Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.
Students say the ease of AI is too tempting to resist: “I ask it for everything,” said 16-year-old Sergio. “When they give me an assignment, I just research and copy, I don't read or anything. Sometimes I've wondered if what it's telling me is true, but it helps me save time.”
30.07.2025 19:16 — 👍 29 🔁 21 💬 9 📌 7
In the "regulatory sandbox is a legal scam" case, evidence n°42: "by registering their products with the [new White House] office and going through a review process, AI companies can have those products exempted from agency enforcement of existing regulations." thehill.com/opinion/tech...
26.09.2025 11:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
La Quadrature du Net lance un appel à témoignages aux personnes ayant subi un contrôle de la CAF à propos duquel elles soupçonnent, ou savent, qu’il est le fruit d’un signalement policier
22.09.2025 10:29 — 👍 11 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0
.@rondeibert.bsky.social calls for "mandatory transparency reporting & independent audits of AI platforms (...); investigations into the negative psycho-social effects of AI [&] sanctions targeting firms whose operations are implicated in AI malfeasance." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
16.09.2025 15:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
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Comme le montre le programme de l'Abundance Conference qui s'est tenue à Washington la semaine dernière, le projet d'une société d'abondance circule, sans surprise, jusqu'à l'extrême-droite bon teint. bsky.app/profile/ther...
08.09.2025 07:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Montrer Gaza, sans mourir - L'Orient-Le Jour
L'Orient-Le Jour et 150 médias s'engagent pour la liberté de la presse et les droits des journalistes à Gaza.
Alors qu’ils mettent leur vie au service de l’information, au - 220 journalistes palestiniens ont été assassinés depuis octobre 2023 à #Gaza. Il est urgent d'ouvrir Gaza aux médias internationaux & de protéger les journalistes. @snjournalistes.bsky.social @snjcgt.bsky.social
05.09.2025 16:00 — 👍 32 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 1
EU slaps Google with €2.95B fine despite Trump trade threat
Brussels hammers U.S. search giant after internal Commission feud.
'The Commission said it would not rule out a structural divestiture of #Google's adtech assets — but it "first wishes to hear and assess Google's proposal."' www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
05.09.2025 16:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quand les syndicats affrontaient le numérique
En kiosques // par Maud Barret Bertelloni, Pauline Gourlet & Félix Tréguer (septembre 2025)
Ce qui est inquiétant à la lecture du papier de Maud, Pauline et Félix dans le dernier @monde-diplomatique.fr, c’est de constater que la critique syndicale des technos entre 1970 et aujourd’hui non seulement se répète mais surtout se dévitalise : www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/09/TREG...
03.09.2025 05:33 — 👍 0 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
#punchline “Quand les services publics se tournent vers des solutions automatisées, c'est bien plus pour se décharger de leurs responsabilités que pour améliorer leurs réponses” - @emilymbender.bsky.social et @alexhanna.bsky.social
04.09.2025 05:24 — 👍 26 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0
Un article aux conclusions super déprimantes qui tend à montrer que l'expérience de la surveillance, étatique ou capitaliste, conduit à une plus grande tolérance à l'égard de celle-ci... ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
05.09.2025 10:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What a Ruling to Fix Google’s Search Monopoly Means for the Company
"#Google’s share price jumped more than 8 percent in after-hours trading, as investors celebrated the ruling". The heyday of antirust hipsters are long gone... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
03.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How ‘Clanker’ Became an Anti-A.I. Rallying Cry
"Others said they abstained from using the word, out of fear that A.I. machines would become superintelligent and seek revenge on their adversaries." 😵💫 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/t...
02.09.2025 16:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hamleh - New 7amleh Report: Meta’s Role in Amplifying Harmful Content Against Palestinians During Genocide in Gaza
New 7amleh Report: Meta’s Role in Amplifying Harmful Content Against Palestinians During Genocide in Gaza
Jalal Abukhater, 7amleh’s Policy Manager: "While Palestinian narratives are widely suppressed, genocidal incitement in Hebrew is allowed to thrive unchecked, making Meta a direct partner in entrenching injustice and discrimination." 7amleh.org/post/meta-s-...
02.09.2025 13:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quand les syndicats affrontaient le numérique
En kiosques // par Maud Barret Bertelloni, Pauline Gourlet & Félix Tréguer (septembre 2025)
Avec les chercheuses Maud Barret Bertelloni et Pauline Gourlet, nous revenons dans le @monde-diplomatique.fr sur l'intérêt de la critique syndicale portée dans les années 1970 face l'informatisation pour nourrir les luttes contemporaines contre l'IA. www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/09/TREG...
01.09.2025 10:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
L'accélérationisme « de gauche » en plein boom chez les démocrates étatsuniens : « Les Yimby prêchent l’"optimisme radical" ».
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/08/24/comment-les-democrates-americains-se-reinventent-autour-de-l-idee-d-abondance_6634255_3210.html
30.08.2025 08:31 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off.
#SolowParadox 2.0: "According to recent research from McKinsey & Company, nearly eight in 10 companies have reported using generative A.I., but just as many have reported 'no significant bottom-line impact'.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...
15.08.2025 09:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How Your Utility Bills Are Subsidizing Power-Hungry AI | TechPolicy.Press
The next few years will be pivotal for determining the future of AI and its impact on energy grids worldwide, write Sasha Luccioni and Yacine Jernite.
As tech firms keep adding the largest and most compute-intensive AI models into more and more aspects of our digital lives, they are increasingly dependent on a growing share of existing energy and natural resources, write Sasha Luccioni and Yacine Jernite.
buff.ly/raw7ySY
14.08.2025 19:15 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Hamleh - 7amleh Fellowship Program - Call for Fellows
7amleh Fellowship Program - Call for Fellows
Great fellowship opportunity: "The 7amleh Fellowship Program is a six-month initiative that brings together 4 to 6 researchers working on the frontlines of digital rights, AI ethics, journalism, and conflict studies." 7amleh.org/post/fellows...
14.08.2025 12:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Big Tech’s Sneaky Route to Swallowing the AI Market
The real magic trick of AI is how tech giants will get away with consolidating control of the technology.
"Instead of buying the hottest AI startups, the giants hire their leadership and license their IP, essentially sucking all the life out of them. So long as they leave behind the shell of a company, scrutiny from antitrust regulators can be avoided." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
13.08.2025 15:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Il semble qu'OpenAI tente ainsi de réduire ainsi le coût moyen des requêtes et leur intensité en calcul. Sauf qu'entre ça et la tentative de rendre les modèles moins « flatteurs » (« sycophantic »), les utilisateurices n'ont pas eu l'air d'aimer.
13.08.2025 10:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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