NEW: After losing 20 consecutive lawsuits seeking states’ voter rolls, DOJ conceded that its case against Washington is no different from the others — but still urged another court to embrace the sweeping legal theory rejected by every court to consider it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

After 20 straight losses, Trump DOJ struggles to defend demand for Washington state voter rolls

The concession left DOJ asking the Washington court to reject a judicial consensus that now includes 20 district court rulings and one federal appellate decision — without identifying any distinct fac...

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Esta semana tengo la inmensa suerte de compartir el escenario con la increíble @irenevalmore.bsky.social para hablar sobre Profecía y el futuro el 16 de junio a las 7pm en la Fundación Telefónica en #Madrid. ¡Apúntate! @debatelibros.bsky.social espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com/evento/caris...

GitHub Copilot users threaten exit as metered billing kicks in www.theregister.com/... #AI

Angry devs vow to flee GitHub Copilot as metered billing takes hold

'16% of my monthly Pro+ allowance. Gone. For basically nothing'

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The Pope appears to understand AI better than Geoffrey Hinton does. "LLM researchers are NOT creating beings. They are creating interactive fiction that is trained to predict the language of actual beings. Those two are NOT the same." ~ Gary Marcus

The Pope appears to understand AI better than Geoffrey Hinton does.

What a thing says doesn’t tell you how it came to say it

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ALERT: The Riverbottom Nightmare Band has dropped out of Trump’s Freedom 250 concert.

Ken Paxton just gave an Epstein-style deal to a pedophile. Paxton released Adam Hoffman — an admitted child rapist — back on our streets after Paxton’s rich lawyer friend got involved. The Epstein Class has no place in Texas. Ken Paxton has no place in the US Senate.

Fyre Festival: DC edition

"I have been pointing out the errors since the week #ChatGPT was introduced in 2022, and study after study after study... has shown that most companies don’t seen a significant return on their #AI investment." ~ Gary Marcus garymarcus.substack.... #ROI #GenerativeAI

If enough other companies report the same, the bubble pops. 🫧

Breaking: “Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said he’s not seeing proportional productivity gains from increasing AI costs.”

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“In response to questions from Senate Democrats, Trump’s judicial nominees won’t state the simple fact: Former President Joe Biden won, and, by extension, Trump lost.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump's judges are all election deniers

To avoid saying or implying that Trump lost in 2020, his judicial nominees have repeatedly engaged in rhetorical gymnastics.

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Could #generativeAI turn out to be the tech industry’s Vietnam? And could public backlash lead AI to a better place? "As I argued at the end of Taming Silicon Valley..., if the people unite, we might actually be able to get AI to a better place." ~ Gary Marcus

Could generative AI turn out to be the tech industry’s Vietnam? And could public backlash lead AI to a better place?

We live in interesting times

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Nope, the singularity isn't 4 years away, but the shitularity is certainly already here.

World models, artificial general intelligence and the hard problems of life–mind continuity: toward a unified understanding of natural and #artificialintelligence | The Royal Society royalsocietypublishi...

A civic grammar for #AI rights | @science.org www.science.org/doi/...

3,437 bound volumes. 17,000 pounds of documents. 1,400 victims. Tomorrow at noon, I'm standing at a podium in Tribeca and reading the Epstein files out loud for 24 hours straight. Please join me. Subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@eliza.orlins

Eliza Orlins

Eliza Orlins is a Manhattan public defender and outspoken advocate for our city’s most vulnerable moms, dads, daughters and sons. Since 2009, she has represented around 5,000 New Yorkers who otherwi...

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The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction "As much as Silicon Valley would wish you to believe it, #AI does not necessitate imperial conquest, nor could broad-based benefit from the technology ever emerge from such a foundation." ~ Karen Hao

The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction | Karen Hao

Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI

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Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion "Dawkins seems to imagine that since #LLMs say things people do, they must be like people, and that simply does not follow." ~ Gary Marcus garymarcus.substack.... #AI

Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion

The great skeptic gets taken in

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+1 >> "We tend to associate predictions with knowledge, she says, but they're actually attempts to grab power. So the next time someone tells you a specific outcome is inevitable, remember: they aren't describing the future — they're selling it." ~ Carissa Véliz

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED

What do the story of Oedipus and your insurance premiums have in common? They are both driven by self-fulfilling prophecies. Philosopher and TED Fellow Carissa Véliz traces the hidden power of prediction, from Roman emperors who banned prophets to the AI algorithms quietly making decisions about you

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John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com discusses #AI #Chatbots

AI Chatbots: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses AI chatbots, why they’re flirting with users unprompted and encouraging people to open soggy cereal cafes, and how their flaws can be genuinely hazardous to the public. Subscribe to the #lastweektonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com

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"Skilled coders can use vibe-coded tools, with careful oversight. But amateurs using vibe-coding tools are asking for trouble. Using them without a strong prior working knowledge in coding and software maintenance and sysadmin *is* the mistake." ~ Gary Marcus

Dario Amodei, hype, AI safety, and the explosion of vibe-coded AI disasters

What the AI cheerleaders don’t tell you

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"Four studies in four journals published in the space of a few months reaching essentially the same conclusion is a crystal clear indicator that #chatbots, especially when used by amateurs, simply cannot be trusted." ~ Gary Marcus garymarcus.substack.... #generativeAI #healthcare

Please don’t trust your chatbot for medical advice

Four separate studies all point in the same direction

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Yet another study shows Tylenol does not cause autism. RFK Jr. is lying to the public and putting people at risk. He must go. Tell your Rep to support impeachment: zurl.co/HkYVm zurl.co/FGXt2 #ImpeachTheQuack #RemoveRFKJr #ImpeachRFKJr #RFKJr #StandUpForScience

Taking Tylenol during pregnancy has no link to autism, new study finds

Trump has pushed unfounded claims of Tylenol use in pregnancy being tied to ‘a very increased risk of autism’

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Pope Leo XIV: Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

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.Microsoft #GenerativeAI Report: The 40 Most Disrupted Jobs & The 40 Most Secure Jobs | @hackernoon.bsky.social hackernoon.com/micro... #DataScience #cybersecurity #healthcare #AI #MachineLearning

5 #ArtificialIntelligence Programs for Professionals Selecting the Right Track Across #GenAI, #MachineLearning, and #DataScience in 2026 www.onrec.com/news/n...

The two wildest stories today in tech "With actual #AGI nowhere in sight, redefinition and spin may be all that’s left." ~ Gary Marcus

The two wildest stories today in tech

Shifting goal posts and new efforts at redefining the narrative

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On employment, don’t panic – yet. "Don’t focus on replacing humans. Focus on how you can use #AI to help the ones you’ve got." ~ Gary Marcus

On employment, don’t panic – yet.

Things will get wild, but probably not immediately

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Excellent read >> "CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism

"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

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#AI’s Growing Role as Scientific Peer Reviewer Stanford HAI "Stanford computer scientist James Zou is exploring how AI can accelerate scientific research & peer review. His finding: AI excels at spotting gaps, but judgment calls still need humans."

AI’s Growing Role as Scientific Peer Reviewer | Stanford HAI

Stanford computer scientist James Zou is exploring how AI can accelerate scientific research and peer review. His finding: AI excels at spotting gaps, but judgment calls still need humans.

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