This week I learned ⁦VentureBeat⁩ is using AI to help write and edit articles, and has decided not to disclose this on stories to readers. It bothers me — not just bc I’m a journalist, but bc I’m a reader, too. Curious how others feel about this. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

U of T's Acceleration Consortium (AC) just got a $200M grant - one of the largest ever in Canada - to build self-driving labs and automate chemistry. "This is viewed as critical for Canada to remain competitive on the international stage,” a source told me. My latest: thestar.com/news/canada/20…

Okay so let’s say someone has Tucker Carlson’s cell number, and also Alex Jones’ cell phone number, and also an AI Tucker Carlson voice. They could IN THEORY call Alex Jones and pretend to be Tucker, and have a full conversation with him. Anyways I just did that.

A YouTuber and pilot has pleaded guilty to deliberately crashing his plane in California and destroying the wreckage in late 2021 as a sponsorship stunt. Very 🤯 story by kevin jiang thestar.com/news/world/202…

Meet gekko mizoramensis, a new species of paragliding gecko just discovered in India. It uses flaps of skin on its body, limbs and tail to paraglide from tree to tree 🦎

Google's new AI Search Function is going to be revolutionary. A huge leap in convenience for users but also more control of what content we see (and how we see it) in the hands of one firm. Great article by kevin jiang in the Toronto Star: thestar.com/business/techn…

Canada's🇨🇦population will hit 40 million today and is growing at a 'record-setting pace.' The vast majority of this growth was spurred by international migration, according to an update by Statistics Canada, by kevin jiang thestar.com/news/canada/20… via @torontostar

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in nature In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Today, a group of scientists from

Having trouble falling asleep at night? The reasons might surprise you. The Toronto Star talked to sleep experts, including KITE Senior Scientist Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi, about what keeps us up at night – and the best ways to fix it. Learn more here➡️shorturl.at/EJLNQ

.kevin jiang covers NewsGuard's ongoing work in tracking Unreliable AI-Generated News Sites, and how Meta and Google's Canadian news bans could accelerate AI-driven misinformation via Toronto Star thestar.com/business/techn…

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