Synthetic data solves some problems; creates more. "When an AI agent makes a consequential decision... tracing [it] through layers of synthetic data to determine whether it reflects a legitimate pattern or fabricated artifacts is currently impossible." www.techpolicy.press/the-urgency-...
This essay is a beautiful explication of this truth: building a cognitive trade is time under tension. For the one who offloads to the machine “The year happened around him but not inside him. He shipped a product, but he didn't learn a trade.”
Pleased to have signed this letter laying out why it’s illegal what FCC Chair Carr is doing to broadcasters.
Oy gevult…painful important read.
Meta changes ad disclosure from “sponsored” to “ad”. Less noticeable, though FTC research suggests more effective in communicating commercial intent (contrary to implication of this piece). www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-is...
Philly first city to create AI "enforcement package" on trolley routes: detection of illegally parked cars + recording of infraction. A good case for automated enforcement. Boosts public transit by forcing cars to internalize costs of road blockage. nationaltoday.com/us/pa/philad...
Trump’s AI EO 14365 requires Commerce Dept to identify state AI laws they want to preempt and FTC to address Sec. 5 authorities for AI. Deadline was yesterday. Haven’t seen either.
Working on the long game for press and speech freedoms… a 2nd amendment strategy for the Press Clause that gives journalism enforceable rights… someday…and a Roe-strategy for campaign finance: passing state trigger laws to take effect when Citizens United is overruled.
For the same reason - human time too precious - academic journals requesting peer review need to find a way to assure reviewers that they’re not asking for slop reviews.
NewsGuard fact checks claim about Bad Bunny giving Grammy away.
I appreciate @newsguard.bsky.social fact checking claim about Bad Bunny giving away Grammy to five-year old child ICE detained as bait. I believed the false claim.
Love that this AI policy plan focuses on enabling authentication tools rather than labeling for deepfakes www.alexbores.nyc/files/Bores_...
AI as “Normal technology” perspective on future of law: good and bad frictions to converting “intelligence” into legal service. @sayash @randomwalker @justincurl arvindopen.substack.com/pub/aisnakeoil/p/ai-wont...
Rabbi Eli Schlanger was just murdered in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre. He was interviewed about rising Jew hate in Australia last year: “My car—emblazoned with mitzvah symbols—is a living example of pride and resilience….Be more Jewish, act more Jewish and appear more Jewish.” Amen. Z’l.
Local libraries may be the last trusted institution. As part of public information infrastructure stack, makes sense for them to play at edge by reviving local news. But it’s dangerous for trust. Hope Ann Arbor can pull it off and model it aadl.org/node/647334
First philly council hearing on public agency AI — Wed. @Councilwoman Rue Landau, @TechTonics phillytechjustice.org/hearing/
“There could be barriers to gaining information about [ai] inner workings, …or prove a poor outcome was caused by the AI system.” This is one reason developers and deployers don’t want xAI/transparency and why law should require it. As an input to accountability.
שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה 🌻
Who is staying up all night to see every last living hostage returned home, please God?
זמן שמחתנו!
Affiliate contracts permit only so many network preemptions. Wonder if network-affiliate agreements will survive polarization and sorting as the Sinclairs go independent. Another piece of common culture to go.
Wonderful to see this out!
We’ll have you over!
Toronto Film Festival cancels film about dad rescuing his daughters from Nova Festival in 10/7/23. Reason #1: filmaker didn’t get copyright license from Hamas to use GoPro footage of massacre! Reason #2: something something word salad fear of protests. Incoherent and craven.
Gotta love it. Why Is Martha’s Vineyard Going Vegan? It’s All About Tick Bites. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...
A hugely important verdict.
The victims were pedestrians, so Tesla can't argue they knew/accepted Autopilot's risks.
People walking, biking, and inside other cars didn't consent to be Elon Musk's guinea pigs.
Trump’s AI Action Plan has some good points (see also Biden EO). But they’re totally at odds with the rest of his agenda. Grid abundance (but not renewables?); surge AI labor force (but nix immigration?); grow AI diplomacy (but fire diplomatic corp?); grow deepfake forensics (but kill research?)
Atrocious but this is change-the-subject bait. Press shouldn't take it.
Love this right near Washington’s Crossing park where Washington crossed the Delaware to fight the British … inviting walkers to adorn the tree with hopes and blessings for America. Lots of “peace” “no kings” “rule of law.”
