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Going to SXSW? Come to the panel I'm moderating if you want to hear about the future of embodied AI 🤖

If we hit 30k before the fundraiser ends, I'll post about the one call I had with Jimmy, which is 2x worse than what you might imagine.

Since we did it: I had one call with Jimmy to discuss an AI newsletter. He talked at length about his out-of-touch takes on AI before stopping to tell me to smile so he knew I was listening. He talked some more and then told me to smile a second time ten minutes later. 😃😃

Chatted with a sharp student journalist for this piece, who kindly nodded through my now standard screed about how journalists need to at least try out AI tools both to critique and use them!

I wrote this story about the threat of data poisoning to generative AI models but the real winner is the art for my piece, just incredible

Ace story by @rinadianewrites about how websites with improperly sized images, unneeded code, and third-party scripts make websites surprising and unnecessary energy hogs, and that's before the AI of it all spectrum.ieee.org/green-software

after decades of debate, Lena is no longer welcome at IEEE: 404media.co/lena-test-imag…

Like any AI-powered cameras, this could go badly—doesn't work, increased surveillance—but if the program expands to ticket cars in bike lanes, I'm going to be hopeful okay latimes.com/california/sto…

New AI-focused degree programs are popping up at US community colleges, with hopes of building a diverse pipeline of 'blue-collar' AI jobs—and with help from Big Tech, reports jackie snow "Who’s going to say no to Google, let alone a community college?” fastcompany.com/91118176/want-…

Thanks to jackie snow for another great story covering #AI education at #communitycolleges and for including my thoughts in Fast Company fastcompany.com/91118176/want-… New America Ed

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Security all the way down

I haven't seen updated results, but I doubt we've gotten to "99 percent" accuracy compared to what gendershades.org documented, which was as low as 65% for women with darker skin

A (just after) labor day story: American and Canadian data workers improving LLMs are grappling with unstable pay, unclear expectations, and vanishing job security. fastcompany.com/91178693/insid…

Scale AI, the Silicon Valley data darling valued at ~$14B, has been stiffing its remote workers abroad and at home. Contractors across North America tell jackie snow of sinking pay, nonpayment, unpredictable schedules, bad communication & sudden closures: fastcompany.com/91178693/insid…

Wrote about AI creeping into Hollywood's workflow for Fast Company. Found some projects that could genuinely help creators, but like every part of the AI ecosystem, it's worth keeping a close eye on how these 'helpful' tools evolve. fastcompany.com/91218511/amid-…

Wall Street to Big Tech: Show us the AI money jackie snow on the fallout from tech's AI spending spree qz.com/microsoft-meta…

really fantastic story from jackie snow today about microdosing ozempic. some are doing it without doctor supervision. in another case, a beverly hills plastic surgeons opened a clinic for the method. read it here: latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

For Los Angeles Times, I covered how to protect your skin, sinuses, and eyes during wildfires. Excuse me while I go lather on moisturizer (from a jar; anything from a pump bottle isn't thick enough), use a Neti pot, and wear wrap-around sunglasses when I go out 😎. latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

The dot-com bubble burst 25 years ago. What does that history say about stocks today? The rise of AI has market veterans debating whether history repeats — or merely runs the same bubble algorithm with new inputs. jackie snow reports for Quartz