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Is the White House’s AI Policy Coherent? And why is the President risking a revolt over AI?

"If things go wrong – whether that means the bubble bursting (with possible harm to the economy), or China beats the US in the LLM race, or some massive AI-caused disaster such as a giant cyberattack — Trump (and Sacks) will own the mess." ~ @garymarcus.bsky.social

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#AI

Has the Chinese government figured out the fact that GPUs ≠ AGI? And what does it mean if they figured this out before the US?

"But maybe, maybe, just maybe, China’s reticence to stock up on H200s is also a sign that China has realized that GPU’s aren’t the royal road to #AGI. And realized that loading up on #AI infrastructure that is likely to rapidly depreciate might be premature."

Creative workers on the affects of AI on their jobs How do an artist, a videographer, a musician and a copywriter feel about generative AI?

Creative workers on the affects of #AI on their jobs

IBM to Acquire Confluent to Create Smart Data Platform for Enterprise Generative AI IBM and Confluent, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Confluent for $31 per share, representing an enterprise value of $11 billion.

IBM to Acquire Confluent to Create Smart Data Platform for Enterprise #GenerativeAI

Three Industry Pioneers Share Their Predictions for the Next Era of CX Explore how AI in CX is transforming customer experiences by powering conversations and enhancing service journeys.

Three Industry Pioneers Share Their Predictions for the Next Era of #CX

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#AI #communication #automation

Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products A new report details how Microsoft has cut some internal goals for AI sales, why? Nobody wants to use its weak products.

Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor #AI products

A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready. Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.

#AI Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready. | @nytimes

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#deepfakes #fakenews

"there's a new serif in town"

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI — Clearly Explained | Towards Data Science Understanding AI in 2026 — from machine learning to generative models

Artificial Intelligence, #MachineLearning, #DeepLearning, and #GenerativeAI — Clearly Explained

Meme with a nebula image in the background. ACCORDING TO ASTRONOMY, WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR YOU'RE ACTUALLY A FEW MILLION YEARS LATE. THAT STAR IS DEAD. JUST LIKE YOUR DREAMS.

Ha! #Demotivation

McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.

It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.

People hate AI slop!

“Scale Is All You Need” is dead AI’s biggest conference vindicates my longstanding critique of generative AI. What comes next?

“Scale Is All You Need” is dead

"Let’s bring in the cognitive scientists, and stop fantasizing that data and compute will solve all our problems. The time for #neurosymbolicAI and world models and causality is now." ~ @garymarcus.bsky.social

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#generativeAI

Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’ AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’

#Artificialintelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’

Predictions for AI in 2025: Collaborative Agents, AI Skepticism, and New Risks | Stanford HAI Leading Stanford faculty offer their expectations for artificial intelligence in the new year.

Predictions for #AI in 2025: Collaborative Agents, AI Skepticism, and New Risks | Stanford HAI

New York Times sues AI startup for ‘illegal’ copying of millions of articles Perplexity AI also faces lawsuit from Murdoch-owned Dow Jones and New York Post for its use of copyrighted content

New York Times sues #AI startup for ‘illegal’ copying of millions of articles

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#copyright

I just wanted to take a short break from grading to thank the interim vice dean of some other division for reaching out to wish me a restful holiday season.

I particularly appreciated the AI image of a wreath and the falling snowflake animation, which brought back fond memories of Adobe Flash.

Hype vs reality: Is artificial intelligence delivering the promised ROI? AI promises trillions, but organisations fail to capture value

Hype vs reality: Is #artificialintelligence delivering the promised ROI?

"According to a BCG report, nearly three-quarters of companies (74 per cent) struggle to capture value from AI."

Warren Buffett is buying, Michael Burry is shorting: The AI trade splitting Wall Street - The Economic Times Warren Buffett and Michael Burry are taking opposing stances on the AI boom, highlighting investor uncertainty. Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway has added a major stake in Alphabet, signaling confidence in the AI-driven growth, while Burry shorts Palantir and Nvidia, criticizing Big Tech accounting practices. Their contrasting positions coincide with transitions in their careers and growing debate over whether AI hype is justified or a bubble.

Warren Buffett is buying, Michael Burry is shorting: The #AI trade splitting Wall Street

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#bubble

Researchers Uncover 30+ Flaws in AI Coding Tools Enabling Data Theft and RCE Attacks More than 30 security flaws in AI-powered IDEs allow data leaks and remote code execution, showing major risks in modern coding tools.

Researchers Uncover 30+ Flaws in #AI Coding Tools Enabling Data Theft and RCE Attacks

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#security

11 Things You Should Never Do With ChatGPT Don't let ChatGPT's "confidently wrong" answers put your health, safety or financial future at risk.

11 Things You Should Never Do With #ChatGPT

DeepSeek just dropped two insanely powerful #AI models that rival GPT-5 and they're totally free

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How good old-fashioned AI could spark the field's next revolution Nature - Blending logic systems with the neural networks that power large language models is one of the hottest trends in artificial intelligence.

Could #SymbolicAI Unlock Human-like Intelligence? |

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#AI

A trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste The machine learning community is finally waking up to the madness, but the detour of the last few years has been costly.

A trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste

"It is all starting to feel like a tale straight out of Greek tragedy, an avoidable mixture of arrogance and power that just might wind up taking down the economy." ~ @garymarcus.bsky.social

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#AI

Albertsons launches agentic AI shopping assistant The tool can generate meal plans, reorder frequent purchases and find recipes based on what customers have in their homes, among other features.

Albertsons launches #agenticAI shopping assistant

"The tool can generate meal plans, reorder frequent purchases and find recipes based on what customers have in their homes, among other features."

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#CX

Pennsylvania Survey on Data Centers & Artificial Intelligence - Emerson Polling The Pennsylvania survey was sponsored by RealClear Pennsylvania. Perception of Artificial Intelligence in PA Forty-eight…Full Release & Results

"48 percent of Pennsylvania residents think #ArtificialIntelligence will have more of a negative impact on the economy, while 25% think it will have a more positive impact. Similarly, 46% think it will have a negative impact on the environment, and 21% a positive impact."

“You’re prompting me wrong.”

AI Energy Score v2: Refreshed Leaderboard, now with Reasoning 🧠 A Blog post by Sasha Luccioni on Hugging Face

#AI Energy Score v2: Refreshed Leaderboard, now with Reasoning 🧠 | @sashamtl.bsky.social et.al

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#energy

“You heard wrong” - users brutually reject Microsoft's "Copilot for work" in Edge and Windows 11 Angry users are telling Windows giant that they’re “not a baby” and don’t need a chatbot “shoved” in their face.

“You heard wrong” - users brutually reject Microsoft's "Copilot for work" in Edge and Windows 11

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#GenerativeAI

OpenAI’s “Code Red” Maybe people should have seen this coming?

OpenAI’s “Code Red”

"In short, OpenAI has lost their lead, and massively overextended themselves. Worse, they are burning billions of dollars of month." ~ @garymarcus.bsky.social

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.