banning them from social platforms and stripping their rights to expression and connection is not the answer. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The jobs apocalypse: a (very) short history www.economist.com/finance-and-... From The Economist

Joined the Times Tech Report to talk about the brewing scandal of data centers not getting built at the rate people expect, and how intentionally misleading terms are being used to obscure that reality. youtu.be/TCeXwFWmv1U?...

CDT's Hannah Quay-de la Vallee and Quinn Anex-Ries break down how the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic isn't just a defense issue. It's disrupting AI adoption across every level of government, from federal agencies to state, local, and tribal governments.

BBC News - AI vigilante trap snares alleged paedophile ex-teacher in France www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

13% of datacentre consumption in the US comes from unused “zombie” services. 5GW www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How not to digitize, and then how not to use automated text recognition: an awful race to the low…

BBC News - Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting startup

'If you want to understand whether a thing is useful,' says Tim Harford, 'you can always look at what happens when somebody breaks it. Call this the Joni Mitchell principle: you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone'⁠ ft.trib.al/dOPwxMk

Yaël Eisenstat, exdirectiva de Facebook: “Es injusto que los usuarios tengan que distinguir qué vídeo ha sido manipulado” elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

BBC News - Smart glasses are 'an invasion of privacy' - Meta's are selling better than ever www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you would like to make me feel better, you can pre-order said book here. It has been a labour of love! www.penguin.co.uk/books/462159...

New rules banning Chinese software in cars could cut American automakers off from the technology ecosystem dominating global markets https://restofworld.org/2026/us-china-ev-tech-ban-isolation/?utm_campaign=row-social

It fascinates me how some people on social media nowadays actively seem to be weirded out when you attempt to actively interact with them, or to reply to their posts - as if they assume it’s a broadcast-first medium.

I spoke with scholar and former European Commission official Paul Nemitz, who is one of the authors of a new book titled The Open Future and Its Enemies: How We Can Protect Free Society from AI Dictatorship. Listen:

Amazon employees race to automate non-essential tasks to expend tokens to impress managers on internal AI usage leaderboards. Great outcome, all. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Just finished this. Just a little under 10,000 words. I’m not convinced that more than a gigawatt or two of data center capacity came online in the last year. It is crazy to me that nobody else wrote this piece first. It’ll be out tomorrow.

GoLaxy documents offer a rare look at PRC influence operations and how they are evolving with AI. Thanks to @athenaktong.bsky.social and DI Team for sharing insights during a webinar on how these AI-enabled systems work, why they matter, and who is affected. Key takeaways 🧵👇

Depends on your definition of 'soxial media'. We are no longer in 2015! www.visualcapitalist.com/europe-socia...

Looks like a great development of Castells and of the Data Poor thesis

In many cases, grass cutting reports received by councils draw attention to an area already included in a maintenance schedule. Take a look at how FixMyStreet Pro helps councils communicate effectively and reduce avoidable contact: www.societyworks.org/2026/05/07/c...

Artificial intelligence revives a cold-war-style dilemma www.economist.com/china/2026/0... From The Economist

The Audio Industry Is Grappling with the Rise of ‘Podslop’: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

BBC News - 'Man in smart glasses filmed me in London then told me to pay' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Start-ups complain they are helping British military modernise on the cheap - www.ft.com/content/9209... via @financialtimes.com

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