Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications. www.wired.com/story/openai...
It's how you get to Europe and/or Africa from Australia but I've never known anyone to holiday there
I don't know that they could conceive of it
As the article suggests (but sort of buries), members of the public want much more agency and control over whether and how AI is part of their lives; they don't want it in the hands of this cadre of techbro CEOs. (And I don't believe for a second most ordinary people are scifi "doomers").
About *not* doing it now
There was never any safe way it could until the trial is done. Which I understand to have been one of the arguments about doing it now!
POLITICO expanding to Australia. Well we need _something_ else.
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The trove of files released by the Department of Justice, illuminates Epstein’s deep interest and entrenchment in the scientific community.
But the files also underscore how he used his power and money in ways that kept women out of places where they might succeed. https://bit.ly/4qWgPLz
NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act.
The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."
A common fictional narrative shows people with nonconforming identities finding self-acceptance in towns and cities.
This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, archivist Lottie Wood explores how author E. M. Barraud found the opposite, through rural work and the Women’s Land Army.
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I find this content distressing
Tender is such a good name for a fintech company that started as a payment system for what I guess is meant to be OnlyFans and now wants to """disrupt""" banking. Well done Industry writers
Watched ABC breakfast for a v short while during which I got PH delivering an uninterrupted hate speech monologue for several minutes, closely followed by a bright and breezy interview with Kathy Lette on the "scandal" of the British establishment's relationship to Epstein. Can't we do better?
Hybrid *mode*, fangdangle it. Must. Wear. Glasses.
💟 Authenticity issues in online creator culture, journalism, human rights documentation and witness media, including practitioner, industry, and audience practices and experiences
🌈 Perspectives that centre cultural and linguistic diversity, disability, gender and sexual diversity, Indigenous, and global or majority world approaches to authenticity
✨️Computational and/or sociotechnical approaches to authenticity and its governance and regulation in synthetic media, including proposals for and evaluations of synthetic media detection, AI disclosure or transparency methods
Topics might include:
🍄 Historical perspectives on ideas about authenticity and/or human voice and presence in relation to media technologies and practices
We are particularly keen to see work that engages directly with voice automation, either as a standalone topic or in the context of audiovisual and/or synthetic media more broadly.
We're keen to explore how the problem of authenticity shows up and might be managed in synthetic media contexts including audio and screen media, internet culture, music, and AI-powered voice agents or chatbots.
🚨CFP: The ADM+S Generative Authenticity project is hosting a small scholarly symposium on Authenticity, Generative AI and Synthetic Media on 6-7 May at QUT Kelvin Grove (and hybrid node).
Short abstracts due 9 March.
All info and the submission form: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Really delighted to see my university make this move. There could be no more appropriate place for the journal. 📔
Screenshot of two stacked Bluesky posts on a dark interface. Top post is by Hank Green (profile photo at left, verified checkmark). Text reads: “I’ve been hearing people who are witnessing the impacts of AI on coding saying, ‘Aside from physical labor, the thing people should be focusing on is… mmm… I don’t know what to call it…’ …and then they haltingly describe a liberal arts education.” Timestamp shows 12:56 PM · Feb 10, 2026. Below it is a reply-style post by Ted Underwood (profile photo at left). Text reads: “The easy path here is to say ‘we’ve always taught critical thinking & ethical judgment, so we’ll be fine.’ I have low confidence in that! Not v clear we taught those things successfully. Also, do we have the needed expertise to teach, specifically, how to leverage and evaluate this new technology?” Timestamp shows 10:26 AM · Feb 3, 2026.
The liberal arts have a bright future, if by that we mean a willingness to pose fundamental questions and range widely across different fields of knowledge.
But I wouldn't assume that is something we're already doing about as well as we could conceivably do it.
That's only emoji soap, should be fine
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
Siri, what happens when you fire all the Black and Brown smart people from newsrooms?
