And all three are scams lol

businesses: we’re finding all this AI spending isn’t really paying off and we’re thinking it might be time to pull back public: it’s hard to tell what’s real anymore with all this AI slop and some of my friends are acting pretty weird mark carney: WE MUST SPEED UP AI ADOPTION FOR THE ECONOMY

This piece asks the question & answers it: a massive, generational, unforgivable failure of journalism.

This is what happens when you replace customer service with an AI chatbot: Instagram users getting hacked in the dumbest possible way. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social has more. Read now: www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

The goal is to have always on “supersensing” cameras. “The idea here is that, with a constant stream of visual information, the smart glasses could be a kind of ambient virtual assistant that remembers where you left your keys or other vision-based reminders.”

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

This article calls this a new belief, but it's not. This kind of Longtermism Transhumanism stuff has been the guiding philosophy of VC/SV tech world for a while, and it's appalling. If you, an AI Engager, are frustrated with AI Haters Being So Polarized, look no further to this for why.

TODAY: We talk about the future of media as AI continues to flood the internet with low-quality slop. Join us: www.lapl.org/whats-on/eve...

Really sucks how so many headlines now are just eugenics Mad Libs.

Mainstream media discovers TESCREALism without crediting the people who did the defining work. @timnitgebru.blacksky.app @xriskology.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

“In Toronto, 26.1% of those aged 25 to 39 lived with their parents in 2021.” “If a 32 year old accountant lives in their parents’ basement because they are priced out of the Toronto market, they are counted as living in an owner-occupied household.” The 66.5% stat is deceptive.

“Nearly all aspects of the accounts appear to be AI-generated — from the “person” in the video to automated responses to comments, which in some cases attempt to mimic African American vernacular — and experts warn scams like this are growing every day.”

Israel bombed a 900 year old castle from the crusader era

We released our interview with Nabih Bulos and @alixdunn.com as a special episode on the pod - listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/spec...

I continue to turn this reporting from Nabih Bulos over in my mind. What does it mean when a country can so dominate another country and kill with precision and scale in such a way. If Israel is allowed to continue, it will change the face of warfare forever.

This @pbs.org segment is an informative yet disturbing watch. I knew some of the ways data centers affect communities, but this goes in DEPTH. It showcases the impact to those living near these data centers, the cruelty and audacity of the tech companies themselves. A very important watch!

We trace false narratives of refugees as threats to both privileged #Eurowhite populations and vulnerable #Roma people. In both cases, disinformation serves as an extension of larger hybrid and information warfare efforts by Russia. doi.org/10.5210/fm.v...

We argue that #disinformation operates by activating existing cultural prejudices, which is a conclusion that complicates debunking or prebunking solutions.

New Pub Alert: “Activating Prejudice: Refugee Disinformation as Information Warfare in Russia’s War on Ukraine” (w/ Julie Terebekov & @alicetiara.bsky.social). #openaccess #disinformation #refugees doi.org/10.5210/fm.v...

Gig workers in Africa helped train AI systems for a company that performed work for a secretive U.S. military unit. Many were never told their work could be used for military purposes https://restofworld.org/2026/gig-workers-us-military-appen/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky

Culture Minister Ghassan Salame told AFP on Friday that Beaufort Castle was directly hit by Israeli strikes last Wednesday, saying several bombs fell on the medieval fortress overlooking Nabatieh. 🧵

Researchers have identified superparamagnetic macrophages in the livers of rock pigeons to be crucial for magnetic sensing. The finding uncovers an unexpected role for immune cells in sensory perception and may fundamentally change our understanding of animal navigation. https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq

BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Cox issues executive order on data center development, directing state agencies to now prioritize protection of water resources, Great Salt Lake, utility ratepayers, air quality, wildlife impacts, transparent public engagement. Updates on @fox13news.bsky.social ASAP. #utpol #Utah

Someone come pick me up at the intersection of Killer Robots and Fake Frida Kahlo. I'm not having fun. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

publish or perish is a lot like publish and perish

Today in luxury surveillance.

Damn this sucks.

The chilling effects on university campuses are real, as I've noted too: tinyurl.com/2s36b3f7. However, student mobilizations have been strong this year against ICE, for sanctuary campuses, and for mutual aid to assist vulnerable populations. The work might not be as mediagenic, but it's vibrant.

Two weeks from now! #Slopaganda

“CNN is seeking damages and a permanent block on Perplexity’s allegedly unlawful conduct. When reached for comment, Perplexity spokesperson Jesse Dwyer said, ‘You can’t copyright facts.’”

I’m not either. Why are people just assuming everyone else is using GAI?

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One of THE WORST ways students can use GenAI is for brainstorming. Like, who would even think it's a good idea? A minute's introspection (and, I guess, knowing how LLMs work) would tell you this.

Même les partisans de la surveillance estiment que le projet de loi C-22 est excessif.

What an excellent infographic... #AI isaiprofitable.com?trk=feed_mai...

In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.

Footage analysed by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique shows unexploded Russian-made cluster munition bomblets found in northern Mali - Despite Mali being a state party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) which prohibits their use. www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/...

as always, the consent violations are part of the point

AI is bad and ruining human knowledge, sorry to those trying to convince us otherwise.

Canada is literally handing over refugees rejected at border to ICE in the US. Haitian refugee Markens Appolon, for eg, sought refuge but Canada handed him to ICE agents. He is still in ICE detention. There is a seamless connection between Canada's new anti-migrant laws, like C12, and ICE terror.

Not going to go through entire document, but notice how “ai” as described here is a force all its own, as if it’s choosing to impoverish people rather than a few billionaires actively destroying the world.

At no extra cost!

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

Alex Crawford: "Those being mourned are increasingly medics.. the Lebanese govt says they're being deliberately targeted. They call them double taps, & this one was caught on camera. The video we're going to show you is shocking..."

Si la canicule vous fatigue, pensez au pétrolier TotalEnergies qui a fait 5,8 milliards $ de profits en trois mois et qui n'a payé aucun impôt sur les sociétés en 2019, 2020, 2021 et 2023.

New from me on delivery #drones and #Amazon #Chicago test: www.fastcompany.com/91546429/ama...

Please read past the AI, down to the art-history part. You'll look at paintings differently.

the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter