Ford sack workers and replaced them with AI...
...then had to hire over 350 engineers to fix the quality issues caused by AI.
#ArtificialIntelligence
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‘We didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers,’ says automakerAnthony Cuthbertson (The Independent)
Report: AI Becomes Leading Factor in US Job Reductions, Surpassing Last Two Years #career #artificialintelligence
New report shows AI now driving the majority of US layoffs, surpassing totals from the last two years. May 2026 alone saw nearly 98k job cuts, with AI-based reductions hitting 40% of the total. Tech remains the hardest hit. Read the full findings and implications here: ift.tt/anLzIlF
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AI is now the top driver of job cuts in the US, surpassing reductions from the past two years - discover how this shift is reshaping the workforce.Liam Pullman (RS Web Solutions (RSWEBSOLS))
Crypto and AI companies have also poured $7 billion+ into Trump directly. Afterwards, 21+ SEC cases/investigations against crypto companies were dropped, regulators did a U-turn on crypto policy, and the industry was invited to write their own rules.
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#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
Companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other politicians.Tech Influence Watch
The crypto industry spent $130 million buying the 2024 elections. Over a dozen pro-crypto Congresspeople were installed, and regulatory destruction followed. Now AI is running the same play, with the same strategists and funders. Following only crypto would be telling half the story.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
I've been running Follow the Crypto since 2024. Today I'm relaunching it as Tech Influence Watch, expanded to cover AI political spending alongside crypto. They’ve spent more than $400 million this election cycle, and now you can follow it in close to real time.
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Here’s the full story behind the Tech Influence Watch launch, including what I found while building it and why it matters now: citationneeded.news/tech-influ…
#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
Most voters don’t know that crypto and AI companies have spent more than $400 million this cycle to buy Congress. Let’s make that spending visible.Molly White (Citation Needed)
The above article makes me think of the quote from Cory Doctorow @pluralistic :
“AI is the asbestos we are shovelling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations.”
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Quote #CoryDoctorow #Meme #Memes #Quotes #Tech #Technology
In a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Analysis from @AssociatedPress: flip.it/XUWC5a
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AI governance is advancing, but human oversight risks becoming procedural theater if it fails to preserve meaningful judgment, argues Nicolas SpatolaNicolas Spatola (Tech Policy Press)
The barista is human but an AI agent runs this experimental Swedish cafe.
From @AssociatedPress: "Experts say ethical concerns abound, ranging from technology’s role in humankind’s future to conducting job interviews and judging employee performance."
You’ve probably read about these terrifying scenarios where an AI learns that it is about to be replaced and then resorts to threatening a company’s CEO to keep its job. Claude has made headlines for this more than once. So does Claude really try to blackmail people? PC World sets the record straight:
#Tech #AI #Claude #Anthropic #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
We keep seeing headlines about Claude resorting to blackmail when threatened with disconnection. Scary, right? The reality is more complicated.Ben Patterson (PCWorld)
New development in Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman. A federal court in Oakland, Calif., heard a former OpenAI employee and board member say the company’s efforts to push AI products into the marketplace compromised its commitment to AI safety. @Techcrunch has more:
#Tech #AI #Musk #Altman #OpenAI #Technolgy #ArtificialIntelligence
Elon Musk's legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab's founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.Tim Fernholz (TechCrunch)
“The future has now arrived. And some people are finding it uncomfortable,” Richard Dawkins recently wrote in an op-ed in which the evolutionary biologist suggested that AI chatbot Claude may be conscious. Dawkins has taken some flack for his position, but he isn’t the first to suspect a chatbot taking on human qualities. @ScienceAlert has more, including a mid-1960s chatbot that had some people become emotionally involved with it:
#Tech #AI #Chatbots #Science #Technology #Claude #ArtificialIntelligence
In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.The Conversation (ScienceAlert)
The courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman heated up Monday when Musk’s AI expert Stuart Russell, a Cal-Berkeley computer science professor, took the stand. Russell co-signed an open letter in 2023 calling for a six-month pause in AI research. Here's more from @Techcrunch, including what Russell told jurors and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rodgers about the risks associated with AI:
#Tech #AI #ElonMusk #SamAltman #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.Tim Fernholz (TechCrunch)
States across the wildfire-prone Western U.S. are using AI for early detection.
@AssociatedPress reports: "In Arizona, California and beyond, the technology is mostly used in high-risk areas that are sparsely populated, rural or remote, where a blaze might not be quickly spotted by human eyes."
Detecting pancreatic cancer can be challenging for doctors. By the time they identify the disease, it’s often too late to treat effectively. But an AI model developed by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., might be able to find signs of the disease before tumors are visible on a scan. Read more from NBC News:
#Tech #AI #Health #Cancer #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
An artificial intelligence model from the Mayo Clinic detected abnormalities on scans up to two years before patients were diagnosed. It's being evaluated in a clinical trial.Aria Bendix (NBC News)
Uber has announced that it wants to outfit its human-driven cars with sensors that collect data for autonomous vehicle companies and possibly more companies that train AI models. The plan is an extension of Uber’s data-gathering AV Labs program that launched in January. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #Uber #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Cars #Transportation
Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a natural extension of a nascent program the company announced in late Jan…Connie Loizos (TechCrunch)
#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
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Apple CEO Tim Cook warns of extended memory crunch.
"Across the tech landscape, executives have been voicing their concerns about soaring prices for memory, which faces a worldwide crunch due to insatiable demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure," CNBC reports.
#Apple #TimCook #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology
In Apple's quarterly earnings report, CEO Tim Cook warned of further memory constraints in the coming quarters.Jennifer Elias (CNBC)
Spotify is rolling out a new “Verified by Spotify” badge so listeners can more easily differentiate between human artists and AI-generated music. Should save us all the embarrassment of saying something like “Xania Monet has a better voice than Beyoncé” in public. @Techcrunch has more:
#Tech #AI #Spotify #Music #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Spotify looks for an identifiable artist presence both on and off platform, like concert dates, merch, and linked social accounts on their artist profile.Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)
Sometimes a business deal needs negotiation. Or, in the case of OpenAI and Microsoft, a good renegotiation. The tech giants have announced a deal that resolves the issue of OpenAI’s up-to-$50 billion contract it agreed to with Amazon last February. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #OpenAI #Microsoft #AI #Amazon #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft get more cash in a revenue-share agreement.Julie Bort (TechCrunch)
The small British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge is still reeling from the shooting that killed eight people in February. @Techcrunch tells us why OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to the community:
#Tech #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting.Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)
This is a very Accelerando-like issue we're up against. I remember when the music copyright mafia busted in and attacked Manfred and how he had a near constant influx of patents and lawsuits coming and going, so much so he required external brain augmentations to process/handle everuthing, and most lawsuits were not even from humans. It's sounding more and more familiar every day. Manfrer was really on to something refusing to deal in money. The future really is a foreign country... 🤷
#accelerando #sciencefiction #solarpunk #futurism #ArtificialIntelligence #technology #copyright #censorship #decentralized #bookstodon
Meta will cut 10% of workforce as company pushes deeper into AI.
CNBC reports: "Job cuts are picking up across the tech sector as companies reckon with the AI boom."
#Meta #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Layoffs
Meta plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, about 8,000 employees, as the company continues to ramp up investments in artificial intelligence.Jonathan Vanian (CNBC)
Florida starts criminal probe into OpenAI's ChatGPT over advice it gave to mass shooting suspect.
NBC News reports the state's attorney general "is investigating whether ChatGPT provided any planning assistance to the alleged gunman in the Florida State University mass shooting that left two people dead in April last year."
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech
James Uthmeier said OpenAI’s ChatGPT offered detailed advice to the suspect in the 2025 FSU mass shooting, including what type of gun to use.Jared Perlo (NBC News)
Music streaming app Deezer announced that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform. Can you tell the difference between AI- and human-generated music? A Deezer survey found that 97% of participants couldn’t. That’s not stopping them from attempting to quell the flow of AI music. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #Deezer #Music #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1% and 3% of the total streams, and 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)
Cyberattacks are spiking across the globe, thanks to Artificial Intelligence. We recently learned the extent of internet security vulnerability when Anthropic deemed its Claude Mythos Preview too dangerous for release because of how well it could spot security flaws. How long with these powerful tool remain in the hands of the “good guys?” @sciencefocus has more:
#ArtificialIntelligence #Science #Tech #AI #Technology #Anthropic #CyberSecurity
Explain this one to your grandpa: Zoom is partnering with World, Sam Altman’s human ID verification company, to make sure people, not robots, are attending meetings. (Hmm, wasn't the point to remove humans from the chat?) Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #Zoom #Technology #SamAltman #ArtificialIntelligence
Meeting platform Zoom has announced a partnership with World, Sam Altman's human ID verification company, to ensure that the people attending meetings are actually human and not AI-generated imposters.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
Sam Altman has a reputation for deception. @nilay_patel spoke with Ronan Farrow about his recent New Yorker piece on the OpenAI head.
From @theverge: flip.it/hdU73h
Here's the @NewYorker story in case you missed it: flip.it/aawqwV
#OpenAI #SamAltman #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology
The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow on why it matters that tech leaders say what they mean: “This industry is truly full of people who just do not stand by their convictions.”Nilay Patel (The Verge)
A new startup, Objection, aims to use AI to judge the "truth" of journalism. @Techcrunch's Rebecca Ballard talked to founder Aron D'Souza, who also co-created the Enhanced Games, about the Peter Thiel-backed venture.
#Journalism #Media #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.Rebecca Bellan (TechCrunch)
If you’re not an AI expert and find yourself scratching your head at some of the news coming out of Silicon Valley, you’re not alone. @Techcrunch tells us about a report on the public’s growing anxiety around the tech and how it differs from many inside the industry:
#Tech #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Stanford’s latest AI Index shows a widening gap between experts and the public, with rising anxiety over jobs, healthcare, and the economy.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
We’re starting to like the phrase “known issue.” Like, if your boss asks why your TPS report is missing, you can just say “That’s a known issue.” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently used it on the Mostly Human podcast after being shown a bug with ChatGPT. To be fair, the bug wasn’t that bad. It just spotlighted an imperfection that wouldn’t shock anyone if it improved in the coming year. See more from @Futurism:
#Tech #AI #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #SamAltman #Technology
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had an awkward and telling reaction after he was shown a bizarre issue with ChatGPT's voice mode.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
It’s been a demanding week for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. A Molotov cocktail was hurled at his San Francisco home early Friday. That followed The New Yorker’s profile that raised concerns about his trustworthiness. @Techcrunch has more, including Altman’s Friday night blogpost in which he acknowledged “a lot of things I’m proud of and a bunch of mistakes:
#Tech #OpenAI #AI #SamAltman #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
The OpenAI CEO's new blog post responds to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness.Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)
🚀 We just sent a team of humans to the moon and safely home.
Not one bit of generative AI was used or needed.
You don't need it in your office or organization, either.
We can do great things without pillaging public resources and funds for a scam.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NASA #Artemis #moon #genAI #generativeAI #slop
Has Claude started working for you again? Anthropic confirmed it had “identified an issue resulting in elevated errors” on both desktop and mobile, and a fix was applied. Learn more from @TechRadar’s live blog:
#Tech #AI #Claude #Anthropic #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Sam Altman may control our future, but can he be trusted?
From @NewYorker: "New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI."
Subscription may be required: flip.it/1CsR.o
Japan’s population has been in decline since around 2011, creating something of a demographic and labor crisis. Enter the AI-powered robot. Companies are increasingly deploying the machines across factories, warehouses and other areas. Read more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #Japan #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.Kate Park (TechCrunch)
It’s International Fact-Checking Day. Refresh your AI identification skills.
From @AssociatedPress: "Since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, researchers have identified an unprecedented number of false and misleading images that were generated using artificial intelligence."
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FactCheck #Tech #Technology #Iran
Bluesky recently launched an AI assistant named Attie, which allows people to create their own custom feeds. It’s also creating a heavy dose of pushback from Bluesky’s AI-skeptical userbase. The only account that’s been blocked more is JD Vance’s. Read more, including Bluesky's take on the product launch, from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #SocialMedia #Bluesky #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base.Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)
If you’ve been looking for a way to customize your BlueSky feed, there’s “a very people-focused” AI app for that. Introducing Attie, an AI assistant that allows you to create custom feeds, design your own algorithms, and, one day, vibe code your own app. Here’s more from @Techcrunch:
#Tech #AI #BlueSky #Technology #Apps #ArtificialIntelligence
Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
