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Award-winning social, digital, events and AI consulting and training company founded by Sree Sreenivasan sreenet.bsky.social and Andrew Lih. Check out digimentors.group

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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
For #iPhone users who want a preview of iOS 26 . . . check this out. techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/i...
techcrunch.com
iOS 26 beta 4 arrives, with Liquid Glass tweaks and AI news summaries | TechCrunch
Apple launches iOS 26 beta 4 for developers with updates to Liquid Glass and AI notification summaries, ahead. A public beta is expected later this week.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
people 🤦‍♀️ www.404media.co/a-startup-is...
404media.co
A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors
Infostealer data can include passwords, email and billing addresses, and the embarrassing websites you use. Farnsworth Intelligence is selling to divorce lawyers and other industries.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Some product news: foldable iPhone may really be happening! www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
cnet.com
The Folding iPhone Is Getting Real (and Might Use Samsung Parts)
More reports point to Apple launching a foldable iPhone in 2026, but it won't come cheap.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Admit it. #Apple and #Android phones have kind of always looked alike. But that's all changing. While Apple apps will fade into the glass, Google's will get brighter. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/t...
nytimes.com
How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our Phones
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Not as slaps as #gun-control advocates may want, but looks like there's a near future where a 3D-printed gun would be traceable. #tech www.404media.co/3d-printing-...
404media.co
3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought
Early studies show that 3D printers may leave behind similar toolmarks on repeated prints.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Head spinning. Can #crypto be a form #socialmedia. Please weigh in with your thoughts. gizmodo.com/the-casino-s...
gizmodo.com
The Casino Social Media Platform That Wants to 'Kill' Facebook and TikTok
A little-known crypto platform just made history, raising $600 million in minutes with a bold plan to dethrone social media titans.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
U.S.-only TikTok app? No U.S.-only TikTok app? The plot thickens. www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-denie...
searchenginejournal.com
TikTok Denies Report Claiming It’s Building a Standalone US App
TikTok has denied a Reuters report claiming it's building a standalone U.S. app with a separate algorithm.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We all need to understand the problems with #AI #chatbots so we can use them better. www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/t...
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Grok’s antisemitic outbursts reflect a problem with AI chatbots | CNN Business
Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, began responding with violent posts this week after the company tweaked its system to allow it to offer users more “politically incorrect” answers.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Contemporary truth: Give us a disaster, and there will be fake videos. @politifact.bsky.social has some good tips for identifying viral fakes of the tragic flood in Texas. www.politifact.com/article/2025...
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Texas floods: How to spot fake disaster videos
Following the floods in Texas, online accounts tried to to take advantage of the moment by sharing dramatic videos of previous unrelated floods. Here is how fact-checkers spot the fake videos.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Sounds a lot like an Ebay fever-dream to us. www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-...
socialmediatoday.com
TikTok Adds Countdown Bidding for Livestream Auctions
Another way to push its in-app shopping options.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We found this good explainer from Politifact about how to tell real footage from the U.S. bombing of Iran from the #AI generated slop that's all over social media. If you have any more tips, let us know in comments. www.politifact.com/article/2025...
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How to verify footage amid US attack on Iran
Soon after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. bombed Iran, footage claiming to show the aftermath flooded social media. But many images and videos were AI-generated, taken out of context or rec...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Let's just hope that #Musk's #Grok #AI can outsmart Musk as he tried to retrain it to reflect his political views. www.axios.com/2025/06/24/e...
axios.com
Musk's Grok retraining is harder than it looks
AI researchers warn that efforts to politically shape LLMs are misguided and dangerous.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Perplexity has had our attention for a while. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/t...
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What is Perplexity, the AI startup said to be catching Meta and Apple’s attention | CNN Business
A nearly 3-year-old AI startup has reportedly caught the attention of two of the largest and most influential tech companies, underscoring the fierce competition for AI talent and push to become leade...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Lotsa reactions to this story about Google fixing its search bias in the EU to avoid fines. 1) Have you ever noticed that Google ranks itself in search results over competitors? 2) How worried is Google search about AI Chatbots replacing it? Let us know in comments. qz.com/google-propo...
qz.com
Google proposes fixes to search to hold off E.U. fines
After losing an appeal on a $4.7 billion antitrust charge, the search giant offers up space to its rivals
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Sunday = Funday withSree Sreenivasan's (@sreenet.bsky.social) #NYTReadalong. This week's guest is novelist Sarah Hamdan, author of "What Will People Think." Fun begins at 8:30 a.m. ET. Find links to livestreams (watch live or later) and more info here: www.digimentors.group/post/nytread...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Wait. Employers are scaring workers with #AI threats because they don't think their employees are taking AI seriously? Do you feel your job could be done lost to AI? Let us know in comments. www.axios.com/2025/06/20/a...?
axios.com
Why CEOs are using AI to scare workers
CEOs warn the new technology could make many workers obsolete, while urging them to start using it right away.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What do you think #JDVance will do with his @bsky.app account? techcrunch.com/2025/06/19/b...
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Bluesky briefly suspended JD Vance's account after he joined | TechCrunch
Bluesky's automated impersonation detection system took down JD Vance's new account, but it was restored soon after.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
While #TikTok is probably here to stay (i.e., no #ban likely as long as Trump is president), #Meta is expanding #Reels. Now all #Facebook videos will be Reels! www.socialmediatoday.com/news/faceboo...
socialmediatoday.com
Facebook Announces That All Video Uploads Will Now Be Reels
Meta is leaning further into the Reels format.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Two days until the extension on the #TikTok ban runs out. Trump is expected to extend the ban again. And billionaire Frank McCourt has an idea about how he can buy and then completely change how the platform functions. Do you think his idea can actually work? qz.com/frank-mccour...
qz.com
Why Frank McCourt wants to spend $20 billion on TikTok
Frank McCourt unloaded a baseball empire in a tabloid frenzy. Now he's back with a moonshot to take over TikTok and remake the digital world
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
FREE LINK! Because it's really important for people to understand how NOT to make their conversations with #Meta's #AI public. DO NOT PUT private "conversations" in the "Discover" feed. wapo.st/446pMJ6
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Meta AI users confide on sex, God and Trump. Some don’t know it’s public.
Some people are unwittingly posting their private and sometimes mortifying conversations with the Meta AI chatbot to the world.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Always interesting things going on with #TIkTok, especially using #Capcut. And now #AI can finish off your photo. Some are cute, some are quite odd. mashable.com/article/ai-f...
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An absurd TikTok trend lets AI finish your photo
Arrest that dog!!!
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Big news from #Instagram. 🤳 Coming soon! You'll be able to re-arrange your grid. I remember this functionality was on everyone's social media wishlist back in 2012. 👏 www.cnet.com/news/social-...
cnet.com
Instagram May Soon Let You Rearrange Your Grid. What to Know
The company isn't sharing a lot of details yet, but promises more flexibility.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Tonight's episode of "Shining Light on Shadows" will focus on mental health in seniors. Guest Jonathan Boorstein (@jonathanb10003.bsky.social) will share his experiences. Neil Parekh and Dawn Helmrich Neuburg co-host. More information and links to livestreams: www.neilparekh.org/post/ep-31-j...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Well, evidently #Facebook isn't dead yet since it comes in 4th place when Android/iOS platform downloads are combined. Note that #Meta has 3 of the top 5 in the combined list. #SocialMedia www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads...
socialmediatoday.com
Threads Continues To See Strong Download Momentum in May
Meta continues to dominate the social app top download charts.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"Content on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Instagram will attract more advertising income this year than content from traditional media companies, according to research, marking a “huge cultural shift” for the media world." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
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Social media creators to overtake traditional media in ad revenue this year
User-generated material to surpass advertising income from professional media amid change in viewing habits
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Have you noticed a shift in your experience on #X? Let us know if you think it's connected to your political leanings. #politics #socialmedia www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-forme...
socialmediatoday.com
New Insights Highlight X’s Shift to the Right Under Elon Musk
Democrat users report increasing unease at X’s changes.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Good tips here for posting video on LinkedIn, especially their reminder to use subtitles for videos. (People at work watch videos on mute, duh.) www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedi...
socialmediatoday.com
LinkedIn Shares Video Posting Best Practices
Some handy pointers for your LinkedIn content strategy.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Everyone we know is inundated with scam emails, calls, texts and social media messages. Advice: 1. NEVER talk to a scammer. Your voice can be cloned. 2. You must likely do not owe tolls. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
cnet.com
Overwhelmed by Scammers? You're Not Alone. 96% of Americans Are Targeted Every Week
Scam emails are the most common tactic criminals use to reach out to us, followed by phone calls, texts and social media messages.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Have you been noticing? We're seeing less human-generated content and more #AI-generated content on our #web browsers? www.axios.com/2025/06/02/a...
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AI is remaking — and breaking — the web
As browsers evolve to keep up with the chatbots, the incentives for human contributions are fading.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Here's a solid look at how the #AI leaders predicting that #AI is coming for all the #whitecollar jobs is, right now at least, a bit off the mark. www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/b...
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The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine | CNN Business
If the CEO of a soda company declared that soda-making technology is getting so good it’s going to ruin the global economy, you’d be forgiven for thinking that person is either lying or fully detached...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Tomorrow morning! 8:30 a.m. ET! Sree Sreenivasan's (@sreenet.bsky.social) guest on the #NYTReadalong is Hanson Hosein, a former student of Sree and director of a civil rights documentary. Watch live or later on social media. Links and more info: www.digimentors.group/post/nytread...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Not only is #AI in the news constantly; #AI is making the news literally. Suggestions for journalists welcome in comments. www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/m...
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Some newsrooms still struggle with the gap between capability and accountability where AI is concerned | CNN Business
An inaccurate AI-produced reading list published by news outlets earlier this week stresses the ongoing gap between capability and accountability where AI is used in the newsroom, and how easy it is f...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Totally spooky. Because, you know, kids AND adults go to "Star Wars" fan sites. But this one was run by the #CIA. #StarWars www.404media.co/the-cia-secr...
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The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site
The site, starwarsweb.net, was a covert CIA communications tool. It has pictures of Yoda and C-3PO on it.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Whoa. Everyone we know thought that #X 's crowd-sourced #CommunityNotes moderation someone gaming the system. The actual story ... an anti-virus platform is doing this for ... free! indicator.media/p/the-top-co...
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The top Community Notes contributor is...an antivirus startup?
I thought someone was gaming X’s crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform’s mess for free.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
So now a news organization verified by @bsky.app, e.g. the @washingtonpost.com, can verify its reporters. Probably efficient, probably we'll get used to it. www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky...
socialmediatoday.com
Bluesky Expands Profile Verification to All Notable Users
Bluesky is also taking a different approach to scaling verification.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Open #AI's Sam Altman seems to think he's the Steve Jobs of our times. Many think, "hmmm, no, not quite." www.axios.com/2025/05/24/s...
axios.com
OpenAI's latest power move: Cast Sam Altman as a new Steve Jobs
Jobs remains Silicon Valley's most revered founder.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
For your weekend fun. A neato little tool for finding text hidden in Google's Street Views. H/t to @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com's new newsletter, @indicator.bsky.social. alltext.nyc?utm_source=i...
alltext.nyc
all text in nyc
Search engine that reveals text hidden in NYC's Street View images (2007-2024). Created by Yufeng Zhao, this tool lets you explore the city through shop signs, graffiti, and street text across all fiv...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This evening co-hosts Dawn Helmrich Neuberg and Neil Parekh welcome Aisha Sultan. She will speak about mental health and what we don't talk about — a subject she began to explore during the pandemic. Watch live or later on many social channel. Links and info: www.facebook.com/events/93136...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
FREE LINK: Probably a whole bunch of the #teens #sexting with #AI bots are doing this for laughs. It is, nonetheless, disturbing. This article has helpful info for parents. Free link: wapo.st/4587byz
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Teens are sexting with AI. Here’s what parents should know.
Tweens and teens are having suggestive and sexual conversations with AI chatbots on the web and in apps. Here’s what parents and caregivers should know.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
These book titles sound great. Here's to hoping #AI bots don't ever try to write them. #GenerativeAI can be a real time saver for writers and researchers, but we still have to be careful and check, check, check. #booksky www.404media.co/chicago-sun-...
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Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist
"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Need to win an argument? Ask your #AI chatbot for help. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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AI is more persuasive than a human in a debate, study finds
When provided basic demographic information on their opponents, AI chatbots adapted their arguments and became more persuasive than humans in online debates.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
In the past week #Grok, #Musk's #AI company available through his X platform, has fed users false information about South Africa and engaged in Holocaust denial. #X says it was a "programming error" that they fixed. But, hmmm. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Musk’s AI bot Grok blames ‘programming error’ for its Holocaust denial
Grok doubted 6 million death toll, days after peddling conspiracy theory of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
You'll want to be there tomorrow morning for @sreenet.bsky.social's Sunday #NYTReadalong. Professor Stefan Bradley is the guest and Neil Parekh is guest-hosting. You can can watch live or later. Find links to the livestreams and more information here: www.digimentors.group/post/nytread...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
From @nytimes.com: "More than 200 accounts linked to terrorist groups and other sanctioned groups have bought blue check marks" from X. Why, why, why, why, why is this platform not banned. Wait, we know why. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/t...
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Terrorists Continue to Pay for Check Marks on X, Report Says
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Found a random local TV site in Georgia, and they are giving the exact same advice we do about not getting hacked on FB. Warning 1: friend requests not accepted become followers and can see your stuff. Warning 2: Facebook hacks can still happen no matter precautions. www.wrdw.com/2025/05/15/w...
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What the Tech: What you can do about Facebook clone accounts
If it feels like you’re constantly seeing friends post, “I’ve been hacked — don’t accept friend requests from me,” you’re not imagining things.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
With TikTok AI Alive, users will be able to turn still images into live videos. To which @brianstelter.bsky.social comments, "I'm sure this will end well. 😉" techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/t...
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TikTok launches TikTok AI Alive, a new image-to-video tool | TechCrunch
TikTok is launching its first image-to-video AI feature called TikTok AI Alive.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Is anyone here on #Google's #Discussions beta? You can participate in discussions that will appear in search and, according to this article, other Google properties. Because Google is so prevalent in our lives, this could really catch on, kind of like Google reviews. A Reddit competitor? 😱
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Google Search Discussions Beta Feature
Google has a new beta feature to encourage searchers to add comments and have discussions around a specific topic. It is called "Discussions" and has a beta label on it. You can add your own thought...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
A person of influence throughout the world, even for non-Catholics, #PopeLeo XIV says #AI poses risks to humanity. www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/e...
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Pope Leo signals he will closely follow Francis and says AI represents challenge for humanity | CNN
Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling church cardinals that they should take up that “precious legacy” and identifyi...
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A judge permitted an AI-generated victim-impact statement. Any lawyers here: weigh in on whether this is grounds of appeal. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Road rage victim 'speaks' via AI at his killer's sentencing
The defendant got the maximum of 10½ years for the 2021 murder. His attorney called the presentation "inflammatory," providing grounds for appeal.
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Digimentors @digimentors.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“If what you see online confirms how you feel about the world and what you believe, and whether the good guy is right and the bad guy’s wrong, then it doesn’t matter.” #AI is changing how we perceive the world and make judgments. From @poynterinstitute.bsky.social www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
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AI is creeping into every space of our lives, experts caution - Poynter
From viral shrimp messiahs to fake news popes, AI is warping how we see the world — and what we believe
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