We're now seeing headlines that claim X is blocking Grok from complying with requests to undress and sexualize women. Wrong again gang — it happily stripped me, gave me bigger breasts, and put me in pornographic poses, entirely for free. All I had to do was ask. www.theverge.com/news/861894/...

As a personal assistant, ChatGPT is remarkably, annoyingly bad at this one basic thing. Read more from @elissawelle.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82913...

Space-based AI data centers are Big Tech’s latest fad and Silicon Valley’s newest investable venture. Yet, scientists who study space remain skeptical of the idea. Read more from @elissawelle.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Another day, another data center story, this time in 🌒 space 🚀 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

What could go wrong www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... via @elissawelle.bsky.social

Why can't we just upgrade old data centers instead of building new ones? The latest AI tech is getting too damn heavy www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

@mikahsargent.com shares a warning about a children's AI-powered teddy bear, @dmoren.com's coverage on the latest Apple Wallet features, Sabrina Ortiz dives into Gemini 3, @elissawelle.bsky.social covers the viral TikTok AI Pen, plus much more, all on Tech News Weekly: twit.tv/tnw/414

the verge's reviews program has always been the heart of the site and one reason we jealously protect it and refuse to do brand deals is so we can just say the products are bad www.theverge.com/report/82215...

Cheating just got a lot easier with AI agents -- and tech companies don't seem to care, often just blaming the students they’ve empowered with a seemingly unstoppable cheating machine. Teachers and students are stuck with the repercussions: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Two pieces of news re: teens and AI chatbots. Character.AI is gradually limiting, and then banning, teens from its AI chatbots www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... And two senators proposed an industry-wide ban of under-18s accessing AI companions www.theverge.com/news/808589/...

3) The country’s largest group of labor unions is calling on employers and legislators to join in on a “workers first initiative on AI.” @theverge.com @elissawelle.bsky.social @aflcio.org www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Take a close look at Facebook' latest blog post and you'll notice that the company is rolling out a feature that let's Meta's AI train on your ~~unpublished photos in your camera roll~~ www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

New Yorker renters may have caught a break with this new law banning rent-fixing algos www.theverge.com/news/801205/...

If you've been following the Clippers drama (Pablo Torre, Aspiration, Steve Ballmer, Kawhi Leonard) read Justine Calma's latest. It's the context you need on LA's climate woes interwoven with the personal anecdotes from someone who grew up near Leonard's hometown www.theverge.com/science/7860...

The only human-made element behind Xania Monet’s act appear to be the lyrics. So, what happens when an AI-generated artist gets a record deal? A copyright mess. My latest for @theverge.com www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

great story from my new colleague (i'm the new one to the @theverge.com) @haydenfield.bsky.social about columbia university's latest attempt to smooth over student tensions using AI software www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

I didn't appreciate the fact that polyester in clothing is the same plastic as water bottles until I started reporting on textile recycling for @businessoffashion.com.web.brid.gy. Read about the technology to make new clothes from old clothes here: www.businessoffashion.com/articles/sus...

Forests are suffering in the face of rapidly climbing temperatures. Researchers are now experimenting with "assisted migrations," moving trees to climates more suitable for longevity. @elissawelle.bsky.social looks into it: ambrook.com/research/lan...

Mealworm poop has shown off-the-charts results as a natural fertilizer, far outperforming its traditional counterparts. So why aren't we using it more? @elissawelle.bsky.social looks into it: ambrook.com/research/stu...

NYC $20 meal map you didn't know you needed 🙏@hellgatenyc.com hellgatenyc.com/20-dinner-map/

Here's the scoop on poop - that is, insect poop. Bugs could connect the ends of the food system by eating waste and creating fertilizer. But the industry will take time to hatch, experts say. ambrook.com/research/stu...

We talked to the major farm trade groups (soy, dairy, fertilizer, etc) to find out what they think of Trump's tariffs. Reactions were extremely mixed! From @elissawelle.bsky.social: ambrook.com/research/leg...

DEI cuts are not just for federal funding. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the country’s largest private funder of biomedical research, pulled the plug on a $505,000 STEM DEI grant at CUNY's Queens College www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/18/f... reported by @haidee.bsky.social for @thecity.nyc

Nassau County's police and sheriff’s departments signed agreements w/ ICE. Deputized police officers now can question residents’ citizenship status and make arrests without a judicial warrant www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/... by @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social for @cityandstateny.bsky.social.

Trump's tariffs are getting very different reactions from major agricultural trade organizations — depending on what’s being farmed. It's complicated but @jessehirsch.bsky.social and I break it down over here at Ambrook Research ambrook.com/research/leg...

My second story for Hell Gate — ICE made an arrest in Schenectady without a warrant or order from a judge. Two state lawmakers are asking why courts are not being protected

A law passed in 2020 was meant to prevent ICE from detaining people in NY courthouses without a warrant. But a memo now tells court officers to "neither obstruct nor assist" if an ICE agent shows up without a warrant and insists on making an arrest: hellgatenyc.com/ny-courts-me...

A NY state court memo, unreported until now, directs court officers to stand back if ICE or other federal agencies try to take someone into custody without a valid judicial warrant in a New York courthouse. hellgatenyc.com/ny-courts-me...

New for @hellgatenyc.com: A statewide memo tells court officers to step aside if ICE attempts to make illegal arrests in courthouses. Give it a read here hellgatenyc.com/ny-courts-me...

The FDA is working to make food labels healthy again. Salmon is in, white bread is out. But it’s not clear if farmers will feel the shift. My latest for Ambrook Research edited by @jessehirsch.bsky.social ambrook.com/research/leg...

My latest data story looks at medical debt sent to collections, which one way to put numbers on the notoriously difficult to quantify problem.

Would you want a wind turbine planted on your farm? More than 90 percent of land-based wind turbines operate on private farmland. But when a wind company comes calling, the response an be hard to predict. My latest for Ambrook Research, edited by @jessehirsch.bsky.social ambrook.com/research/far...

My latest NYC by Number looks at the data behind ICE's attempts to get people under NYPD & DOC's custody, just as the city prepares for more deportations under Trump's presidency (gothamist.com/news/how-is-...)

I've started a data project called NYC by Number 🖌️🎨 in which I paint a picture of my dear city using publicly available data. I started with the number of rent stabilized units added and removed each year. Turns out, we're losing lots each year.

“Science is and has always been social and political, in theory and in practice” Essay by @sabs.bsky.social worth the read defector.com/do-not-accep...

Can blasting carving wood with plasma create an alternative to precious darkwoods? Read my latest on a superblack wood discovery for Ambrook Research edited by @jessehirsch.bsky.social

I've spent the last four months digging into the "inside out" hypothesis of the origin of amyloid plaques of Alzheimer’s disease🧠New research backs an old theory that plaques form within neurons, not outside them @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/alzheimers-d...

A new method suggests brain clearance slows during sleep and under anesthesia--directly contradicting the glymphatic system hypothesis, whose proponents take issue with the technique. By @elissawelle.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/glymphatic-s...

Faulty connections between the subthalamic nucleus & cortex characterize disparate brain disorders --- and figure into an ongoing debate about how best to identify dysfunctional circuitry using diffusion tractography. My latest for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/connectivity...

Similar to when I lived above a club in college (no wonder the rent was cheap), neurons in the rat olfactory bulb feel the pulse within the brain, @callimcflurry.bsky.social flurry reports for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/electrophysi...

Life expectancy lags for autistic people in United Kingdom by 6 years -- a smaller gap than the 16 years previously reported. Still, that's a big gap! Read @ginarivers90.bsky.social 's story for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/lif...

New to the neuroscience toolbox: a marker of decreased neural activity, offering scientists a tool to study inhibition for the first time. Read my story for @thetransmitter.bsky.social here and tell me where you'd want to tag inhibition in the brain www.thetransmitter.org/methods/what...

New story from me where I learn cerebral palsy can be genetic in origin (I had no idea!)

Now THIS was a great show!