OpenAI plans to roll out age-verification software by December to give verified adult users more latitude to engage with the chatbot on restricted topics such as erotica. Read: https://thein.fo/3M31la3
Claude Opus 4.5 has a "soul document"? This is as fascinating as it is weird.
I wrote a lil something about my general screaming into the voidy-ness that I'm feeling about Sora and raising a kid in this day and age and other scream-worthy concerns.
Had to make sure someone tossed this name into the hat.
📺 HAPPENING NOW: House Judiciary Republicans come out the gate with unequivocal support for a sweeping, broad AI moratorium, which will repeal laws protect kids and make CSAM illegal in states like in states like Alabama, Arizona, California, and more.
The Wallaces might say, “I don’t know why politics have to get in the way of being friends.”
I cannot stress this enough: do not use email for organizing. Set strict retention so emails delete after a short period of time. Assume every Big Tech company will rat you out to the gestapo without lifting a finger to protect your rights theintercept.com/2025/09/16/g...
no shit
A meeting of two AI mega-minds!
An excellent start and glad to see Anthropic stand by its values. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
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Look, if I’m interviewing you for a writing/language-heavy role and you send me a ChatGPT-generated thank you note I’m gonna get a lil pissed.
Google won’t be forced to sell its Chrome browser and can keep paying companies to keep its search engine as the default on smartphones, thanks to a federal ruling.
In other words? Google gets to remain a monopoly and keep its harmful, anti-competitive practices.
Shameful.
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
IMHO, it’s worth noticing how these dweebs are now more openly inserting their eugenicist talking points into the hype for their tech. In this instance saying people will be at a “cognitive disadvantage” if they don’t use his tech.
Dude what.
@cantwell.senate.gov helped lead the push to kill the AI moratorium — blocking Big Tech’s attempt to strip states of the power to protect kids. It worked when Senators from both sides of the aisle listened to parents, state AGs, and advocates like the SMVLC.
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“We are getting rid of woke,” he said on Wednesday. “The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models.”
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But hey it’s theoretical and
I feel like this is my thesis sentence for a freshman year paper that I’d look back on in grad school and say oh god how I knew so little.
“AI is being used to ramp up tensions, glorify violence, and to [support] hate and prejudice.”
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Super curious what Asimov would think about BlackRock naming their AI tool after him.
I like how one half of our economy is begging for better opportunities and living wages
and the other half is bloodlessly automating all labor while poking the other side with sticks
Why learn about intelligent criticism when you can simply say, “don’t be a hater” and move on?
/s
I totally agree! And I think it’s perpetuated the adoption of gen AI for artistic endeavors because people feel like they have a creative outlet and weren’t really taught how to create and appreciate expressive artifacts.
#booksky #writingcommunity
Once again Meta launches a feature without even taking a basic stab at privacy considerations www.404media.co/meta-invents...
Not to mention, those suckers are always pricey!
