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Notice Newsletters – Independent scientists reviewed FDA data on baby formula and found that most samples were contaminated with PFAS or phthalates — directly contradicting the government’s official safety claims (The Guardian US). This lands in the same week that Trump revisited debunked vaccine-autism claims in a TV interview (Huffington Post News), earning him the nickname …
“People often optimize for long-term goals in collaboration: A mentor or companion doesn’t just answer questions, but also scaffolds learning, tracks progress, and prioritizes the other person’s growth over immediate results. In contrast, current AI systems are fundamentally short-sighted collaborators – optimized for providing instant and complete responses, without ever saying no (unless for safety …
The Guardian – “The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come. When we think of what governments do, we think of everything …
Indicator: “Decoherence Media, a non-profit investigative outlet, recently published the Epstein Photo Network, which it described as “the highest-quality publicly available facial recognition interface to the Epstein Library, with the most verified names and the fewest false positives.” Along with creating the freely-accessible site, Decoherence’s announcement included the methodology and code used to build the …
Harvard Gazette: “Physicians noticed something unusual in the late 2000s: Patients were coming to appointments armed with sometimes-dubious medical information they had gleaned online from “Dr. Google,” according to Adam Rodman, an internist and AI researcher. Today, about 68 percent of adults have turned to a search engine for medical advice in the past. But …
What are DuckDuckgo bangs? Bangs are shortcuts that quickly take you to search results on other sites. For example, when you know you want to search on another site like Wikipedia or Amazon, our bangs get you there fastest. A search for !w filter bubble will take you directly to Wikipedia. Remember, though, because your …
Android Headlines: “A security researcher decompiled the White House’s new official app and found some alarming stuff buried in the code, including a hidden GPS tracking pipeline, JavaScript loaded from a random GitHub account, no SSL certificate pinning, and an in-app browser that silently strips cookie consent dialogs and paywalls from every page you visit. …
The Guardian: “A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature finds that TikTok’s algorithm systematically prioritized pro-Republican content in three states leading up to the 2024 US elections. Researchers created hundreds of dummy accounts and conditioned them to mimic real users’ behavior by watching a set of videos either aligned with the US Democratic or …
Laskowski, Casandra and Buckingham, Richard and Marks, Taryn and Miguel-Stearns, Teresa M. and Niedringhaus, Kristina L. and Parsons, Patrick and Pike, George H., Building the Future of Law Libraries: Artificial Intelligence, Opportunities, and Advancement (October 13, 2025). Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 25-31, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-32, Stanford Public …
Ed Zitron: “…AI Revenues Are Pathetic and Circular, With OpenAI Representing 71%+ Of Microsoft’s AI Run Rate and Anthropic 80% of Amazon’s. While Meta and Google refuse to actually explain their AI returns, Microsoft revealed that it had $37 billion in AI revenue run rate — $3.08 billion a month or so — and Amazon …
ChatGPTisEatingtheWorld: “I continue to be most surprised by how publicly Anthropic is boasting about how Claude Code is writing all lines of computer code at Anthropic. Here’s Claude Code head Boris Cherny recently stating: “We use Claude for literally everything. There’s no more manually written code anywhere at the company [Anthropic]. All of the SQL …
The Verge: “Here’s how you can find out, and get that storage back if you need it. Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in some cases, is being automatically downloaded to the browser’s system folders. Users who have noticed unexplained …
