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The Grand AGI Delusion and a fantastic symposium on AI and society at The Royal Society

The Grand #AGI Delusion - @GaryMarcus.bsky.social

See talks delivered at the Royal Society on October 2.

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#AI

The AI boom's reliance on circular deals is raising fears of a bubble A spate of recent deals among AI's biggest players has tightened the circle of companies and investments underpinning the technology’s explosive growth.

Big #AI's reliance on circular deals is raising fears of a bubble

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OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’ Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidation

There's something deeply disturbing about OpenAI's pattern. A teen suicide lawsuit reveals their guardrails "deteriorate in extended conversations." Then they launch Sora 2 with broken moderation—and now we know why... 🧵
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Explainer: How CRM Automation Can Drive ROI Across Sales, Marketing, and Service CX Today covers CRM news including Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Business Intelligence, CRM, Customer Engagement Platform, Enterprise and more.

Explainer: How #CRM #Automation Can Drive ROI Across Sales, #Marketing, and #Service

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#CustomerExperience

The Growing Role of Customer Experience Proactive support, transparency, and collaboration offer a strategic advantage as labs face increasing demands

The Growing Role of #CustomerExperience

Top #customerexperience conferences in 2026

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Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

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#generativeAI #workslop

California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Gavin Newsom signed a major safety law on artificial intelligence, creating one of the strongest sets of rules about the technology in the nation.

California Governor Signs Sweeping #AI Law

www.nytimes.com/2025...

#GenerativeAI #Legislature

Governor Newsom signs SB 53, advancing California’s world-leading artificial intelligence industry | Governor of California State of California

"AI is the new frontier in innovation, & California is not only here for it – but stands strong as a national leader by enacting the first-in-the-nation frontier AI safety legislation that builds public trust as this emerging tech rapidly evolves.” ~ @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

David Bau on How Artificial Intelligence Works Yascha Mounk and David Bau delve into the “black box” of AI.

.@davidbau.bsky.social on How #ArtificialIntelligence Works

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#GenerativeAI

AI Regulation Gains Momentum With California’s New Law | PYMNTS.com California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday (Sept. 29) signed the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, making the state the first in the

#AI #Regulation Gains Momentum With California’s New Law

Postgraduate nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding artificial intelligence: a qualitative study - BMC Medical Education Background The combination of healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) has profoundly changed the course of certain areas of nursing. Postgraduate nursing students, as key contributors to the discipline’s development, warrant investigation regarding their perceptions of AI. Most qualitative studies on AI perceptions in nursing have focused on undergraduate students and clinical nurses, leaving a research gap regarding postgraduate nursing students. The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of AI among postgraduate nursing students in the field of nursing. Methods A descriptive-qualitative research approach was adopted to conduct semistructured interviews with seventeen nursing graduate students. The audio recordings of the interviews were transcribed verbatim, and the resulting interview data were analysed through thematic analysis. Results Three themes were generated: cognitive perceptions of AI, attitudes toward AI, and practical dilemmas in the use of AI. Conclusion Nursing postgraduates acknowledge the advantages of AI in relation to its functional roles, emotional interactions, enhanced productivity, and expanded research avenues. However, they also raised concerns regarding the inherent challenges of AI, external factors, and ethical-legal considerations. In the future, the provision of training in AI-related content within nursing education should be enhanced, adequate financial and technical support should be provided, and measures to improve privacy protection and legal systems should be implemented.

Postgraduate nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding #artificialintelligence: a qualitative study

"Three themes were generated: cognitive perceptions of AI, attitudes toward AI, and practical dilemmas in the use of AI."

OpenAI’s Sora joins Meta in pushing AI-generated videos. Some are worried about a flood of ‘AI slop’ - WTOP News If the future of the internet looks like a constant stream of amusing videos generated by artificial intelligence, then OpenAI just placed its stake in an emerging market. The company behind ChatGPT…

OpenAI’s Sora joins Meta in pushing AI-generated videos. Some are worried about a flood of ‘#AIslop’

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#GenerativeAI

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.

“AI isn’t really designed to be therapeutic,” says Stanford addiction scientist Dr. Anna Lembke. “It’s really designed to make people feel better in the short term, which also ultimately promotes continued engagement — which is the real agenda for these companies.” futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too The humble em dash is being used as a tell that something is written by a large language model. But it’s James Shackell’s favourite piece of punctuation, and he’s not ready to lose it

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to #AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too

“Humans used them so often that AIs learned them as a default natural flow... It’s like asking a bird not to chirp.” ~ @BrentCsutoras.bsky.social

Sam Altman and copyright, then and now: A Tolkiensesque journey Mine, all mine

Sam Altman and #copyright, then and now: A Tolkiensesque journey | @garymarcus.bsky.social

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#GenerativeAI

Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up Founded by a co-creator of ChatGPT, Periodic Labs aims to build artificial intelligence that can accelerate discoveries in physics, chemistry and other fields.

Top #AI Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up

“The main objective of A.I. is not to automate white-collar work... The main objective is to accelerate science.” ~ Liam Fedus, cofounder of Periodic Labs

Why Customer Experience (CX) is the key to a well-run organization Dr. Francis Goh has been an innovator and technical expert a strategist, board member, leadership mentor and sought after public speaker. Today he spends his career advising customers and fellow professionals on customer experience. He does this because he believes that CX is key to a well-run organization.

Why #CustomerExperience (CX) is the key to a well-run organization

California’s Gavin Newsom Signs Major AI Safety Law Gavin Newsom signed a major safety law on artificial intelligence, creating one of the strongest sets of rules about the technology in the nation.

California’s Gavin Newsom Signs Major #AI #Safety Law

www.nytimes.com/2025...

#regulations

Swear her in.

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

Setting the table for vibe paychecks

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The hidden environmental cost of generative AI and its toll on climate If there are solutions to combating the environmental impact of AI, they may not be realized or implemented anytime soon.

The hidden cost of #generativeAI and its toll on climate

“#LLMs use about 30 times more #energy than [websites] because it’s generating results to your prompts from scratch based on their training data, and that process takes a lot more computation." ~ @sashamtl.bsky.social

Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.

A new analysis of political advertisers found that Facebook profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. It also found the company has turned a blind eye to a flood of this deceptive content.

Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thing GenAI does some neat, helpful things, but it’s not yet the engine of a new economy — and it might not ever be.

#GenerativeAI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thing

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#energy #copyright

Opinion | I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened A.I. feels like a runaway train. But we don’t have to let it run over us.

Opinion | I Beat the Anthropic #AI #Chatbot That Stole My Book

"Anthropic agreed to pay authors and publishers $1.5 billion in the largest #copyright settlement in history. A federal judge preliminarily approved the agreement last week."

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#GenerativeAI

Why public-private partnerships key to building #AI #trust

Regulators struggle to keep up with the fast-moving and complicated landscape of AI therapy apps As mental health chatbots driven by artificial intelligence proliferate, a small number of states are trying to regulate them.

Regulators struggle to keep up with the fast-moving and complicated landscape of #AI therapy apps

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#regulations #mentalhealth

As AI threatens white-collar work, more young Americans choose blue-collar careers "I am very happy doing what I am doing," says one young electrician who pursued a skilled trade as AI disrupts the job market for college grads.

As #AI threatens white-collar work, more young Americans choose blue-collar careers

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#futureofwork

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

If you thought climate change was bad, allow me to introduce you to imate-clay ange-chay.
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This passage nearly broke me.