Bluesky replies now default to appear by “hotness”, which weights liked replies that are more recent more heavily; some say this rewards clout farming like X
Not everyone is happy about it being the default. — Bluesky replies will now default to appear by “hotness” …
Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots
Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots
Teens are opening up to AI chatbots as a way to explore friendship. But sometimes, the AI's advice can go too far. Mastodon: @ajsadauskas@aus.social and @mindful@mas.to . Bluesky:...
A look at Stanford University's efforts to educate Congress on AI, including a boot camp covering AI's potential to reshape education and a primer on deepfakes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... X: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : D.C. aides get wined and dined at Stanford AI event, @nitashatiku reports https://www.washingtonpost.com/ .....
A profile of James Manyika, Google's SVP of Research, Technology, & Society, who signed a statement warning that AI poses a “risk of extinction” to humanity
But At What Cost? Bluesky: Chris G / @hypervisible.bsky.social : If you put something into the world and disaster ensues, bad things didn't “happen.” You caused the “bad things.” ...
A congressional investigation led by Senator Elizabeth Warren finds popular tax filing tools “recklessly” sent data, like income, to Meta and Google for years
https://www.cnn.com/... Mastodon: Paul Cantrell / @inthehands@hachyderm.io : Just beating my old drum: — The fines involved could tip some of these companies into bankruptcy. — ...
A Democratic report finds popular tax filing tools inappropriately and “recklessly” transmitted data to Meta and Google for years; tax data is tightly regulated
The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
A look at US hospitals using sometimes flawed AI-based diagnosis tools, as some clinicians say they feel pressure from administrations to defer to the algorithm
Shutdown talk to dominate the summer LinkedIn: Srinivasan Iyengar : AI is best when used as a solution that “suggests” options/recommendation and not “deciding” specially in hospit...