Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs
Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back
Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work
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This is outrageous, despotic shit and everyone who played a role in it should lose their place in polite society. Show us the warrant. Who asked for it? What did they claim? Have there been grand jury proceedings? Who was in charge? And what judge, if any, signed off on the search warrant?
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4d agoBREAKING: Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say.
There’s a familiar reactionary pattern in the new network of anti-screen time/anti-social media policy orgs, law firms, podcasts etc. Reasonable concerns about tech are being used as a recruitment/activation strategy to funnel educated liberals into the reactionary right project
Daisy Gardner@daisygardner.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew “This Week In School Board” just dropped with guest commentary by @gusdforall.bsky.social and @thechartyb.com ! This week’s villains: the far-right groups taking advantage of the Ed Tech backlash! open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...
calling this "misalignment" instead of "negligence" is an accountability dodge. we already have laws about cyber crimes and there's no scale of ML model you can incorporate into your code that makes you not responsible for running it
President Trump threatens to prevent the US from trading with many countries unless the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates. https://cnn.it/4zXsFeh
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Undercover filming shows Nigel Farage celebrating illegal foreign donations Footage shows a plan to break electoral law by funnelling money from a US ‘businessman’ through a UK donor The donations funded a series of widely reported polls secretly commissioned by Reform
In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.
Trump takes issue with the Lindsey Graham eulogy he's reading: "Virtually everyone liked Lindsey. Well, not everybody. But it sounds good. I have to be honest. I have to veer from this for a second."
A selloff in global semiconductor stocks deepened, as investor sentiment continued to worsen over the sustainability of the artificial intelligence boom.
Chip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition Fears
A selloff in global semiconductor stocks deepened on Tuesday, as investor sentiment continued to worsen over the sustainability of the artificial intelligence boom.
bloom.bg
Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough.
A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
ft.com
‘ A World Cup that failed fans’ Statement by Football Supporters Europe calls out “rampant exploitation of fans“ and says FIFA is unfit to govern the game.
Trump hates the empowered working class
Defiance Dispatch@defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe nurses strike is over and now they are being refused entry as retaliation. This and other tactics like are why strikes are so hard to organize but remember they do this because organizing works! Credits: @massnurses
The nurses strike is over and now they are being refused entry as retaliation. This and other tactics like are why strikes are so hard to organize but remember they do this because organizing works! Credits: @massnurses
Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform observer.co.uk/news/politic...
First government department quits X over racism and viole...
Concern about the spread of misinformation from right-wing figures prompts Richard Hermer to pull Attorney General’s Office off platform
observer.co.uk
Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine ft.trib.al/TS7SOJp
Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine
Peter Thiel-chaired data intelligence group sued publication over reports that Switzerland rejected its approaches
ft.trib.al
New from me: No increase in global coal power generation after Hormuz closure - solar and wind growth covered the fall in gas-fired generation. The record buildout of clean energy in 2025 helped mitigate the impact of the Hormuz closure.
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air@creacleanair.bsky.social · 6mo ago🌐 NEW | Analysis: Global fossil power generation fell in March after Hormuz closure due to solar & wind growth ⚠️ Fall in gas-fired generation offset by large increases in solar & wind power, not coal w/CREA's @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"
"I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt but some of my best friends are daughters."
Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!)@sjbrewer.bsky.social · 7mo agoDe Zerbi: I apologise for offending some people not for anything I said
BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏
Breaking: Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
In a surprise move, OpenAI will shut down its Sora AI video app, just months after it was first launched.
bit.ly
“Jacket potatoes,” a British classic, are having a culinary comeback thanks to social media. They act as an endlessly adaptable vehicle for baked beans, tuna salad and all manner of other peculiarly British toppings. nyti.ms/4lRsIBU
What Are Jacket Potatoes, and Why Are the English Waiting Hours for Them?
The heavily topped tubers, a British classic, are having a culinary comeback thanks to social media.
nyti.ms
"Meta, after laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs division, closing three VR studios, stopping new content for VR fitness app Supernatural, and discontinuing its metaverse for work, is announcing a major change for its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform." www.theverge.com/tech/881647/...
Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR
But Meta really wants you to know that it still cares about VR.
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