I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
The episode also had me thinking of this article by @eam0.bsky.social and Stephen Gow on Authoritarian EdTech and how it "revolves around the oppressive foreclosure of choice, consent, debate and deliberation".
Another great episode of Education Technology Society, this one featuring Morgan Anderson in conversation w/ @neilselwyn.bsky.social.
Now is a good time for educators to work w/ students to consider how the push to embed GenAI technologies in schools is entangled w/ the spread of authoritarianism.
Very excited that we're somehow getting another day of discourse out of The Florsheim Affair, one of the most delightful stories of this awful last year and change. Keep on clompin' boys! defector.com/report-presi...
i couldn't resist defector.com/i-will-never...
Is it laziness, illiteracy or the ultimate flex? Inside the global elite’s total disregard for grammar.
I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.
“The research concluded that chatbots had become an ‘accelerant for harm’”.
🚨NEW🚨 Cops used an AI-generated teenager to catch pedophiles on Kik Messenger, an app notorious as a hive of predator activity.
A rare insight into how police can spin up AI teens for sting operations on social media.
But where else are cops using AI personas?
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available
Opt-out is not nearly enough, of course. This should be opt-in only --- and for pay.
Hey @officialgrammarly.bsky.social we're gonna need to know the full list of identities you have stolen here as well as clear info on how to opt-out
techcrunch.com/2026/03/07/g...
A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.
@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
*For instance: "the AI talked to him, and drove him straight round the bend so that he killed Mom and hanged himself," that's some AI-centric harmful-peril that likely needs more public comprehension
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Can AI-powered weapons detection protect schools — without targeting students?
'If generative AI is shaped by power, politics and principle, then education cannot treat it as neutral infrastructure. It is not simply a tool that reflects human bias. It is a technology aligned to particular visions of the future.' 3/3
'If you use ChatGPT, you are using a system shaped by Sam Altman and OpenAI’s board. If you use Gemini, you are encountering decisions made inside Google under Demis Hassabis and Sundar Pichai. If you use Claude, it reflects choices made by Dario Amodei and Anthropic'. 2/3
'The systems now being woven into education are shaped by a remarkably small group of people. Not “the internet” as the source of training material. Not “society” influencing the way we use these tools.'
Fascinating that this comes from within Jisc. 1/3
“The existence of technology can lead us down many paths. That does not mean all should be taken.”
the ft slowly embracing the luddite cause
AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows
NEW: One of the most active hubs for sexually explicit AI "deepfakes" is hiding in plain sight. My latest takes a hard look at a 4chan board that's acting as a factory floor for online sexual abuse — where its users have victimized untold numbers of women and girls.
openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...
We could literally legislate this out of existence.
"Recent attacks on specific works of literature by Republican state legislatures and conservative orgs...pale in comparison to the large-scale divestment from literature to which liberal and conservative forces alike contribute."
so good, @manshel.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/alh/article/...
Update: They are up over 50,000 videos now, and besides the decade-by-decade playlists, they have channels for MTV2, VH1 Pop-Up Video, MTV Spring Break, 120 Minutes, Headbanger's Ball, Yo! MTV Raps, and more.
wantmymtv.vercel.app
Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.
OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…
“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”
Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo
so entirely grim
