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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 1h

A weekend incident in which a Flock camera search led Lexington police to surround the wrong home has sparked widespread online criticism of the city’s use of the surveillance technology.

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Flock search that led Lexington police to surround wrong home intensifies debate over the tech

Resident Will Penn posted doorbell camera footage to Facebook after the incident. It's since been shared thousands of times.

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 28/09/2026

Lovely and deep visual op-ed by Giorgia Lupi: "A.I. is a different kind of technology, because it can deliver an end result before creative thinking has happened at all" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Opinion | A.I. Shortcuts Are Ruining How We Think (Gift Article)

Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/09/2026

Analysis: Federal agencies are embarking on a possibly game-changing project to speed up the handling of FOIA requests by using artificial intelligence to turbocharge redactions.

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Analysis | The government is enlisting AI to help decide what public records you get to see

The Department of Homeland Security says it will use the technology to “revolutionize” how the agency handles redactions.

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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Follow up: “Define ‘we.’ Does that mean you, too, Jensen?”

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The Verge @theverge.com · 24/09/2026

In this new era of surveillance, tech companies want every single average person to be responsible for spotting the subtle signs that they’re being spied on — like a tiny, blinking red light on Meta smart glasses. www.theverge.com/tech/999889/...

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This really isn’t how consent works. All of these are after the fact and require some action from the people who are already being recorded / listened to, rather than them being able to say ‘no’ before a recording begins.
— Chris Gilliard, an independent privacy researcher and author of Luxury Surveillance

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Interested in the social impact of AI? Consider applying for this new post-doc at Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32805

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Duke University, Social Science Research Institute

Job #AJO32805, Postdoctoral Associate, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 23/09/2026

nathan fielder: you're a real PNG file, right?

Elizabeth Holmes on a gray checked background looking totally full of shit:
why would I decieve you?

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CNN @cnn.com · 21/09/2026

CNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue Trump administration after the president banned them from the White House. cnn.it/4cXFIma

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NPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026

NPR and our Member stations will continue to uphold First Amendment rights, and to stand with any news organization targeted for its reporting.

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Statement on White House bans from Tommy Evans, NPR's Editor in Chief

NPR and our Member stations will continue to uphold First Amendment rights, and to stand with any news organization targeted for its reporting.

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pray they don’t alter it any further…

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026

Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.

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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NEW: Flock is offering employees "generous" buyouts as communities across the US push back against the surveillance camera network, @wired.com has learned. @peard33.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/flock-...

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Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 18/09/2026

It’s difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than Trump banning news outlets from the People’s House for criticizing the government. These outrageous attacks only show how scared he is of an informed public. Our statement:

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FPF comments on Trump’s media ban announcement

The president’s latest attempt to punish the press is unconstitutional and just plain dumb

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 18/09/2026

Another must-read from @ftrain.com, a profoundly informed (and undeceived) writer on all things A.I. (n.b. Paul is an Ellie award-winning writer, an entrepreneur and businessman, an insightful theorist of the internet of the olden time, etc. etc.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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Opinion | A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It. (Gift Article)

Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps.

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David at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 18/09/2026

Does your school's NIL arm sell a university-branded whiskey? Then you should know it is a Silicon Valley-incubated, venture capital-backed, AI-native disruption play. www.foiaball.com/p/nil-whiske...

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Your school's NIL-branded bourbon is AI tech slop

Who needs quality when you can have algorithm?

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting. When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A college administrator calls the cops on a student reporter A college QB laughs at an AI video of his coach slapping a woman journalist The president lunges at a Black woman reporter who dares question him It's past time to fight back against anti-media violence www.inquirer.com/opinion/viol...

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Violence toward journalists is a symptom of a terminally ill U.S. democracy | Will Bunch

From Trump’s unhinged outbursts to calling the cops on a student journalist, a free press dies in tandem with the American Experiment.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 17/09/2026

Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are "much more science fiction than science" and the latest "wave of PR" is probably intended to shape regulation (Micah Barkley/Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AI CEOs are in awe that their models can, given few constraints, hack autonomously. They're also wracked with a vague fear that their products will soon hack the entire internet. I reported on how it's very curious that they seem utterly disinterested in working with cybersecurity experts on this.

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Cybersecurity experts say AI giants are shutting them out of safety plans

Cybersecurity experts told NBC News they were concerned that fundamental issues of cybersecurity weren’t being addressed.

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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications @ufjschool.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lindita Carmaj, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, is the co-author of two articles recently published in the academic journals Journalism and Communication & Change.🗞️ Read more here: bit.ly/4isI5Rs

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Lindita Carmaj co-authors articles on European media systems and election chatbot responses

Lindita Carmaj, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, is the co-author of two articles recently

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

“…the case around Isaacs proceeded solely based on evidence gathered from an automatic license plate reader (ALPR) provided by the extremely controversial company Flock Safety.”

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Police Use Flock to Jail Completely Innocent Woman for Weeks

A woman was jailed for nearly two weeks after police used seconds of footage from a Flock ALPR to guide their entire investigation.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/09/2026

Cleanup is underway near the Hackensack River in New Jersey where about 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled from a data center, state officials said. The spill renewed fears of the environmental dangers linked to the expanding use of A.I. systems.

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Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup

The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the Hackensack River.

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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 16/09/2026

give her another nobel

instagram post of Malala Yousafzai wearing a Philadelphia Eagles cap

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Eligible voters of the United States! Happy National Voter Registration Day! Not sure how to register to vote in the midterms? Or want to check your registration status? We have a guide for you at npr.org/vote

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How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 14/09/2026

What’s gone on in some of these cases has been a bit like the velociraptor turning the doorknob. Shit. I didn’t know they could do that. And yet, it is possible to create a door that the velociraptor can’t open. Many doors are already like that, doors already engineered to be highly secure.

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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 13/09/2026

i’m convinced “slowing it down” is because they’ve made promises of ai that are notably not coming to fruition and they want to pretend that’s because they’re being careful instead of admitting they got WAY over their skis

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Child sex abuse material, some created by Grok, continues to spread on X. An incredibly disturbing read. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...

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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 12/09/2026

Awesome

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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you're able, please consider donating to help support the journalists McClatchy just laid off this week at: • The Charlotte Observer: gofund.me/78b29b46e • The News & Observer: gofund.me/1057d6a70

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 11/09/2026

OpenAI says it's no longer sponsoring Caltech's math hackathon, where participants use AI to solve research problems, following criticism of "slop mathematics" (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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