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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 18h
Who Is Government Information For? Information Stewardship Forum 2026 Report blog.archive.org/2026/10/06/w...
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Who Is Government Information For? Information Stewardship Forum 2026 Report - Internet Archive Blogs
Democracy’s Library exists as a project of the Internet Archive to make government publications and information broadly accessible and available. But Democracy’s Library is about more than collections...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 19h
Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have Information About the Case futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have Information About the Case
Philadelphia police say that an Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder and didn't inform them for months.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘Dystopian’: Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘Dystopian’: Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance
Whistleblower says recording and analysis of all probate calls in Co-op Legal Services is oppressive
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sam Altman says AI will make ‘bad things’ happen. Exhibit A: needless death www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sam Altman says AI will make ‘bad things’ happen. Exhibit A: needless death | Moustafa Bayoumi
AI is already implicated in violent deaths and nearly started world war three. Those bad things? They only happen to other people
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk'
The research found that important guardrails for teens using ChatGPT often failed.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump says anyone who does not refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’ is ‘THE ENEMY' www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Trump says anyone who does not refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’ is ‘THE ENEMY'
The threat comes a week after Trump signed an executive order renaming AI to “super intelligence.”
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WTO nearly doubles trade volume forecast as AI surge counters Middle East disruptions www.scmp.com/economy/arti...
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WTO raises trade forecast as AI surge counters Middle East disruptions
Merchandise trade shows ‘surprising’ resilience amid Middle East conflict, economist says, as same shock dents services forecast.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
OpenAI's September annualized revenue nears $50 billion, less than previously indicated, source says www.reuters.com/business/ope...
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OpenAI's September annualized revenue nears $50 billion, less than previously indicated, source says
OpenAI has told investors its annualized revenue for September was almost $50 billion, a drop ​from what it signaled earlier, a person familiar with the ‌matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Internet Archive to Honor Poynter Institute and Investigative Reporters and Editors with 2026 Hero Award for Preserving Local News Online blog.archive.org/2026/10/05/i...
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Internet Archive to Honor Poynter Institute and Investigative Reporters and Editors with 2026 Hero Award for Preserving Local News Online - Internet Archive Blogs
The Internet Archive is proud to announce that the Poynter Institute and Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) will receive the 2026 Internet Archive Hero Award for their leadership in preserving ...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn
The tech giant is also expected to get a boost from its latest folding devices that were launched in August.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Treat surveillance of Chinese students in UK as ‘welfare threat’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/treat-s...
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Treat surveillance of Chinese students in UK as ‘welfare threat’
Beijing-organised monitoring of UK seminars endangers student safety and free speech, says UCL censorship critic
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Senior academics set out key questions Cambridge must answer over Jason Arday’s death www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Senior academics set out key questions Cambridge must answer over Jason Arday’s death
Letter from more than 40 signatories says university has backed away from promised thorough review of events before death
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
‘Mind-reading’ AI tool can see what you see www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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‘Mind-reading’ AI tool can see what you see
Scientists have unveiled an artificial intelligence model that can analyse brain activity and reconstruct the image in sight
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump makes it clear his power is becoming entwined with AI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Trump makes it clear his power is becoming entwined with AI
New alliances between the White House, the Pentagon, US intelligence and AI companies are looming ominously
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Misuse of AI is brands’ top reputational threat, new survey says www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Misuse of AI is brands’ top reputational threat, new survey says
The findings come after warnings from tech leaders that AI placed in the wrong hands could trigger larger threats such as nuclear war or bioweaponry destruction
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Companies cutting jobs as investments shift toward AI www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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Companies cutting jobs as investments shift toward AI
Companies spanning tech giant Microsoft to credit-scoring agency FICO have announced layoffs this year, deepening concerns that ​AI adoption will upend established industries, with job losses emerging...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Governments around the world are hardening their AI stances as more agentic hacks breach critical systems www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Tech companies play whack-a-mole with rogue AI
Agentic AI hacks pose major issues for governments and tech companies alike.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library
University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ada Lovelace Already Answered the Big Questions About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Opinion | What Ada Lovelace Would Have Said About A.I.
What Ada Lovelace can teach us as we develop artificial intelligence.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Inside the First Circuit’s Harvard Arguments: The Panel’s Signals and the First Amendment Stakes www.cato.org/news-release...
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Inside the First Circuit's Harvard Arguments: The Panel's Signals and the First Amendment Stakes
A federal district court ruled for Harvard, finding that the government was trying to “force Harvard to better manifest the government’s favored worldview” in violation of the First Amendment.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Military academies won’t give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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Military academies won't give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says
The Defense Department has decided to stop appointing civilians as tenured faculty at U.S. military academies.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Democrat rolls out AI liability proposal www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Exclusive: Democrat rolls out AI liability proposal
Massachusetts Rep. Lori Trahan’s “CLAIM Act” would make it easier for third parties to sue AI developers.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
AI safety group lays out demands for candidates www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Exclusive: AI safety group lays out demands for candidates
Guardrails Action warns politicians in a new letter that they’ll face ‘active, mobilized opposition’ if they don’t commit to safety regulations.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why AI is both the hope and the hazard for world leaders, according to IMF chief Georgieva www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/e...
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Why AI is both the hope and the hazard for world leaders, according to IMF chief Georgieva
Kristalina Georgieva warns that the technology lifting growth hopes is also pushing up inflation and yields, just as public debt levels rose.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Grant proposals rejected by ‘AI triage’ to be reassessed www.timeshighereducation.com/news/grant-p...
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Grant proposals rejected by ‘AI triage’ to be reassessed
CRANE says it will look again at all applications from recent cybersecurity research funding call after backlash against non-human review
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
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Opinion | A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back.
In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/s...
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OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field
After a previous solution angered mathematicians, the company characterized the new release as being more responsive to concerns about A.I. disrupting research.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amazon will no longer require nondisclosure agreements with government agencies involved in its data center projects and will adhere to its new Data Center Commitment program designed to address mounting opposition to AI infrastructure. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Amazon ends secret data center pacts and pledges $1 billion to host towns — AWS promises 30,000 home efficiency retrofits amid 100 proposed bans
It will also invest more than $1 billion over five years in communities hosting its facilities.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
‘The clock on AI regulation is ticking’, warns UN rights chief news.un.org/en/story/202...
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‘The clock on AI regulation is ticking’, warns UN rights chief
The world is running out of time to put guardrails on artificial intelligence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday, as a “ruthless race” between companies and countries rai...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump Doesn't Understand AI, Says Godfather Of AI www.ndtv.com/artificial-i...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
AI is the greatest grievance machine ever www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
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AI is the greatest grievance machine ever
The largest problem of all is agency. Apply for a job these days and there is a good chance you will be told “algorithm says no.”
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nvidia-backed Reflection unveils first AI model to take on Chinese open models www.reuters.com/technology/n...
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Nvidia-backed Reflection unveils first AI model to take on Chinese open models
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI debuted its first open-weight model named Beam on Monday, as the startup aims ​to compete with lower-cost Chinese models such ‌as DeepSeek and Kimi in coding and agentic ta...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Infinite Potential—Insights On Artificial Intelligence Loss of Control Across Five Scenarios www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
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Infinite Potential—Insights On Artificial Intelligence Loss of Control Across Five Scenarios
The authors analyze observations from Infinite Potential games with AI loss of control to identify issues, capabilities, and recommendations needed to navigate the potential collapse of social legitim...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Polls show how AI is changing the workplace www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Polls show how AI is changing the workplace
Twenty-eight percent of US employees say they use AI at least weekly, according to a two-year study from Jobs for the Future, The Families & Workers Fund, and Gallup.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Democrats press White House on still-secret AI framework www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Exclusive: Democrats press White House on still-secret AI framework
It’s the latest indication that Democrats are not giving up on a sustained push for answers from the administration.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reflection AI unveils an open-source Western answer to Chinese labs www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Reflection AI unveils an open-source Western answer to Chinese labs
Its new model, Beam, could give more options to Western companies and governments that don’t want to — or can’t — use Chinese models.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Calling AI 'other intelligence' better describes the advent of a new lifeform www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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AI is evolving rapidly. Is it a new form of life?
We are clearly creating a kind of non-biological life, an idea that has been clarified by several events in the past couple of weeks.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
London and the AI apocalypse: Is the capital becoming dangerously dependent on artificial intelligence? www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/lo...
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AI apocalypse: What happens to London if the bots take over?
Our city is increasingly reliant on a web of AI for everything from food to transport. But what if it all goes wrong?
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump names intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new White House AI czar www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump names intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new White House AI czar
Clayton had said AI was a ‘gamechanger’ but also posed ‘a threat’ during his confirmation hearing
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yale: Students, politicians gather on Beinecke to protest Trump negotiations yaledailynews.com/articles/stu...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland?
At least 23 huge data centres are planned in Scotland, causing significant concern for campaigners.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The OfS free speech conditions: What universities need to do now www.brownejacobson.com/insights/the...
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The OfS free speech conditions: What universities need to do now
New conditions of registration from April 2027. Browne Jacobson's legal experts set out what universities must do now to achieve and maintain compliance.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Academic redundancy and the University Commissioners wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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Academic redundancy and the University Commissioners
The first ever academic redundancy happend as recently as 1988
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ after calls for AI slowdown www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ after calls for AI slowdown
Leaders from the intelligence community, the Pentagon, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of Personnel Management will serve on the task force.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Universities warned to review research links with China www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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Universities warned to review research links with China
The UK security service, MI5, has identified that more than 100 UK-linked academics have contributed, possibly unwittingly, to projects funded by Chin...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are AI models the next big danger for body image? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AI models could harm young people's body image, warn experts
Could the rise of AI models in advertising and on social media harm young people's body confidence?
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI could be nationalised and taken away from tech chiefs to ‘serve communities’, says Greens’ deputy leader www.thesun.co.uk/news/4057488...
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AI could be nationalised to 'serve communities', says Greens’ deputy leader
ARTIFICIAL intelligence tech could be nationalised, according to the Greens’ deputy leader. Rachel Millward said that AI should “serve communities” rather than “being owned by Silicon Valley proto-…
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Transformative Artificial Intelligence www.lse.ac.uk/global-prior...
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Transformative Artificial Intelligence | LSE
Part of our research aims to inform our understanding of the potential for transformative societal changes due to the development of advanced AI systems, the largest-scale challenges likely to arise a...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Predictions that white-collar work will soon be automated reveal an underappreciation of what other people’s jobs entail www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Will AI really kill most desk jobs ‘within the next 12 to 18 months’?
Predictions that white-collar work will soon be automated reveal an underappreciation of what other people’s jobs entail
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