Character.AI has resources for kids who are about to lose access to their chatbots. One is essentially “consider reading a book.” support.character.ai/hc/en-us/art...

I think the term "college and career readiness" is an incredibly well-intentioned shift in education that has left many, many high school students disengaged + disconnected from their learning. They deserve to learn things that have value + enrich their lives in the present—not just the future.

Unfortunately this is the place that we are at: we as individuals forced to adapt to unregulated tech. So much complacency on the ongoing impacts of gAI (and even outright abuse by the ex-gov of NY against a political rival).

Really enjoying demanding jokes or songs from these Edinburgh trick-or-treaters — traditionally called guising. I really like having to be creative to get a treat. Here are some of the jokes I’ve heard. #guising #scotland

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Given the hunger and fear that this administration is inflicting upon so many children across the country, it has never been a more difficult time for schools to be good places for kids to walk into and it has never been a more important time, too. And that both/and is overwhelming.

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I feel the exhaustion. So much wasted teaching time, learning time, research time. I’d like to imagine a university that devoted 17 workshops to close reading of academic work. Can you imagine? Instead there are workshops like “101 ethical uses for AI to research and write your thesis” and I just—

A good short thread. #resistAI

🧵: struggling to find up with the right words, and even getting it wrong sometimes, leads to self reflection and growth.

From a report by Oxford University Press, "Teaching the AI-Native Generation," comes this quote about a 17-year-old unable to find the right words. There are many things to be sad about in this world, but this one sticks with me. 1. This is being passed off as a benefit of generative AI. 1/x

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

This comes as the US government is continuing to eviscerate health research funding -- in addition to funding for education -- yet is 'all in' on AI. Surely Fortune has an obligation to situate Porat's outlandish claim with the very material gain Google stands to make from such claims? No?

see also: “engagement” and “learning”

An important detail left out of the Guardian story: the student handcuffed was Black. Pretty damning case, AI or not, in a country where racial hierarchies are so determinative of which technologies are quite literally weaponised against you and the consequences you are likely to face.

And then, of course, all the vile examples of racist and sexist outputs. There’s one example of a young Black girl unable to prompt an image generator to output a Black character, and YET some ppl go to such lengths to defend it all: “the worst it will ever get.” And Now With Sexting ™️

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After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope! and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

I was part of a working group on AI and Fraternity assembled by the Vatican. We met in Rome and worked on this over two days. I am happy to share the result of that intense effort: a Declaration we presented to the Pope and other government authorities coexistence.global

This is the truest statement I’ve seen about AI harms

"In Europe, we have a law that says there can be no more than six minutes of advertising per hour on television. Why the hell can’t we regulate social media advertising and say that not more than 10% of your feed can be ads?" 💯 english.elpais.com/technology/2...

has someone written about the limits of individual refusal in the face of large scale technology adoption in the dominant culture?

I have always believed in using the pen to remember the forgotten, question power, shine light in darkness, and defend democracy. I've always believed in using the pen to help people in need, and to assist the most marginalized. I've never strayed from these values.

Now I am being silenced by the Washington Post for -- *checks notes* Lamenting America's acceptance of apathy towards political violence and gun deaths-- especially when the violence is encouraged and carried out by white men.

What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”

If a dude offered to help you write crappy memos and essays, and you found out they were also helping children kill themselves, would you keep working with that dude?

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We posted the recorded talks of presenters who agreed to recordings. They're available on our conference page!

"GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert."

Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services. www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...

MA put in a 4% millionaires tax 2 years ago, & the GOP said we'd miss revenue targets & millionaires would flee. MA collected TWICE the projected revenues, & the number of millionaires went UP 40%. www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Wilmer Chavarria, a US citizen, Global Entry member, and Vermont school superintendent, was detained returning to the US from a trip abroad with his husband. CBP told him he had "no Constitutional rights," took his phone and laptop, and revoked his Global Entry. m.sevendaysvt.com/news/winoosk...

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring. Read it for yourself here: www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

This is yet another example of exploiting parents’ anxiety for short-term commercial gain, while doing nothing (and perhaps discouraging any action) to make streets or communities child-friendly.

Comrade card for 7/28/2025 take care of hold on to we need all we have is each other each other each other each other

So the federal government just released information about leadership, programming, and funding for AI in K12 education yesterday, but they are shutting down the DOE and also haven't released all funds promised to schools July 1st. #EduSky #BlackEduSky Do I have that right???

That some educators are celebrating the funding for AI without any acknowledgment of the harm being done in education simultaneously is absolutely disheartening and absolutely unsurprising....

We are overwhelmed with product updates, engineering news, op-eds, and PR clips but there is an empirical vacuum on GenAI adoption. This is unacceptable for a sector under assault. We need to know what's going on and where. This is a complicated story about procurement and budgets and gen-eds...

a rough translation of the final sentence: “Since AFP was founded in August 1944 we’ve lost journalists in conflicts, and have had wounded and imprisoned co-workers, but none of us have any memory of having to watch a colleague die of hunger.”

He lived and worked here for 40 years. My god I am so ashamed at what's happening.

According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans. President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.

According to the Supreme Court, the President can cancel the Department of Education but can't cancel the student debt that the Department of Education holds? Do we have that right?

What a time to be alive. You know, in an ideal world, it would be nice to partner with an AI company whose values better align with the idea of public education. Just a thought. Though, given the current state of things, maybe I'm the one who is confused about values.

"One river gives / Its journey to the next." Today for #PoemADayJuly? a poem about giving and, in talking about giving, potentially and probably and inevitably about so much more: "When Giving Is All We Have" by Alberto Ríos @thevogelman.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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