Mental health
fromFortune
1 hour agoI've spent 25 years studying loneliness. AI is about to make it much worse | Fortune
AI companionship cannot replace the conditions that make genuine human bonds form and endure.
#generative-ai
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Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
21 hours agoGoogle appeals search monopoly ruling, says it won business 'fair and square'
Google appealed rulings finding its search distribution illegal, arguing the decision bypassed legal guardrails and that remedies improperly require data sharing and competitor support.
Media industry
fromReuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
4 days agoInside the news industry's efforts to join forces to defend its journalism from AI companies
Publishers are increasingly negotiating collectively with AI companies to protect and monetize journalistic content amid training and traffic-loss concerns.
#academic-integrity
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 days agoDeter AI Cheating Through Support, Not Detection (opinion)
Prevent cheating by increasing student support rather than relying on surveillance and detection that increases anxiety and adversarial classroom dynamics.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 days agoDeter AI Cheating Through Support, Not Detection (opinion)
Prevent cheating by increasing student support rather than relying on surveillance and detection that increases anxiety and adversarial classroom dynamics.
Books
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 days agoWhy Read "The Infinity Machine" in the Age of Half-Crappy University AI
Universities should look beyond campus AI to understand AI’s future, as DeepMind’s evolution suggests rapid progress toward transformative superintelligence.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 days agoNO FAKES Reintroduced with More Protections for Libraries and Researchers
The NO FAKES Act would create a federal right to authorize use of an individual’s voice and likeness, with licensing and post-death protections up to 70 years.
#ai-agents
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
3 days agoIf Google can't make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
Google announced continuously running AI agents for information gathering, event planning, and inbox and calendar summarization, integrating with Google and external tools.
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoWorld
3 days agoGoogle launches Gemini 3.5 Flash to push AI agents deeper into enterprise workflows
Gemini 3.5 Flash targets faster, multimodal agentic and coding workflows across Google and enterprise platforms, but enterprise value depends on reliable live workflow performance.
fromWIRED
3 days agoLiterary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal
Within days, however, one entry aroused suspicion. “The Serpent in the Grove,” a story by Jamir Nazir of Trinidad and Tobago, which had taken honors for the Caribbean region, struck a few people as bearing the stylistic tells of AI-generated text.
Books
#artificial-intelligence
Tech industry
fromThe Motley Fool
1 week agoAlphabet and Meta Delivered Worrisome News for Investors -- and It Has Trillion-Dollar Implications | The Motley Fool
Alphabet and Meta are making very large AI capital expenditures, driving early revenue and advertising gains despite potential reductions in share buybacks.
Higher education
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days agoGenerational rejection of AI? Why are university students booing big tech at graduation ceremonies?
Artificial intelligence is widely expected to shape the world, but many young people respond with fear, fatigue, and resistance to AI-focused rhetoric and coursework.
Tech industry
fromThe Motley Fool
1 week agoAlphabet and Meta Delivered Worrisome News for Investors -- and It Has Trillion-Dollar Implications | The Motley Fool
Alphabet and Meta are making very large AI capital expenditures, driving early revenue and advertising gains despite potential reductions in share buybacks.
fromThe Verge
1 week agoArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop
Our Code of Conduct states that by signing your name as an author of a paper, each author takes full responsibility for all its contents, irrespective of how the contents were generated. If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized content, biased content, errors, mistakes, incorrect references, or misleading content, and that output is included in scientific works, it is the responsibility of the author(s).
Intellectual property law
fromhbr.org
1 week agoGen AI Could Fix Performance Reviewsor Make Them Even Worse
Enterprises are rapidly deploying generative AI systems to streamline performance reviews. Citi's Performance Assist pulls data from across its organization to draft evaluations. JPMorgan's LLM Suite supports the writing of year-end reviews. Boston Consulting Group's internal AI assistant reportedly cuts review-writing time by 40%.
fromEngadget
1 week agoNetflix wants to use generative AI to make animated shorts - Engadget
Netflix has launched a new studio called INKubator that will specialize in creating generative AI content. Based on the current job listings for the team, it appears this studio will be creating short-form animated content that centers gen-AI workflows and tools.
NYC startup
fromThe Atlantic
1 week agoThe Jokes That AI Will Never Get
So when they're offered lucrative deals involving generative AI, Valerie and Deborah are receptive. Their instinct to look out for themselves means that neither is particularly moved by pleas from those around her to save writers' jobs. Instead, they discover a consequence of the technology that surprises them both: AI may offer shortcuts, but it also eliminates the human collaboration that helps them produce their best possible work.
Television
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 week agoIf an obscure 1980s paradox is any guide, AI may be about to hit a huge tipping point
Generative AI adoption is widespread, but measurable productivity and employment gains remain limited, suggesting a delayed economic impact similar to early computer-era patterns.
Marketing tech
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
1 week agoGoogle Analytics AI Assistant Traffic Tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude Traffic
GA4 adds an AI Assistant channel to measure traffic from AI chatbots, automatically tagging medium, channel group, and campaign names for comparison with other sources.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week agoMark Zuckerberg's 1,000-Person Royal Guard: Inside the "Draft" That Forcibly Moved Meta's Top Engineers Into a New AI Division
Meta transferred at least 1,000 top engineers into an Applied AI Engineering division, with refusals reportedly leading to layoffs, signaling a shift from efficiency to forced execution.
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