Caitlin Eliza (C.E.) McKenna

Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion | TechCrunch A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.

I can’t stop thinking about the fact that #AI #LLMs are pushing people into violent behavior and suicide. The things #Gemini told this man to do are truly frightening and included setting him up for a terrorist attack and targeting the CEO of Google.

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This is amazing, but also the aliens are initially giving very intense “Steve Martin in Roxanne mimicking aliens” vibes.

Happy Monday from someone who needs you to know (because too many people seem to think this is normal):

AI is not your friend.

AI is not your therapist.

AI is not your doctor.

AI is not your lover.

AI is collecting your data.
AI is pattern-matching your work.
AI is just a program.

Fashion Shop - Jupiter X Templates Mixed media on canvas 146  x 114 cm / 57,48 x 44,88 in 2023

In Barcelona in October, I bought a drawing titled, “Alone,” that makes me deeply uncomfortable in a delightful way.

The artist, Cirro Marra, is having a show at the same gallery beginning March 5, and if I could, I’d go back there and buy everything.

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There’s some great reading across all the finalists. Thrilled that we are one of them.

Oh damn, that’s this weekend! Ugh I’m sorry to miss you!

Hope you got some water from the fountain, too! That Bay Area water is too soft…Colorado’s tastes just right.

🙋🏼‍♀️ It me.

I also hope they take their own advice and instead of playing golf with their friends, they just ask ChatGPT to tell them how the game would have turned out.

Turns out I’m still angry about the five old men in Indian Wells who told me that doing an MFA was stupid because I could just “ask ChatGPT to write my book for me.”

Wherever they are, I hope they’re having shitty days.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

I’m FT employed again, which means it’s time to up my monthly donation to @aclu.org because I still believe in the parts of America I always have believed in.

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Thrilled that On Fire and Under Water is a Finalist for the Best Anthology Derringer Award!Congrats to the other five well-deserving finalists also! This is an honor and I’m so happy for everyone at @rhppress.bsky.social and our 15 contributors for making this anthology such a great success.

My heart is in Minneapolis

Exactly.

And also well-moisturized.

That’s stacked bedside table, primed for historical mysteries and ennui, methinks.

#takemeapart #myyearofrestandrelaxation #cipher

It’s the best way, but damn if it ain’t the hardest!

Ditto

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

#Authors, it’s time to have a conversation about the #publishing world’s reliance on #microsoftword. We can’t be fighting stolen data in LLMs on one side and then feeding all our drafts into a different company’s database. It’s absurd.

And the UI sucks.

And is messes up spacing.

Let’s leave it.

Thanks to @curtisippolito.bsky.social for editing our stories, @rhppress.bsky.social for publishing them, and to @gabino.bsky.social for giving me a pep talk about how to conduct a round-table convo in front of an audience 🤓📚

Puja Guha, CE McKenna, and Raymond J Brash at the Highlands Ranch branch of the Douglas County Libraries in front of a sign for their Crime Fiction Author talk.

It was so cool to have my very first live speaking event for the anthology ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER this past weekend. My friends @pujaguha.bsky.social and Raymond J. Brash joined me to chat with Douglas County readers about climate change, crime, and revisiting our favorite places through words!

Snowpocalypse!

Crime Fiction: "On Fire and Under Water" Adults, register now. A panel of award-winning authors talk about their stories in "On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology," edited by Curtis Ippolito.. Event starts at Janu...

Tomorrow, I’ll be chatting with my friends Puja Guha and Raymond J. Brash at the #HighlandsRanch branch of the Douglas County Libraries! If you’re looking to dive into interesting #shortstories, come see us at 2pm!

#fiction #crimefiction #authorevent #colorado #publishing

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It’s disgusting. It’s inhumane. It’s illegal.

But here’s something a friend in #Minneapolis told me this morning that made me hopeful:

“They picked the wrong city bc they’ll never break our commitment to each other. They’re weakening themselves across the country the more they entrench here.”

Job Applicants Sue to Open ‘Black Box’ of A.I. Hiring Decisions

Very interested in following this case. It recently took me over a year to find a fulltime job and many rejections came in the middle of the night on weekends - sent automatically.

I even wrote an essay about it: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/11/thri...

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Crime Fiction: "On Fire and Under Water" Adults, register now. A panel of award-winning authors talk about their stories in "On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology," edited by Curtis Ippolito.. Event starts at Janu...

Learn more at go.dcl.org/event/14969853

Don't forget to check your local libraries for opportunities to meet new readers. Our Sister @ce-mckenna.bsky.social is part of an author panel on Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Douglas County public library in Highlands Ranch. Check it out! #sistersincrime