The deadline for the @acls1919.bsky.social Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowship in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America is in one week!

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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Correcting myself since I didn't read carefully enough in my haste; this doesn't go into effect immediately, it goes into effect in 29 hours, at 12:01 AM on Sunday morning.

Importantly, the employer files the petition, so the employer would be required to include a $100,000 check with the petition. But the ban on entry appears to also apply to ANYONE with an H-1B currently, and says that petitions must be "supplemented" with a $100,000 fee, so who knows who pays that.

"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...

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I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Use ChatGPT for relationship advice at your peril.

"The question is whether we will act while AI governance frameworks are still forming or will normalize preventable deaths, discrimination, and erosion of public trust as the cost of doing business." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... By @alondra.bsky.social

La libertad de expresión pierde su sentido cuando se desconecta de la posibilidad de ser escuchado Este es un artículo desgarrador de @alondra.bsky.social sobre la regresión del progreso científico y por qué renuncia a la NSF y la #BibliotecadelCongreso The LibraryofCongress time.com/7285045/resi...

Trump cuts to University of Alaska programs for Native students worse than previously announced, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com

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IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

By the head of the Federal Communications Commission, in 2022:

WSJ reports on “America’s resurging love of cocaine” — as Trump’s campaign “to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally has taken federal agents away from drug-traffic interdiction.” @wsj.com @bgrueskin.bsky.social www.wsj.com/world/americ...

“There's a 25% chance that the future of #AI will go "really, really badly".”

"AI's cruel summer". I so appreciate how Nelson's piece contextualizes AI in a long history of technology & society. The hype makes it sound inevitable and final, instead of a critical moment to fund good participatory research & use our experience to do things better. #interdisciplinary #ethics

Thelma!!!!

#TodaysBrightSpot The Studio Museum in Harlem shows that lasting impact happens when you bet on people and give folks a chance. When you build community, mentor fiercely, nurture artists and curators, and give this talent room to grow, the art world changes. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...

We need better AI governance than the White House plan. Good to see Senator Kelly propose a federally guided, tech industry-financed fund to support workers, community development, infrastructure & equitable access to clean power and water in a sustainable AI ecosystem punchbowl.news/kelly-ai-for...

Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war.

Foundation Presidents speak out on political violence and the fundamental freedom of speech: “We reject attempts to exploit political violence to mischaracterize our good work or restrict our fundamental freedoms, like freedom of speech and the freedom to give.” medium.com/@uniteinadva...

Deeply honored to be recognized by @publicknowledge.bsky.social, an organization that advocates for the digital rights and liberties of all of us. Thank you.

Congratulations, Cathy!

After FTC launched an inquiry into AI chatbots, particularly dangers toward children, & Senate Judiciary subcommittee holding a hearing today on chatbot harms, OpenAI announced it's going to try to detect which users are under 18 to give them a different experience: openai.com/index/buildi...

NYT: “.. In May, during a tour of the Middle East, the president made a stop in the U.A.E. to announce the chips deal. “.. Mr. Trump made no public mention of the $2 billion transaction with his family company.” @nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

its also imo no longer acceptable if you wanna cover politics in 2025 to not understand the internet. saw a person on here the other day complaining about being confused by discord and its like, well…

I wrote a response to Thomas Friedman's "magical thinking" on AI here: aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...

New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

Korea's leading press agency publishes accounts from the Hyundai/LG employees and execs who were brutalized, put in chains and subjected to hours of racist taunts by Trump's secret police... much of which was comically ignorant (ICE agents called them "Rocket Men"). Needs US translation.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

Excellent. “If we conducted monetary policy as if democracy mattered, we might consider a system of periodic reviews of the central bank. This iterative process could extend to the central bank’s mandate.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

"I am reminded—for a second time in my life—that the stakes we have in a democratic system of education are always under threat and that, for those of us who value it, the fight for its preservation is an urgent, if never-ending, challenge." Joan Wallach Scott 🗃️ www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

“I learned early about the intrusive operations of state power in the daily routines of domestic life. For years, we all breathed a general air of anxiety.” The Red Scare targeted Joan Wallach Scott’s father. She draws lessons from his experience for resistance today:

"We are again confronting a massive attack on the very foundations of democratic education + the stakes feel even higher. In the 50s the targets were individual teachers—communists progressives liberals +their leftwing unions. Now the target is the system itself" www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

"...los daños causados ​​por la IA surgen no solo de fallos técnicos, sino también de decisiones de diseño e implementación que no tienen plenamente en cuenta la interacción de los algoritmos con los usuarios en entornos institucionales específicos."

And a comparison to what institutions did under McCarthyism is apt. www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

Amid pushback from Uber and DoorDash, members introduce a bill that would require advance notice to workers before their accounts are deactivated.

“The far-right AfD, now the 2nd largest party, is attempting to revive the stigmatisation of the disabled, on the basis of the populist fantasy that they are the product of incestuous unions between immigrants. Prejudice against disabled people & racial minorities is being whipped up once more.“

Mass Firing of Probationary Federal Employees Was Illegal, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

You will learn more from @ahilantoolong.bsky.social about last week's invisible ink order in Noem v. Vasquez-Perdomo, shrugging off racial profiling by roving ICE patrols than you could imagine possible. This week's episode is a masterclass on the shadow docket and immigration law

UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.” Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”

UC Berkeley shares information on dozens of students, staff with Trump administration reut.rs/4mU8UNM

Unconstitutional and worrisome news reported first by student journalists “One campus graduate student…claimed the release targeted Muslim and Arab individuals who had previously expressed support for Palestine.”

An ELSI for AI: Learning from genetics to govern algorithms https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb0393 #AI #harms #solutions #ideas

The Hyundai arrests “could significantly impact future direct investment in the U.S.,” said South Korea’s President. South Korean companies “can’t help hesitating a lot” about making new investments .. if their workers are liable to end up in detention ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/sout...