Overview of changes in NSF funding proposed by the FY 2027 President's Budget Request. Most programs are significantly cut. OMB did not give numbers for STEM and NCSES, so the numbers appear to be increases (they are not).

Giving folks a sense of what the cuts to NSF funding in the 2027 President's Budget Request actually looks like. Note the significant cuts across domains--even to research security! STEM and NCSES aren't captured for prior years, so they appear to be cuts, even though they are not.

This is so, so well-articulated.

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Look at this detailed analysis of Anthropic's leaked "100% generated by Claude" code, just pigshit awful absolutely unmaintainable garbage

The annoying buzz of our AI future is keeping Vineland awake | Will Bunch A massive data center on the outskirts of Vineland is triggering noise complaints as the future of data centers arrives.

History may remember the 2020s less for the failed U.S. government and more for the unfettered rise of AI. and its many side effects

I went to Vineland where the steady hum of a new data center powering Microsoft's AI is already keep folks awake

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/data...

How to register to vote and check your registration status For the 2026 primary 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.

Dear eligible voters of the United States:

I know there’s a lot to keep track of right now.

So I’ll keep it simple.

If you need help with registering to vote, start by going to npr.org/vote ...

🧵 ACM just responded to NIST's RFI on benchmarking AI: current AI evaluation best practices have critical blind spots. Our feedback to their RFI on automated benchmarks flags 4 major gaps that could undermine safety claims and regulatory compliance. Here's what we're saying.

64 orgs led by @consumerfed.bsky.social/@ultraviolet.bsky.social sent letters vehemently opposing Meta's plans to put facial rec into their already creepy glasses products

thrilled to be joined by @aft.org, @publiccitizen.bsky.social @epic.org and many many more

consumerfed.org/meta-rayban-...

You can’t really learn much if you’re having AI generate your homework, your papers, and everything else you need to complete a class, but for some reason universities keep shoving AI into the learning environment on the assumption that it’s an improvement.

What naysayers don’t get about ‘No Kings,’ the biggest protest in U.S. history | Will Bunch The “No Kings” movement brushed off its doubters with a record turnout that gave protesters hope in an age of insanity.

I have a crazy way of reporting on 'No Kings' that's different from the NYT...I go out and talk to protesters about what they think

Sure, size matters, but so does the passion of a movement offering the 4-letter word that beats back dictators

Hope

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Black text on yellow, white "NOT AI" button sits in the lefthand corner, Amnesty International text with logo of a candle wrapped in barbed wire sits on the upper right hand corner. Text reads: "Join the cast of hit Sundance Doc for a conversation on "AI Literacy" (in air quotes) introduced by Damani Satija, moderated by Hajira Maryam. Featuring Abeba Birhane, Alex Hanna, Emily M Bender, John McQuillan, Johnathan Flowers, Likhita Banerji, with director Valerie Veatch. Sunday March 29th, 9AM Seattle, Noon NYC, 5PM London. Register NOTAIDOC.COM/LITERACY

A reminder: this group of legends are convening to unpack "AI literacy" in a world of hype soaked rhetoric. Register day, we are so excited!!!

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"The most radical thing we can do in the age of AI is ask the very simple question: why does this need AI?" - @shengokai.blacksky.app

There will be more protests today than any other day in American history. Please join us at your local No Kings event to reject the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

For just this weekend you can rent and stream Ghost in the Machine, an enjoyable and important telling of the story of AI.

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Kids and parents don't want robot teachers. Make real jobs and educate kids with care.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...

We are 48 hours away from the biggest protest in American history.

There will be more protests on Saturday than any previous day in our country.

Please join us to reject the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Yes, and pass bills that will actually help.

Pass a privacy bill like ADPPA to fix surveillance capitalism.

Pass Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act to stop law enforcement from buying our data without a warrant.

Pass AI Civil Rights Act to stop algorithmic discrimination and exploitation.

Update ‼️ We are extending these #FAccT2026 deadlines for craft and tutorial sessions to Friday, March 27!

We can choose to invest in people.

www.brookings.edu/articles/a-p...

... and we can and should work with unions to make better training programs connected to real jobs and to co-design better AI systems.

Most importantly, we shouldn't be resigned to the enshittification of work by AI.

We can do better!

... A lot of jobs have been enshittified. We don't have to put up with that!

We need more teachers in our schools, and kids deserve care from real people. We need more nurses, therapists, and other care workers. And we need those jobs to be good jobs.

Minimum staffing requirements can help...

We need proactive policies to handle potential job loss from AI that go beyond UBI and 🤷.

We need a big vision for the future of jobs.

With @reniebird.bsky.social, Andrew Schrank, and Sue Helper, we put forth a people-first vision... www.brookings.edu/articles/a-p...

A people-first vision for the future of work in the age of AI | Brookings Authors discuss how to reimagine work in the age of AI to reverse its degradation and protect the role of people in the workplace.

Very pleased to share our thoughts on AI & labor. @friedler.net, Andrew Schrank, Sue Helper, and I put forth an optimistic vision for the future of AI & work; we argue for a worker-first response to AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/a-p...

The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics Ghost in the Machine director Valerie Veatch wants you to understand gen AI’s roots in race science.

“What was really surprising to me during my initial dive into all of this was how, when you look at the question of superintelligence as a documentarian or journalist, it doesn’t take long before you smack your forehead into the low doorframe of race science, because it’s baked into this technology”

GHOST IN THE MACHINE (2026) OFFICIAL TRAILER YouTube video by Ghost in the Machine

Check out the trailer for GHOST IN THE MACHINE, coming soon to PBS and your screen!

This feature documentary features 40 generous and brilliant AI experts, historians, philosophers, sociologists, journalists and thinkers discussing their work with @valerieveatch.bsky.social.

The Business of Military AI The Pentagon has been spending tens of billions of dollars to adopt new technologies at breakneck speed. Without oversight and safeguards, military applications of artificial intelligence could jeopar...

1/ As the US continues AI-enabled strikes on Iran, new @brennancenter.org research from @emileayoub.bsky.social and me examines how the military’s investments in the technology have been building to this moment.

Congress must step up and reckon with AI’s dangers to life, liberty, and democracy 🧵:

No country in history that has concentration camps has ever wanted to call them concentration camps. That’s who we are now.

The Cyber Safety Review Board Should be Reinvigorated ACM Calls for Reactivation and Legislative Reform of the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) The U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), established by Executive Order in 2021 to investigate major cyberse...

The Cyber Safety Review Board is dormant, and that's a cybersecurity risk in itself. ACM US Tech Policy Committee is calling for the CSRB to be reactivated and given a permanent legislative foundation, subpoena power, and full-time expert staff. shorturl.at/ufrs8
#Cybersecurity #CSRB #TechPolicy

How PA’s renewable energy push lost momentum Natural gas was pitched as a bridge from coal to renewables. Fifteen years later, the bridge seems to extend endlessly into Pennsylvania’s future.

"Electricity prices in Pennsylvania continued to rise in 2025, following a sharp increase over the last few years that has hit Pennsylvania households hard. One reason for the most recent surge: data centers and the stress they are likely to put on the grid"
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.

This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.

Trump Summons Amazon, Google, Meta to Sign Power-Cost Pledge President Donald Trump is convening technology executives at the White House next week to sign pledges committing their companies to foot the electricity bill for energy-hungry data centers.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... "While the promises wouldn’t be binding — and would lack the force of law —" is when I stopped reading

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social