Work in the AI economy is deliberately organized through an "outsourcing maze," writes the Weizenbaum Institute’s Sana Ahmad, enabling global capital to extract value from workers via layered intermediaries.

Labor Power and the Role of Subcontracting in the AI Economy

Public discourse on artificial intelligence has begun to pull back the curtain on the systematic failures of global labor supply chains, writes Sana Ahmad.

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This is the future Big Oil built for us. Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would drive increasingly severe and frequent heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires, but lied to protect their own profits at the expense of public health and safety. The public deserves accountability.

Dangerous, record-smashing heat wave to scorch millions

A prolonged, dangerous heat wave will intensify across most of the central to eastern U.S. this week, the National Weather Service said.

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There were those who doubted us, but a new independent report shows major reductions in air pollution in our city are linked to an estimated 40% fewer annual premature deaths.

Please spare a thought for all the graduate students working on platform governance who will need to do last-minute updates to their theses

Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EU, tech law CJEU: Member States can require age verification for porn, and ban rebroadcast of traffic cop information also ***a website that controls what viewers see via an algorithm is liable for the content*** curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...

Hard to express how much of a failure Brexit has been.

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A whole 12% of voters think Brexit has been a success. And just 25% of Leave voters. Sigh.

Patients need to find it easy & straightforward to hold people and organisations that provide healthcare services accountable for mistakes regardless of whether they're made by people/orgs/ tools they use regardless of whether they're "AI" or not, Peter sez www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns

Medical Protection Society calls for law to be overhauled to help medics avoid liability for errors made by technology

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“This is censorship... This is a demonstration that some of the worst abuses in our time are not confined to kings, emperors, governments … but to a class of companies that have assumed the sovereign affect, and seek to assert their power the same way that some of those despotic nation states do.”

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

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I am sorry, but since when the "Candy Crush businessman" is a voice worth listening when it comes to higher education?!

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Peer-reviewed papers are ‘old hat science’, says millionaire investor. Candy Crush businessman Mel Morris says universities “must embrace AI” to transform into economic powerhouses. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Economic powerhouses? I am not working in the academia in order to be part of an economic powerhouse. What I am interested in is the development and formation of the human mind through research-based education and cultural maturation.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Peer-reviewed papers are ‘old hat science’, says millionaire investor. Candy Crush businessman Mel Morris says universities “must embrace AI” to transform into economic powerhouses. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

If anyone tells you ‘all the evidence’ points in one direction on a social media ban for kids, they’re lying to you. It’s neither simple nor one directional. There are harms both ways. There’s no magic wand. Believing there could be is a recipe for disaster.

I was honored to attend the presentation by #Pope #Leo XIV of his first #Encyclica #MagnificaHumanitas on safeguarding the #human person in the time of #AI #ArtificialIntelligence. The 235 pages are #mustread for all who wish a #future of #humanity with #socialjustice www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

What makes an AI system “high-risk” under the #AIAct? We just published draft guidelines to help providers and deployers assess whether an AI system falls under the high-risk classification. Share your feedback now ⤵️ link.europa.eu/fRKfdf

Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly. www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-and...

Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈

Don't miss this opportunity!

The Constitution Society@consoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

⏰ ⏰ ⏰ There's one week left to apply for our (paid) summer research fellowship examining the position of protest within the UK Constitution. Full details at: consoc.org.uk/protest-fell... Please share widely and consider applying, but don't leave it too much longer! ⏰ ⏰ ⏰

Good piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social. There is little difference at times between Reform, Labour or Tories on hostile rhetoric against minorities. Toxic language has become "normalised". The biggest cause of division isn't immigration, it's political rhetoric. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour | Nesrine Malik

‘Concern’ about immigration has now morphed into policing how ethnic minorities exist in our communities, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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🚨 Should children be banned from social media, and on what legal, scientific, and democratic basis? The European Journal of Risk Regulation is calling for submissions on one of the most contested regulatory debates of our time and soon will publish a Special Issue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Lisa Nandy: “I don't think anyone in this country wants to reopen the Brexit debate.” The Country:

Top stuff from @casmudde.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured It

A top management journal measured AI’s impact on submissions and reviews. Submissions rose 42%, writing quality declined and AI reviews proved uninformative to editors.

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Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and co-author of the NBER Working Paper "The Economic Impact of Brexit" (Bloom et al., 2025), has also claimed that we could have doubled the money for the NHS had we not left the EU. The Brexit "battle bus" promises are ageing poorly..

“In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants Trump is volatile, capricious & unreasonable but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage” #NoToPalantir Link to EU alternatives follows www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants | Rafael Behr

Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds

Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds

Journalists face rising threats while media ownership is concentrated in fewer hands, leading civil liberties group warns

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It’s depressing to me that “reading“ is now framed as a hobby instead of, you know, a default activity for leisure and edification practiced generally by a literate populace.

👀 Business leaders call for a bolder move than the current ‘reset’ of European relations. Read The Observer's article here: https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/rejoin-eu-to-boost-economy-and-revive-premiership-starmer-urged

Starmer told the civil service to 'deliver' what he wanted Yet he has sacked the civil servant who 'delivered' the appointment of Lord Mandelson New by me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Google marks all Gemini-created text with its SynthID text watermarking system. They have released public detectors for media. They have not for text, and they have not publicly said why they haven't. Regulators and legislators should ask them.

UK and EU close in on agricultural deal to reduce Brexit barriers

UK and EU close in on agricultural deal to reduce Brexit barriers

Lords told sales of Scottish shellfish among areas that may benefit – but agreement will not erase all paperwork

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La Hongrie viole le droit européen avec sa loi stigmatisant et marginalisant les personnes LGBTQIA +, selon la Cour de justice de l’UE

La Hongrie viole le droit européen avec sa loi stigmatisant et marginalisant les personnes LGBTQIA +, selon la Cour de justice de l’UE

La Commission européenne avait saisi en juillet 2022 la plus haute juridiction européenne contre Budapest.

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Uk and EU finalise UK return to Erasmus www.gov.uk/government/n...

UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into Erasmus+ in 2027

Thousands across the UK set to benefit from re-opening of the historic Erasmus+ programme

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