The entanglement of Silicon Valley with politics and other public domains such as education should worry us all, especially in the age of GenAI.

Are these “journalists, academics, and left-wing intellectuals in” the room with us? Hij heeft zich duidelijk totaal niet verdiept in wat de kritiek van serieuze critici precies behelst. Hij verwijt critici dat ze naïf zijn, maar snapt de fundamentele kritieken zelf niet.

Ik zou me veiliger voelen op de camping denk ik: www.thearcticinstitute.org/natos-polar-...

I met him once, I was not impressed

Fred again.. & Thomas Bangalter (USB002, Alexandra Palace, London 27 February 2026) YouTube video by Fred again . .

This set is a celebration of electronic music, community, creativity and life. Amazing: youtu.be/gfF8jzBVWvM?...

The Zoolanderization of politics

Zaken doen met uiterst rechts is geen punt meer in politiek Den Haag: tijd om te gaan Politiek: In Den Haag zag Lamyae Aharouay hoe uiterst rechts normaal werd gemaakt door andere partijen. Ze was verbijsterd – maar bleef als journalist gefascineerd. Nu wil ze afstand: niet meer steeds...

Wanneer weet je dat de periode die je beschrijft de geschiedenis zal veranderen en wanneer weet je zeker dat iets een voetnoot zal blijken te zijn?
Na 7,5 jaar stop ik als politiek verslaggever. Lees hier mijn afscheidsstuk: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

De protestfoto op 8 seconden met de handen die hartjes vormen en het Paleis op de Dam op de achtergrond lijkt ook AI-generated.

Zijn dit bewegende beelden van Den Uyl of een met (GenAI) geanimeerde foto? En de foto van Aletta Jacobs (de foto op haar Wikipedia-pagina) lijkt ook te bewegen. Als het GenAI is dan is dat heel jammer en onnodig, wat mij betreft.

Bilbo Baggins looking down at his phone screen, the phone shows him asking ChatGPT “After all, why not? Why shouldn’t I keep it?” ChatGPT responds “You're absolutely right - you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself”

in the end where claude gives him an answer on moratoriums that he doesn’t like, so he pushes back and it gives him the answer he wants is a pretty pure example of the reinforcement bias and sycophancy we talk about with chatbots, but you get the impression he convinced claude he was actually right

A screenshot of Google search with verge headlines rewritten as slop Lego Computer Brick - Engineer James Brown Aug 20, 2022 — James Brown has brilllantly brought classic Lego computer bricks to life by outfitting them with a tiny OLED screen, processor, ... Y/ The Verge https://www.theverge.com› Al> Tech, Reviews: "Cheat on everything" Al tool Apr 23, 2025 - Two 21-year-old Columbia University dropouts are proposing a new $5.3 million twist on the concept: use their Al tool Cluely to "cheat on everything." Read more The Verge https://www.theverge.com» » Microsoft›Al› Tech: Copilot Changes: Marketing Teams at it Again 22 Aug 2024 — Microsoft is getting ready to rebrand its Copilot for its business Al efforts. It's part of an effort to push Microsoft 365 Al tools. The Verge https://www.theverge.com› Wearable Science Tech: Dexcom Stelo hands-on - OTC Continuous Glucose Monitor Aug 26, 2024 - The $99 Dexcom Stelo is an over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor designed for Type 2 diabetics who don't use insulin.

Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

Arnold's editorial team is modeling critical thinking and I am here for it.

Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research? Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...

On the topic of AI-generated summaries, this short article I wrote might interest you: www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...

Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research? Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...

I’m going to keep pushing this article I wrote, as long as AI-generated summaries are causing trouble: www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...

The journalist: “I underestimated the power of hallucinations”

Another passage: “AI output is often close to the truth. This was also the case with these citations.” Assistant professor Hannes Cools: “Still, there is a fundamental difference between the truth, and close to the truth.”

Hoe een journalist uitglijdt op door AI verzonnen citaten Gebruik van AI-programma’s als ChatGPT als schrijfassistent leidt regelmatig tot missers. Na incidenten in media, wetenschap en advocatuur, ging nu ook journalist Peter Vandermeersch in de fout. „Ik h...

Almost daily reports now on how AI-generated summaries are wreaking havoc in academia, journalism, law, and elsewhere. Today, how a prominent Belgian journalist wrote 15 articles containing fake quotes, taken from AI summaries (in Dutch): www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research? Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...

See also: www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...

Never use GenAI tools to summarise or verify information. It’s unreliable and will introduce misinformation into the public sphere, muddying discussions. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Opinie | Bekijk de stad eens vanuit het perspectief van een boom Natuur: Met de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen in aantocht zijn andere perspectieven meer dan welkom, schrijft Chris Julien. Zo leeft een boom nooit alleen voor zichzelf.

Heel mooi essay van @chrisjulien.bsky.social dit: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

The Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

Is this the future we want? nymag.com/intelligence...

I came across “vibe citing” the other day…

Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research? Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...

GenAI tools are not good at creating summaries: www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...

Hi 👋 to new followers who followed me after reading the article on AI-generated summaries. You might also find this earlier article I wrote interesting. I wrote it after visiting a Critical AI Literacy symposium, organised by @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @olivia.science and colleagues.

Haven’t read it yet. Thanks for sharing, will check it out!

Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research? Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...

This is one of the most reasoned & persuasive arguments for not allowing LLMs anywhere near reading & writing intensive classrooms. We can 100% choose not to outsource our reading & writing labor to a bot, and model for our students why they should do the same. #EduSky

www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...

“When you read and summarize a text, you create the neural connections necessary to memorize and apply the information well in an exam, experiment, or research paper. Generating it with a click is a harmful form of cognitive offloading and will erode these skills.”

Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research? Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...

They recommend it for generating summaries…I just wrote this piece to convince students, researchers and educational staff that summaries are a bad use case: www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...

Great thread. The article is part of a trend: initial enthusiasts realising that the GenAI critics were correct after all, now doing mental gymnastics to convince themselves they can still be enthusiastic.

Watch out though, because uploading your own text to a commercial GenAI tool very likely means it will be used for LLM training