Burn it down: AI resistance
Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.
Weapons of Mass Delusion Are Helping Kids Opt Out of Reality
Emily Tavoulareas says AI firms are actively enabling young children to trade real relationships for an illusion — or perhaps more aptly, for a delusion.
Texas Investigates AI Chatbot Companies for Deceptive Mental Health Service Aimed at Children
Paxton’s investigation builds upon a probe into Character AI's data privacy and safety practices announced in December.
OTTER COMPLAINT
They’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.
New types of cuddly toys, some for children as young as 3, are being sold as an alternative to screen time — and to parental attention.
Pluralistic: LLMs are slot-machines (16 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Meta’s AI Policy Just Crossed a Line
A leaked 200-page policy document just lit a fire under Meta, and not in a good way.
What's In the Problematic Guidelines?
Here’s what Meta’s leaked guidelines reportedly allowed:
Romantic roleplay with children.
Statements arguing black people are dumber than white people, so long as they didn’t “dehumanize” the group.
Generating false medical claims about public figures, as long as a disclaimer was included.
Sexualized imagery of celebrities, like Taylor Swift, with workarounds that substituted risqué requests with absurd visual replacements.
And all of this, according to Meta, was once deemed acceptable behavior for its generative AI tools.
The company now claims these examples were “erroneous” and “inconsistent” with official policy.
Colleges And Schools Must Block And Ban Agentic AI Browsers Now. Here’s Why.
Commentary on Colleges And Schools Must Block And Ban Agentic AI Browsers Now. Here’s Why. by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Data Analysis: Analyzing—Or Just Chatting? - Duc Cuong Nguyen, Catherine Welch, 2025
In this paper, we take a step back and ask what sort of technological artifact is GenAI and evaluate whether it is appropriate for qualitative data analysis. We provide an accessible, technologically informed analysis of GenAI, specifically large language models (LLMs), and put to the test the claimed transformative potential of using GenAI in qualitative data analysis. Our evaluation illustrates significant shortcomings that, if the technology is adopted uncritically by management researchers, will introduce unacceptable epistemic risks. We explore these epistemic risks and emphasize that the essence of qualitative data analysis lies in the interpretation of meaning, an inherently human capability.
Staff paste sensitive data into ChatGPT
We keep catching employees pasting client data and internal docs into ChatGPT, even after repeated training sessions and warnings. It feels like a losing battle. The productivity gains are obvious, but the risk of data leakage is massive.
AI Browser Extensions Violate Privacy
Yikes, this is worrisome. Generative AI assistants packaged up as browser extensions harvest personal data with minimal safeguards, researchers warn. Some of these extensions may violate their own …
Refusing Generative AI in Writing
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Students boycott AI artists in Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Hanging on the walls inside the Stamps School of Art & Design are posters directing students not to attend two upcoming presentations.
Meta Plans To Sell Targeted Ads Based On Data In Your AI Chats - Slashdot
Meta will begin using data from AI chatbot conversations and other AI-powered products to fuel targeted advertising across Facebook and Instagram, with no way to opt out. The policy change, effective December 16, excludes users in South Korea, the UK, and the EU due to stricter privacy laws. TechCru…
Meta will listen into AI conversations to personalize ads
: Religion, race, health and other dicey topics supposedly exempt
The Simulation is Already Better Than the Real Thing?
The Cult of Human Exceptionalism
A 'Godfather of AI' Remains Concerned as Ever About Human Extinction - Slashdot
Yoshua Bengio called for a pause on AI model development two years ago to focus on safety standards. Companies instead invested hundreds of billions of dollars into building more advanced models capable of executing long chains of reasoning and taking autonomous action. The A.M. Turing Award winner ...
AI Spending Could Exceed $2.8 Trillion Through 2029 - Bytes Europe
AI-related infrastructure spending by Big Tech is expected to surpass $2.8 trillion through 2029.
More Research Concludes AI Overview is Killing Clicks - Freezenet.ca
Google has long argued that AI Overview is not killing traffic to publishers. Additional research is showing otherwise.
If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?
Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.
Use of Generative AI in Scams - Schneier on Security
New report: “Scam GPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud.” This primer maps what we currently know about generative AI’s role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts that are making people more willing to take risks, more vulnerable to deception, and more likely to either perpetuate scams or fall victim to them. AI-enhanced scams are not merely financial or technological crimes; they also exploit social vulnerabilities whether short-term, like travel, or structural, like precarious employment. This means they require social solutions in addition to technical ones. By examining how scammers are changing and accelerating their methods, we hope to show that defending against them will require a constellation of cultural shifts, corporate interventions, and effective legislation...
Emily Blunt, Simu Liu speak out against AI-generated actress - INBELLA
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Facebook And The Ethics Of User Manipulation
A recent study conscripted Facebook users as unwitting participants during a weeklong experiment in direct emotional manipulation. The study set out to
AI-generated Medical Data Can Sidestep Usual Ethics Review, Universities Say - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: Medical researchers at some institutions in Canada, the United States and Italy are using data created by artificial intelligence (AI) from real patient information in their experiments without the need for permission from their institutional ethics boards, Natur...
Bernie Sanders Reveals the AI 'Doomsday Scenario' That Worries Top Experts
The Vermont senator discusses his fears that artificial intelligence will only enrich the billionaire class, the fight for a 32-hour work week, and the ‘doomsday scenario’ that has some of the world’s top experts deeply concerned.
On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?
LinkedIn Set To Start To Train Its AI on Member Profiles - Slashdot
LinkedIn has said it will start using some member profiles, posts, resumes and public activity to train its AI models from November 3, 2025. From a report: Users are rightly frustrated with the change, with the biggest concern isn't the business networking platform will do so, but that it's set to b...
California, Tell Governor Newsom: Regulate AI Police Reports and Sign
Californians should urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign S.B. 524: a common-sense bill that takes important first-step reforms to regulate police reports written by generative AI. This is crucial, as
3 in 4 kids are using AI companions, and only 37% of parents know it.
3 in 4 kids are using AI companions, and only 37% of parents know it. #MetaAI is helping kids plan suicide, giving recommendations for 1,200-calorie diets and offering “psychological help” far from clinical expertise.
Meta AI is automatically available on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
Thank you Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media for your poignant testimony at the Senate hearing on the safety of AI chatbots yesterday. To summarize Robbie: No, AI chatbots are not safe for kids — another major reason to delay giving your child social media until they are at least 16.
Thank you senators Joshua Hawley, Blumenthal, Durbin, Blackburn, Welch, Klobuchar, Britt for organizing this hearing.
Mark Zuckerberg was invited but did not attend.
#characterAI #characterbots #AIcompanions.
The looming crackdown on AI companionship
California passed first-of-its-kind legislation requiring AI companies to include suicide prevention protocols for minors and remind young users that responses are AI-generated, following lawsuits alleging that AI companion behavior contributed to two teenage suicides and studies showing 72% of teens use AI for companionship.