“Law enforcement has quickly embraced AI for everything from drafting police reports to facial recognition.” In one department, it “had begun testing an AI-powered software called Draft One to automatically generate police reports from body camera footage. The goal was to reduce the amount of paperw

Why Most Software Will Soon Be Uncopyrightable — Anthony Shallat, J.d., LL.M medium.com/@anthonyshal...

If you’re using AI generated images, the question isn’t whether you are violating someone’s copyright. It’s only a matter of whether they ever find you. #AI borked.substack.com/p/the-ugly-t...

Brilliant critique by bestselling writer Chuck Wendig. “AI is a random middle-man created by shitty techlords, forced into systems so that they get paid and that the Magic Number Lines go up instead of flatten or descend.” #AI terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...

"Ultimately, learning requires friction. It requires the uncomfortable sensation of not knowing, the strain of recall, and the cognitive demand that tech companies are seeking to eliminate." #AI #education thecritic.co.uk/ai-will-make...

AI researchers need to understand that folks working on safety, transparency, bias, and audits could very well be next. We urgently need to prepare for when it comes to our communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...

Six authors just filed new individual copyright infringement actions against Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity AI. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Large language mistake — Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring this fact. #AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

What he said

Bari Weiss apparently spiked Sharyn Alfonsi’s 60 Minutes segment on CECOT for political reasons. Here’s her email to the news staff. Sharyn Alfonsi has more guts than every single beltway reporter.

Emily Bender takes apart the myths of AI as autonomous and inherently useful. #AI bsky.app/profile/emil...

New paper from Harvard and MIT quietly answers the most important AI question nobody benchmarks properly: Can LLMs actually discover science, or are they just good at talking about it? #AI #science arxiv.org/pdf/2512.15567

“non-artists have gotten so used to expecting a ‘polished product’ from [generative AI tools] that it’s become hard for them to imagine what sketches or concepts might look like later down the line.” #art #AI thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

LLMs do not have an “upbringing” and do not have a “personality”. Providing these inane tools with an anthropomorphic disguise is 100% a design decision to facilitate monetization and is unethical. #AI www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...

Human storytellers matter! Corporate America’s latest hot job is also one of the oldest in history: storyteller. on.wsj.com/4aTdvMZ

Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training #AI #Adobe techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/a...

Vast number of Windows users refusing to upgrade after Microsoft’s embrace of AI slop -- "Stop this nonsense. No one wants this." #noAI #AI #human #windows #MSFT #AIslop futurism.com/artificial-i...

Wall Street Journal = SCROOGE? WSJ is asking all photographers to sign an unconscionable new freelance contract. It introduces a "Work Made for Hire" clause and allows WSJ to sublicense work to 3rd parties for profit.... a significant step backward. More: www.aphotoeditor.com/2025/12/19/n...

Great to see verified Human Creators like Braven Smillie ready for the holidays -- here's Braven setting up for a three-day Christmas market in Lloyd Center, Portland Oregon. #human #humancreator humancreator.org/braven-smillie/

We are very excited about the Creative Coalition for Artists to stand up for human creativity! #human #AI

Ethan Hawke on “the plagiarizing mechanism” that is AI. #AI

Ready for a truly bonkers story about AI, academic publishing and edtech all in one? #AI #edtech www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets – Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits -- A judge ruled this week that OpenAI must turn over communications related to their deletion of pirated book datasets. #OpenAI #AI #authors #pirates

Large Language Mistake - “We use language to think, but that does not make language the same as thought. Understanding this distinction is the key to separating scientific fact from the speculative science fiction of AI-exuberant CEOs.” #AI #TheVerge www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

"As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly more capable, distinctively human intelligence is going to become increasingly more valuable.... Frankly, I think simply studying AI is unlikely to prepare one for the future of work." #AI news.virginia.edu/content/qa-a...

Destroy the Machine! An interview with author and journalist Brian Merchant -- the past and future of the neo-Luddite movement. #AI #BloodMachine #antiAI #Luddite www.humanintelligence.news/p/destroy-th...

Large Language Models Will Never Be Intelligent, Expert Says "LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language." #AI #LLM

How accountability washing works: "OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice. But we believe the accountability here should lie with the companies cr

"The Chatversity normalizes and legitimizes cheating—rebranding educational destruction as cutting edge “AI literacy” while silencing the very voices—working-class students, critical scholars, organized faculty—who expose the con." #AI #education www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

This tracks…

Rockstar co-founder compares AI to 'mad cow disease,' and says the execs pushing it aren't 'fully-rounded humans' #AI #DanHouser #ChatGPT

AI’s circular economy isn’t paying off. #AI www.ft.com/content/064b...

'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like its 2022 - Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed. #AI www.404media.co/slop-evader-...

In memory of Tom Stoppard, the most human of playwrights #drama #TomStoppard #art #human www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...

The Warner / Suno settlement is a good day for musicians, and for people everywhere fighting against the exploitation of creatives' work by AI companies. More details on the agreement are needed, but the bottom line is this: Suno is shifting to models trained on music they've licensed, and shutting

How Australia’s creative industries defeated the tech giants on AI copyright mumbrella.com.au/how-australi...

Language is not intelligence. Even though the AI Bros believe it is, they are wrong. Here’s Benjamin Riley‘s excellent essay, explaining why this view is so profoundly and scientifically wrong. #AI #genAI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

There Is Only One AI Company. Welcome to the Blob -- As Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft forge partnerships and deals, the AI industry is looking more like one interconnected machine. What does that mean for all of us? #AI #Microsoft #Nvidia #Google #OpenAI #Wired

Let's be clear about real art and AI "art" (originally posted by Jacob Sanders) #AI #human #art

AI's infiltration of films, music, painting — even sculpture — is inspiring new resistance to tech in art, and putting a premium on work that's purely human. #AI #human www.axios.com/2025/11/23/g...

Do you really hate art? I think not. #AIslop#AI#AI

We were privileged to interview poet Joseph Fasano this week. Here's his famous poem "For the Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper" #poem #poetry #AI Listen to the full interview: www.humanintelligence.news/p/joseph-fas...

Copyright law does not need to be amended. Tech companies simply need to play by the rules and licence works to train their algorithms and be transparent about works which have already been used without consent or compensation -- great summary by Nick Dunmur, British Photographic Council @nickdunmur

This week, OpenAI announced a push into K-12 education. Fortunately, Emily Bender (The AI Con) is here to tell us the truth -- chatbots are antithetical to learning. Here's her new piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education. (paywalled) #AI #AICon #OpenAI #education

Truly enjoyed this profound discussion with poet Joseph Fasano about the poverty of genAI, the need for soulful exploration and the purpose of poetry. #poetry #poet #antiAI www.humanintelligence.news/p/joseph-fas...

Only 6% of the American public think AI is likely to make humans happier. Only 17% of the public think it will make people more productive. #AI

AI translators may seem wondrous—but they also erode a major part of what it is to be human, Douglas Hofstadter wrote for The Atlantic. #AI #translation #translator #human MORE:

There’s no plan for AI slop — Is artificial intelligence polluting the internet? #AI www.fastcompany.com/91436321/art...

"Last quarter, I led a team of engineers on an initiative to grow our AI data centers, which use millions of gallons of water per day. My work with AI is exponentially accelerating the destruction of the planet, but... I go camping to reconnect with my own humanity through nature. I also bike to a

OpenAI can't fix Sora's copyright infringement problem because it was built with stolen content -- great coverage by Emanuel Maiberg at 404 Media #OpenAI #AI #Sora #copyright #theft #404