Damning from @aaronjschaffer
, @WillOremus
, @nitashatiku
. To get more data:
* Anthropic "destructively scanned" millions of books
* co-founder Ben Mann downloaded the shadow library LibGen
* Mann hailed another shadow library's arrival: "just in time!!!"
ETHICS
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Anthropic accused of destructive book scanning and shadow library access
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Ranking Integrity: Should We Question Hackable Academic Systems?
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If something is hackable, should we question the institutes that are hacking or should we revisit how these rankings are computed?
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France bans under-15s from social media platforms
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L’interdiction de réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans va obliger chaque Français à s’inscrire sur un site dépendant du gouvernement pour avoir le droit d’aller sur les réseaux Êtes vous content de la loi Ou Pensez vous comme moi qu’elle est liberticide et dangereuse ?
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Autonomous Vehicles Could Transform Lives of Visually Impaired People
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The wife of an MP says that autonomous vehicles, which she's been testing, could be a game changer for people who are visually impaired. Julie Pitcher, whose husband Lee represents Doncaster East & the Isle of Axholme, has Retinitis Pigmentosa and is no longer able to drive. pic.twitter.com/9ViO7UmSN7
— Victoria Whittam (@vicwhittamITV) 28 janvier 2026The wife of an MP says that autonomous vehicles, which she's been testing, could be a game changer for people who are visually impaired. Julie Pitcher, whose husband Lee represents Doncaster East & the Isle of Axholme, has Retinitis Pigmentosa and is no longer able to drive.
→ View original post on X — @ryan_browne_, 2026-01-28 06:16 UTC
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AI Era Accessibility: Ask, Seek, Knock, Receive
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In the AI era, this is true: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
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Designer regrets creating AI addiction tools for social media
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Dear @RNBlake
, years ago I designed AI tools for user retention at one of the largest social media corporations. Unknowingly, I helped to create an addiction network. I realise this now and I strongly regret it. Our children, or adults, are no match for the super intelligent -
Countries Should Ban Social Media for Children, Regrets RL Optimization
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More countries should ban social media for children and enforce it. I made the mistake of optimising one of these social media sites with reinforcement learning (RL) for user retention several years ago. I realised later that I had made a mistake and I strongly regret it.
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AI-Generated Security Reports Overwhelming Open Source Maintainers
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What I’m hearing: large open source projects are being absolutely hammered by AI-generated security reports. To the point of not being able to handle them. Feeling is lots of ppl want an easy way to put a CVE on their CV and collect $$ for bug bounty. Super bad for maintainers
→ View original post on X — @flowiseai, 2026-01-27 20:57 UTC
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Modern AI Governance Without Long Approval Cycles
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Trust in AI doesn't require a nine-month approval cycle. A modern approach to AI agent governance is the answer. That's the key takeaway from a recently published article in BankInfo Security. More from @rubrikInc GM of AI Dev Vret Rishi 👉 go.rbrk.co/ey1yq8 [Translated from EN to English]
→ View original post on X — @predibase, 2026-01-27 18:39 UTC
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Will our courts have AI witnesses?
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Will our courts have AI witnesses?
AI witnesses are AI systems that turn logs and sensor data such as car crash records, phone traces, building access logs, and video into a timeline and reconstruction that can influence court cases and arbitration. Supporters see faster,