Bravo, EU! Just in time for the US midterms, "These ban particularly harmful systems, including systems that manipulate people, exploit vulnerabilities in harmful ways, or unfairly score people in ways that threaten their rights." 1/3

Commission starts enforcing AI Act rules and new transparency requirements on 2 August

From 2 August 2026, the European Commission\'s AI Office, together with national authorities, will begin enforcing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. On the same date, new transparency rules will s...

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Writers: any org that advertises itself as "vital" to your career while boosting everything that prevents you from actually having a career is not an organization you should join. Don't pay to be in a glorified clique.

Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner.

public libraries ftw

Don't let the Ai discourse discourage you aspiring writers out there. Art is valued by its rarity, and the rarest thing in the world is the talent of a single individual. What can be mass produced for cheap has little value. You are an original. A one of a kind. A bespoke wonder. Never forget that.

This answers a question I hear all the time, "Why would criminals want my information?"

What's your data worth on the dark web? (Lock and Code S07E15)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we discuss just exactly why it is that hackers and scammers want your data—and how you're at risk.

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kids, i have something exciting to tell you. I just financed a cybertruck through x the everything app. also your mom left

Keep making art.

I feel that we need a Jimothy and Moo Deng animated heist film

I was just talking with @grubreport.bsky.social about how AI has become a slur/insult for high schoolers. That's probably the biggest thing tech companies didn't anticipate. Once you lose the younger generation, you're not getting them back.

Elana Klein@elanaklein.bsky.social · 2w ago

“everybody shames people for using AI” “it continuously is dumbing down just the whole community within school in general” “i think it should stand for artificial idiot” i had the pleasure of talking about AI with some particularly thoughtful, healthily cynical kids. here's what they had to say:

The kids are alright 😎

Elana Klein@elanaklein.bsky.social · 2w ago

“everybody shames people for using AI” “it continuously is dumbing down just the whole community within school in general” “i think it should stand for artificial idiot” i had the pleasure of talking about AI with some particularly thoughtful, healthily cynical kids. here's what they had to say:

The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack. www.wired.com/story/openai...

OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked HuggingFace

The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack.

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*sits on a swing under the smoke-choked sky, eating broken glass pastries while shitting self from the lettuce, while kids with measles go running by*

Kashana@kashana.blacksky.app · 3w ago

Like most people, I always thought it would be neat if we had a more exciting food supply

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. Cicero

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Budd@n7eoj.bsky.social · 4w ago

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...

These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech

Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.

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Meta Glasses are like, a Cybertruck for your face.

Some good tips in this article

How to tell if an image is AI-generated

Scammers are using AI-generated images to make fake stories more convincing. Here's how to separate real from fake.

malwarebytes.com

This feels like a good time to note that, indeed, USWNT is the winningest team in international sports history (win percentage: 84) the18.com/en/soccer-en...

Where Does The USWNT Rank Amongst The Winningest Teams Of All Time? | The18

The USWNT is quite good — that's what all our number crunching has led us to believe.

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Schatzi Page@schatzipage.bsky.social · 4w ago

Don’t send a man to do a woman’s job

someone needs to write this Netflix series.

Anthony's Spinning Circles here too!@circlesspinning.bsky.social · last mo.

Maga taking shelter in the National Museum of African-American History And Culture!

I think this Messi guy has a future

You know what would be interesting? If @kamalaharris.com or @douglasemhoff.bsky.social represented Major Jason Watson pro bono in suing the government for violating his 1A right to peaceful protest.

In light of this decision, the federal government should rethink if it can continue to buy Americans' location data without a warrant. I'll keep pushing for black-letter law that would stop the sale of your data to anyone, including the government.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: In a landmark 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules that "geofence warrants," which allow law enforcement to collect sweeping smartphone location data over a broad area, constitute an "unreasonable search" and violate the Fourth Amendment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Celebrate Pride by making a donation to The Trevor Project! If everyone chips in just $5, we can make a huge difference for LGBTQ+ youth. It only takes a moment, but the impact can last a lifetime. Please share widely! Trevorproject.org/beans

“If these companies want quality data, then they should offer quality contracts,” says <whistleblower>. “Instead they’re low-balling struggling people, employing them for the barest possible amount of time and tossing them aside as projects are finished with no warning.”

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last mo.

Who could have predicted.

Model collapse, here we come in 3-2-

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last mo.

Who could have predicted.

James Burrows was not a giant in sitcom directing. He was THE giant. The primary director of Cheers and Taxi. The only director (I believe) of Will & Grace. The director whose pilots for Friends, Third Rock, Frasier, and Big Bang Theory got them on the air. The king. RIP. people.com/james-burrow...

James Burrows, Cheers Co-Creator and Will & Grace Director, Dies at 85 (Exclusive)

James Burrows has died at the age of 85. An 11-time Emmy winner, he co-created 'Cheers' and directed episodes of 'Will & Grace', 'Friends', 'The Big Bang Theory', 'Taxi' and many other TV sitcoms.

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