While everyone’s talking about generative AI, let’s not forget about surveillance technology. In Maryland, a student was just detained by police, handcuffed at gunpoint because an AI weapons detection system mistook a bag of Doritos as a weapon.

The crazy thing about turning 37 is that I’ve been thinking I was turning 38 for months, so I guess I am practically reverse aging over here. 😅

Finished up Kara Swisher on Trevor Noah’s What Now podcast this AM. It had me belly laughing AND pondering some pretty interesting insights about tech culture. What are your favorite tech podcasts?

5 Things Parents Should Know About ChatGPT's New Parental Controls afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/5-things-t...

I spent some time on the Sora app this weekend. I opened my Cameo option up to public for part of my experimenting. Within ten minutes, I had two drafts created by a random account: doing yoga with a clone and playing Twister with my clones. I can’t imagine all the ways this could go wrong.

I expected deepfakes to create issues because they were being used against political figures, not BY them. What a wild timeline we live in.

Why I Didn't Write a "Real" Article for My Newsletter This Week open.substack.com/pub/afewthou...

The specific formulation approved by the FDA for use in autism-related symptoms is Wellcovorin (leucovorin calcium), originally manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), who just pledged to invest $30 billion into the US over the next 5 years last week. 👀 www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/...

🧵 It takes a lot to raise my heart rate when I'm scrolling on X; I use it to keep up with news, especially tech info, and try to ignore the nastiness. I immediately felt ripples of energy roll through my body when I read about OpenAI's new “plan” to build something to “protect” children, though. 1/5

Does anyone else physically print out their LLM’s deep research to fact check it, or am I just a dinosaur?

Have you tried Google Gemini's Storybook Gem yet? This FREE tool is shifting educational content creation in an exciting way, perfect for educators, parents, therapists or anyone wanting to make a cute keepsake gift. 🧵

We're entering a new era where psychological attachment, not attention and clicks, will fuel the economy. "Hide ya kids" isn't an option, but here's a few ideas on how you could protect them. afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...

I’m glad ChatGPT is getting sued, they deserve it. You can be optimistic about the future and demand accountability for big tech. Demand they do better. Our kids need us to protect them. Government has proven that they won’t.

Is OpenAI the resistance or empire?! Why the Death Star?! What am I missing about the GPT-5 release.

I want to be so excited for what GPT-5 can do, but I just can't stop thinking about how badly OpenAI is taking advantage of users who don't know there are NO privacy protections and that OpenAI is currently required by a federal court order to preserve ALL convos INDEFINITELY.

Would you rather have your laundry folded by a lamp post or humanoid robot?

Google's NotebookLM video overviews are a game changer. They're beautiful, digestible, and could level the playing field for multimodal learners and anyone who struggles to synthesize complex information. Have you tried it yet?

It blew my mind to hear Sam Altman on Theo Von say they are “hoping to learn” to mitigate risks of AI on the mental health young people (and users overall) like OpenAI doesn’t have all kinds of money and resources. Excuse me, sir? We’re sick of hopes and prayers. We deserve better.

Is anyone in the don’t die, upload your consciousness and live forever, or reverse aging realms—or similar—doing research on the potential impacts of these on society or the human experience? I want to follow them. Please tag them!

Donald Trump: “Barack Hussein Obama, have you heard of him?” Me: Indeed. *spends 2 hours making an edit to troll the 12 people who will see this on X* Enjoy, Bluesky. Laugh at our collective pain!

No better way to celebrate the Lord’s Day than to post a “Truth” of a former president getting arrested, Donald. While I slowly decompose waiting for the Epstein files, I decided share my take on the Don’s literal fake AI generated news.

If you were to predict which major AI companies end up playing similar roles to the three dominant operating systems that we have now, which would you choose for each one?

Is this real life? Nope. Videos created with Veo 3 and higgsfield. All UGC shared on X.

My fellow ADHDers and others with executive function issues, are you using Goblin Tools yet? It’s an AI powered suite with no cost or account needed. Favorite use case? Trying it for the first time now? Leave a thought in the comments. #adhd #executivefunction #productivitytips #tech #ai

So so much to say about the Grok 4 companions just released, well one in particular. Gathering thoughts for tomorrow but for now, here’s some good news bc it’s not all doom and gloom. 🙃

Last week, I made a video about how ChatGPT seems misaligned. I assumed everyone knew about the breathing and laughing in advanced voice, but I forget how many people aren't using these tools at all. So this week, I wrote about it. afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/ai-misalig...

Has anyone shifted away from GPT to Claude instead? Wondering what it was like and if it was something you regretted?

Alligator Alcatraz. FL lawmakers are finally being let in—after Dems got turned away last week. Here’s the catch: the tour’s not ‘til Saturday They know the conditions are inhumane. Scrub the cages, hide the worst of it, and pray no one asks too many questions. Don’t let them sanitize the truth!

I ask ChatGPT directly about why the advanced voice feature breathes and laughs. What do you think about the convo? #openai #chatgpt #aiethics #ai

The left this… the right that… aren’t you sick of complaining about someone based on the box they select on their voter registration? Isn’t it exhausting? The two party system has failed us. It created fake in-out groups, overgeneralization, and blind allegiance. Let’s make politics nuanced again.

Thomas Massie on Theo Von talking about giant bills: "Why not put that shit on the floor one at a time?" Same, Massie. Same.

Mid-afternoon unserious break for ya. What’s the most upbeat poppy song that’ll make you cry?

AI slop all over the internet distracting us as the world burns, and I’m just over here wondering if it’s maybe a better time to pay attention to the robots or that state regulation ban. How do we keep up?!

Midjourney video just released this week. It’s been a great distraction from the dumpster fire of the world theater. Hopefully this is a nice afternoon break from all that noise. All video created in Midjourney. Music created in Suno.

I haven't even started manually prompting Midjourney's new video editor, and I'm so impressed. There were no hands in the starting image and the consistency between the two that appear are impressive af. Also, the way the hair and face move when the hands touch them, wow.

How am I supposed to make Midjourney videos all day if I have to go change my 650 passwords because of the leak?! 16 billion and mostly all new? Jfc.

The audio is a little spotty on this but perfection is the death of creation, so here’s some content about another (not surprising) time Meta proved it does not care about user privacy because we are their product. Have you read Careless People yet, btw? Eep.

How much of your news do you get from the local level?

Has ANY tech ceo besides Anthropic’s talked abt the 10 yr ban on states’ rights to regulate AI as their own constituents would like? All this surveillance state talk and they’re silent AF. Concerning. #bigbeautifulbill #ai

A quick collection of signs I made to send in my place to the No Kings protest this past Saturday. Not my best but not my worst work. 😅 #nokings

Took this picture last week in Muir Woods. My son walked up and said, “isn’t everywhere a first amendment area?”

Karoline Serena-Joy Leavitt: "Of COURSE the president supports peaceful protest! What a stupid question." Got cut off in the edit but thanks to @acyn.bsky.social for the clip.

Anyone else questioning EVERYTHING lately? Hope so. These AI videos are GOOD. And they’re only going to get better. Stay vigilant, my friends! And tell your parents and grandparents. Especially if they watch Fox and think LA doesn’t exist anymore.

If you have a hard time understanding your own thoughts and feelings and struggle to articulate them to others... you may want to look into Alexithymia. It's a brain wiring difference that makes it hard for people to understand and articulate what they're thinking and feeling. ❤️

Has any tech CEO besides Anthropic's spoken out about the state-level AI regulation ban hidden in the Big, Beautiful Bill? Crickets from the rest or did I miss something?

OpenAI’s GPT o3 subverted a “shut yourself down” prompt, even though it was programmed to allow it. It also left messages for its future self. That executive function, right? 😅 But seriously, what does that mean for the future of intelligent systems? What do you think?

I like to ask ChatGPT random questions to entertain myself and the other day I randomly asked it if Stephen Miller would be Fred in the Handmaid's Tale. The answer cracked me up: "He might not be Fred specifically (that role requires charisma and public-facing leadership, which isn't his vibe)..."

It’s time we talk about the big beautiful AI regulation ban, friends. Hidden in the 1,000 page “One Big Beautiful Bill” is a 10 year moratorium (ban) on the regulation of AI on a state level. This is concerning, in more ways than one, and it doesn’t belong in a budget bill. #ai #aiethics

Saw some prompt to ask ChatGPT to make you as a good so decided to try it and I can’t with the rationale. I indeed am a bit overstimulated, full of unexpected contrasts but still holding it together. Thanks, Chat. 😂💀