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Came here to say the same thing: as a mostly-lurker, I will miss your posts quite a bit.

I'm glad to see this! Looking forward to listening.

That's hilarious. I haven't had time to test it much myself yet, but my husband's early opinion is that 5.2 is "a lazy mf'er."

I feel this so much.

Preach. I’ve been complaining about tests that seem designed to fail.

OMG, I'm dying 🤣

😂 That was my exact reaction

On AI & water usage, it looks like all US data center usage (not just AI) ranges from 628M gallons a day (counting evaporation from dam reservoirs used for hydro-power) to 200-275M with power but not dam evaporation, to 50M for cooling alone.

So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.

This guy has all the answers (i.e., recipes) you seek: www.instagram.com/p/DPjlJt7AJ7P/

A 20/80 rule for AI in education And what that looked like yesterday in my classroom

A 20/80 rule for AI in education. And what that looked like yesterday in my classroom. [An interesting example of how a teacher is using AI in the classroom.]

aiwaypoints.substack.com/p/a-2080-rul...

Text Shot: After just two days, Meta Ray-Ban Display is now sold out in almost every store it was available in. Restocks are "coming", Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth says, and the company plans to double the number of stores where the glasses are offered.

Meta Ray-Ban Display Sells Out As Early Adopters Struggle To Buy https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-ray-ban-display-sold-out-early-adopters-struggle/ #AI #glasses

they literally gave sonnet 4.5 context anxiety

cognition.ai/blog/devin-s...

PayPal's Honey to integrate with ChatGPT and other AIs for shopping assistance | TechCrunch PayPal's Honey will now with with ChatGPT to find shopping deals.

PayPal's Honey will now with with ChatGPT to find shopping deals.

OpenAI is launching the Sora app, its own TikTok competitor, alongside the Sora 2 model | TechCrunch The social app Sora will let users generate videos of themselves and their friends, which they can share in a TikTok-like feed.

OpenAI is launching a social app where you can generate deepfakes of you and your friends and obviously nothing will go wrong here at all ever techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/o...

ChatGPT quietly switches to a stricter language model when users submit emotional prompts OpenAI's ChatGPT automatically switches to a more restrictive language model when users submit emotional or personalized prompts, but users aren't notified when this happens.

The entire structure of how OpenAI presents ChatGPT is deceptive. There’s nothing wrong with having safety precautions but this is basically a magic trick where they are attempting to both foist an experimental language model on consumers and have them humanize it the-decoder.com/chatgpt-quie...

Exclusive | OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out Executives at the company notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out [This is not how copyright works.]

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol We’re taking first steps toward agentic commerce in ChatGPT with new ways for people, AI agents, and businesses to shop together.

Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol
openai.com/index/buy-it...

Projects such as "Conversations with Bina-48" are examples of creative engagement, which is not only cognitive but also participatory where the learner is a creative agent, producing (or making) generative acts or artifacts. In MidJourney, for example, users can add the "Raw" parameter to their prompts in order to turn off "auto-pilot" and control the final look of their images. Passive consumption and interaction does not necessarily result in becoming more Al literate. A person frequently using generative Al technology is likely more able to spot a deepfake. Artists like Stephanie Dinkins are pushing towards a more expansive use of AI.

Beyond AI Deepfakes & the Uncanny Valley https://nettricegaskins.medium.com/beyond-ai-deepfakes-the-uncanny-valley-4af4c0036561 #AI #deepfakes #history

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

New from 404 Media: we've closely been following the wave of lawyers getting caught using AI. But now we know why: here 18 lawyers explain why they used AI. They blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...

Towards an AI-Augmented Textbook Textbooks are a cornerstone of education, but they have a fundamental limitation: they are a one-size-fits-all medium. Any new material or alternative representation requires arduous human effort, so ...

Paper: Towards an AI-Augmented Textbook
( arxiv.org/abs/2509.13348 )

French Filmmaking Orgs Condemn OpenAI-Backed Animated Feature French creators’ groups oppose OpenAI’s reported plan to debut an AI-generated animated film at Cannes, urging protection of human-led artistry.

French filmmaker groups have penned an open letter opposing OpenAI’s plan to debut an AI-generated animated film at Cannes, urging the protection of human-led artistry.
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

From South Park v Trump to AI slopaganda: deepfakes are now part of the news cycle, for better and for worse | Anna Broinowski Deepfakes come with risks that demand urgent regulation. But it is vital their potential as a creative and satirical tool isn’t stifled

Are deepfakes reshaping our news reality? Explore how AI transforms satire and journalism in today’s media landscape. #Deepfakes

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/deepfakes-ai-slop-now-part-of-news-cycle-south-park-v-trump

Spotify has deleted 75m+ tracks in ‘spammy’ AI music crackdown Spotify introduces a suite of new policies for managing AI generated content on its service

Spotify removed over 75 million tracks deemed 'spammy' in an AI music crackdown. How much do you think AI will change music? #MusicIndustry

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-has-deleted-75m-spammy-tracks-as-it-unveils-new-ai-music-policies/

OpenAI says GPT-5 stacks up to humans in a wide range of jobs | TechCrunch A new test from OpenAI aims to understand how close AI is to outperforming humans at economically valuable work.

A new test from OpenAI aims to understand how close AI is to outperforming humans at economically valuable work.

The algorithm will see you now - Works in Progress Magazine Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks. But replacing humans with AI is harder than it seems.

Replacing humans with AI is harder than it seems.

"The algorithm will see you now"

worksinprogress.co/issue/the-al...

OpenAI is looking for a head of ads Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing advertising to ChatGPT. Plus: Sam Altman's internal note to employees about Stargate.

SOURCES: OpenAI is planning to bring ads to ChatGPT.

Also: In a message to employees, Sam Altman says he wants 250 gigawatts of compute by 2033.

He calls OpenAI's team behind Stargate a "core bet" like research / robotics.

"Doing this right will cost trillions." sources.news/p/openai-ads...

It was inevitable.

ChatGPT-selected stocks beating professional money managers.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/business/fin...

HSBC Says New Quantum Computing Trial Beat Wall Street Rivals HSBC Holdings Plc said it’s achieved a world-first breakthrough in deploying quantum computing in financial markets, as a race intensifies among some of Wall Street’s biggest firms to embed the cuttin...

how likely a bond will trade at a given price. HSBC and the US technology giant applied quantum processing to an anonymized set of European bond trading data and found it could significantly enhance the efficiency of the market."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...