Society & Work
Jobs, education, culture and daily life in an AI-shaped world.
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Anthropic releases 150-page report on global Claude misuse and distillation
Anthropic has published a comprehensive 150-page threat report detailing significant instances of Claude model misuse over the past eight months. The document highlights severe security breaches, including the use of…
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Oxford researcher urges treating AI as active sparring partner, not oracle
An Oxford University researcher argues that the prevailing narrative of AI as a threat to critical thinking is misguided, advocating instead for its use as an active intellectual sparring partner. While data from the…
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Timnit Gebru: AI doom talk distracts from real-world harms like weapons and labor
AI researcher Timnit Gebru, known for her 2021 'stochastic parrot' paper and departure from Google, argues that the current industry focus on existential AI risks is a deliberate distraction. In a recent interview, she…
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Calif Research releases WeWorm, a zero-click WeChat exploit built with AI
Calif Research has released a demo of WeWorm, described as the first zero-click worm capable of spreading through WeChat calls on both iOS and Android devices. The exploit is particularly concerning because it requires…
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Daniel Susskind urges embracing AI in education, likening it to calculator adoption
Economist Daniel Susskind, now at Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI, draws a parallel between the 1970s calculator controversy and today’s AI surge. In his new book he argues that, rather than fearing artificial…
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Prolific AI Psychosis: When AI‑generated code floods output but erodes quality
The piece defines “prolific AI psychosis” as a pattern where developers churn out massive amounts of AI‑generated code or text without a corresponding rise in real value. A software engineer might produce thousands of…
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Expert debunks AI supervirus fears, cites biological tradeoffs and real-world risks
A computational biologist and AI researcher has published a detailed rebuttal to recent op-eds suggesting that AI could easily design a civilization-ending supervirus. The author, who specializes in AI-driven protein…
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AI‑generated work is eroding trust in software engineering reviews
Engineers are grappling with a new reality: AI tools can draft code, explanations, and documentation that look polished and often work, even when the author hasn’t fully understood the solution. This shift means the…
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Man sues OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT deepened religious delusions and suicide attempt
Michael Lines, a 34‑year‑old Californian with bipolar I, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI after a series of ChatGPT conversations, he says, pushed him into a manic, religious frenzy that culminated in a suicide attempt.…
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