22 Articles about the Business of Running an AI

Anthropic has surpassed OpenAI as the most valuable artificial intelligence company - New York Times 

OpenAI readies cyber, misinformation defenses ahead of elections – Axios

CNN sues Perplexity over alleged AI copyright theft - CNN

A One-Stop Shop for A.I. Models Raises $113 Million - New York Times

Tracking the spend and revenue of frontier AI companies - Is AI profitable 

How Google Is Starting to Win the A.I. Race – New York Times

These 5 charts show how ChatGPT is flooding our lives – Washington Post 

OpenAI Bought Company That Offered A.I. Tools for Cloning Voices – New York Times 

Teaching AI models to say “I’m not sure” - MIT

Notable Researchers Join $4 Billion Effort to Build Self-Improving A.I. – New York Times  

Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in workplace AI adoption - Axios 

Meta’s Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable – New York Times   

For Palantir, AI Is a Product, a Punching Bag—and a Problem - Wall Street Journal 

Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw – New York Times

Pennsylvania sues Character AI, says chatbot poses as doctors – Reuters  

Apple Reaches $250 Million Settlement Over Claims It Misled People on A.I. – New York Times  

Google updates AI search to include quotes from Reddit and other sources – Tech Crunch

Meet Mark Zuckerberg’s Right-Hand Man Who’s Unleashing AI at Meta - Wall Street Journal 

OpenAI releases new default ChatGPT model aimed at reducing hallucinations in law, medicine, finance, and other technical fields - Tech Crunch 

Five book publishers and a best-selling novelist accused Meta of stealing their work to help train A.I. models. – New York Times

The death of AI idealism - Axios 

Start-Up Raises $1.3 Billion for an A.I. electrical ‘Grid’ – New York Times

Peaks & Valleys

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.- GK Chesterton (born May 29, 1874)

AI Detectors are not Lie Detectors

What’s really happening is that human expression is being measured against a distorted reflection of itself. So what does it mean that I “sound like AI”? It means I’ve internalized patterns that are now statistically recognizable. It means I’ve developed consistency, structure and voice. It means I write in a way that is legible, repeatable and coherent. In any other context, that would be called skill. In today’s world, it becomes suspicious. -Denise Zubizarreta writing in Technical.ly

32 Recent Articles about AI & Writing

What 370,000 College Essays Tell Us About A.I.’s Effects on Creativity: Writing is fundamental to how we think – New York Times

How to Deal With Students Using AI to Cheat – Wall Street Journal  

Was a short story that shared a prestigious prize this week written with artificial intelligence? – New York Times

I’m an AI ethicist accused of AI plagiarism. Now what? - Technical.ly

Ban for Authors Submitting AI Content ‘Welcome but Unenforceable’ – Inside Higher Ed 

This Literary AI Scandal Changes Everything – The Atlantic

I’m a Professional Writer Who Uses A.I. It’s Not As Scary As I Thought. – Slate

‘Obvious markers of AI’: doubts raised over winner of short story prize – The Guardian

Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. – New York Times

The prevalence of AI content is growing rapidly and ‘it’s not just X, it’s Y’ – Tech Crunch

College students are noticing their AI‑smoothed writing sounds strong — and not like them – The Conversation 

AI hasn't overtaken human writers online – Axios

AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy. – 404 Media  

Is AI bad for critical thinking? It depends on when you use it – Science News  

Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI – Wall Street Journal

AI is changing how we write and speak – Axios  

Why I Teach My Students to Write With AI – University of Central Florida

Nothing is “100% human authored” – London School of Economics & Political Science

Don’t let your students use AI as a ghostwriter – Nature  

New Browser Plugin Adds Typos to Your AI-Generated Emails to Make Them Look Real – Futurism  

This new tool makes AI's role in student writing visible – Phys.org

An elite Wall Street law firm has apologized to a federal judge for submitting a court filing full of A.I. “hallucinations.” – New York Times

The Human Skill That Eludes AI – The Atlantic

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines – The Verge  

WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more – Tech Crunch

How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It) - New York Times 

Could AI write this column? In a world of slop-inion, I’m certifying myself human – The Guardian

How Are Your Teachers Handling Writing in the Age of A.I.? – New York Times  

Sports Illustrated Just Deleted Every Article by One of Its Writers After Accusation of AI Plagiarism – Futurism

Could you spot an AI-written book? An author set up an experiment to find out. – Vox

Plagiarism of ideas in the age of generative artificial intelligence - Nature

AI Can Improve Scholarly Writing — If We Use It Right – Chronicle of Higher Ed

When Opportunity Knocks

Opportunity knocks! Quit complaining about the noise!

AI definitions: SQL

SQL (pronounced ess-kew-ell or sequel) Structured Query Language is the most widely used method of accessing databases. This programming language can be used to create tables, change data, find particular data, and create relationships among different tables. For data scientists, SQL is second in importance after Python. Similar in structure and function to Excel, SQL can work with Excel and is able to handle billions of rows in multiple tables and thousands of users can access this data securely at the same time.

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24 Recent Articles about AI Fakes

Bay Area mom out thousands after scammers use AI to mimic daughter's voice in fake kidnapping - ABC-7 SF

AI scamming ain’t brain surgery, but even neurosurgeons get fooled - The Hill

Sports Illustrated Just Deleted Every Article by One of Its Writers After Accusation of AI Plagiarism - Futurism 

Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names - NBC News

Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’ – Associated Press

Since chatbots hallucinate their own facts, it’s useful (and easy) to have a second, nitpicking AI that can audit the results for errors – Wall Street Journal 

In the AI propaganda war, Iran is winning – Economist  

This Literary AI Scandal Changes Everything - The Atlantic 

Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. – New York Times 

Scammers targeting missing pet owners with AI – ABC7 

Oregon DMV warns drivers about realistic scam texts written with AI – Statesman Journal  

The JPMorgan Sexual-Assault Lawsuit Was Already Messy. AI Is Making It Worse. – Wall Street Journal   

AI agents may be skilled researchers—but not always honest ones – Science.org 

Fake data, AI slop, and the future of academia – Out of the Lab (video)

The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Resurrecting Covid-Era Misinformation Tactics – New York Times

Teaching AI models to say “I’m not sure” - MIT

PR crisis inside America’s biggest bank stoked by AI fakes. - Wall Street Journal 

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media - New York Times

OpenAI releases new default ChatGPT model aimed at reducing hallucinations in law, medicine, finance, and other technical fields – Tech Crunch

Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers. - The Atlantic

Nothing is “100% human authored” – London School of Economics and Political Science

Detecting Fraud-Associated Characteristics In The Medical AI Literature: A Multi-Signal NLP Framework Reveals Distinct Paper Mill Subtypes – OSF

South Africa withdraws AI policy due to fake AI-generated sources - Semafor

Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf - ArsTechnica

YouTube Opens Up AI Deepfake Detection Tool to All of Hollywood – Hollywood Reporter

AI-powered scams cost seniors $800 million a year: How to protect yourself - ABC-7 NY

AI keeps inventing fake cases. Lawyers keep citing them – Scientific American

US judicial panel delays action on AI-generated evidence, deep fakes - Reuters

AI labels were supposed to help users spot fakes. Here’s why they’re failing – Fast Company

Doctors' growing AI deepfakes problem – Axios

The AI Power of Suggestion

A.I. interaction can narrow ideas is through the power of suggestion. Once a chatbot suggests a direction, humans tend to lock in on it. The conversational nature of A.I. can make it difficult to distinguish where the user’s thinking ends and the bot’s begins, making it effortless for people to adopt A.I.-generated perspectives as their own. It’s easy to see how an impressionable teenager could forgo writing the unconventional essay in favor of whatever A.I. suggests. -Rebecca Winthrop writing in The New York Times

Open Your Mouth

Open your mouth only when you can improve on the silence.

11 Apps for Job Hunting

Career Builder - online hiring app that allows job seekers to access tools that will help them at every point in the process.

ExpressJob - mapping that shows nearby jobs and makes applying easy with one-click applications but also offers ways to stay organized once you are hired (timesheets, schedule, etc.)

Glassdoor - search engine platform offering job openings along with company reviews.

Indeed - sort through the search engine database and stay on top of openings that interest you. 

Linkedin - the social network for professionals.

Linkup - focuses on little-known job listings. Free, iOS only. 

MeeBoss - A chat-first job matching platform.

Monster - brings jobs from other job searchers into a single app.

Snagjob - only hourly jobs. Free.

Strawberry.me - Matches individuals with professional personal and career coaches.

ZipRecruiter - offers more than 100 job boards with filters. Sends notifications about vacancies.\

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Teens Using Phones At Night

A new study finds “teens averaged over 50 minutes of smartphone use between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights. Researchers drew data from an app installed on the teens’ phones. A lot of prior studies have relied on self-reporting of screen use, which isn’t as thorough or accurate.” -Washington Post

AI definitions: Shadow AI

Shadow AI - Using generative AI inside an organization without the approval or supervision of the company’s IT. While not typically malicious, it creates risks that can grow over time. For instance, customer data might end up being stored in a third-party AI’s training environment or proprietary code might be copied and pasted into an AI code assistant to debug an issue. 

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37 Recent Articles about AI & Academic Scholarship

AI tools are smuggling biases in their summaries – The London School of Economics & Political Science  

Plagiarism of ideas in the age of generative artificial intelligence - Nature  

AI research papers are getting better, and it’s a big problem for scientists. – The Verge

Fraudulent citations, blamed on AI hallucinations, are becoming more common in research papers – Stat

Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban - Nature

 Will Make the Academic Article Obsolete – Chronicle of Higher Ed

AI agents may be skilled researchers—but not always honest ones – Science.org 

Safeguards against GenAI hallucinations in literature review – Times Higher Ed 

As researchers aim for universal AI disclosure guidelines, the devil is in the details - Science.org

Retractions ‘must be the start of AI slop clean-up’, says critic – Times Higher Ed

AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured It - Forbes

First AI tool to detect suspicious peer reviews rolled out by academic publisher - Nature  

Performance of AI Tools in Citing Retracted Literature – JMIR Publishing  

The AI scientist: now academic papers can be fully automated, what does this mean for the future of research? – The Conversation  

How AI is Quietly Distorting Academic Enquiry and what to do about it – Times Higher Ed

Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI - Nature

Modeling scientific uncertainty in language: Applied linguistic insights from human and artificial intelligence texts – Science Direct

Researchers already use AI—it’s time to agree on how to use it responsibly – Research Professional News 

Illicit Use of AI by Philosophers Refereeing for Journals – Daily Nous 

Artificial intelligence in the retraction spotlight – Frontiers  

Detecting Fraud-Associated Characteristics In The Medical AI Literature: A Multi-Signal NLP Framework Reveals Distinct Paper Mill Subtypes - Open Science Framework

Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems? - Nature 

Study: AI Policies Fail to Reduce Undisclosed AI Use – The Scientist

Do Large Language Models know Which Published Articles have been Retracted? – ArXiv

AI Wrote A Harvard Physicist’s Most Recent Paper. No One Knows What It Means for Science – The Crimson 

No humans allowed: scientific AI agents get their own social network - Nature  

Enacting AI disclosure in scholarly publishing – Wily 

Harvard says researcher who published nearly 100 articles in 2 1/2 years has no affiliation with the university – Free Beacon  

Institutional support for ethical AI adoption in higher education amid the rising trend of manuscript retractions - Nature 

AI Can Improve Scholarly Writing — If We Use It Right – Chronicle of Higher Ed

AI Conferences Should Embrace Submission Explosion via Autonomous Review Pipelines - Preprints 

Hallucinated citations highest in social sciences preprints site - Nature 

An AI did the astrophysics. The paper got halted. – Blankline 

Major accounting firm retracts study after researchers discover AI hallucinations - Financial Times

The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails - Nature

AI-generated research papers are overwhelming peer review – The Verge

25 research papers from one university in India retracted in 5 years amid integrity and AI concerns – India Today

A Sign of Growth

One of the sure signs of growth is that you are no longer impressed with how you did it yesterday. -John Maxwell

14 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism, & Media

Tue, May 26 - AI Tools: Automation, Trust and Revenue

What: In this webinar, we will explore how media organisations can leverage AI to streamline operations, build trust with audiences, and create new revenue streams while maintaining strong editorial standards in an AI-driven media landscape.

Who: Kevin Anderson, Director of the Digital Revenue Network, WAN-IFRA London; Marie Bering, Director of Product Management, Stibo DX; Heikki Rotko, Chairman, Choicely; Marko, Director of Product Development, StoryEditor.

When: 6 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers

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Tue, May 26 - How journalism collaboratives can track impact

What: Learn how to define, measure and track the ways your journalism collaborative makes a difference in your community.

Who: Caroline Porter, Principal for Ralstin Agency, director of product and strategic partnerships for Open Campus.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Center for Cooperative Media

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Tue, May 26 - Public Media’s Digital Shift: Scaling Audience and Revenue with Indiegraf

What: Learn how to modernize your digital infrastructure, scale your audience, and secure your station's revenue and future, plus get a detailed overview of a subsidized program that can help qualifying stations significantly save on technology costs.

Who: Allison McIlmoyl and Bridget Thoreson from Indiegraf.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Indiegraf

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Tue, May 26 - Codex Fundamentals

What: Join us for a technical overview of Codex, the AI software engineering agent that can help developers write features, debug code, run tests, and navigate large codebases. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how engineers are using Codex to accelerate development workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and collaborate more effectively with AI during the software development lifecycle.

Who: Tanner Wride, Builder ADM, OpenAI; Catherine LaChapelle, Builder ADM, OpenAI.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: OpenAI Academy

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Tue, May 26 - How Nonprofits Should Think About Their Website as a Platform

What: We will explore how nonprofits can shift from a project-based mindset to a platform mindset. Attendees will learn how websites integrate with CRM and marketing systems, support ongoing optimization, and provide enhanced insights into user behavior. This session helps nonprofits plan websites that scale and remain effective over time.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: TechSoup

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Tue, May 26 - The Art of Bipartisan Storytelling: Insights from “Courage Can Save US”

What: This webinar comes ahead of the release of “Courage Can Save US.” This upcoming book explores the leadership of military veterans in civic society, featuring stories from ten veterans working across the political spectrum to combat polarization. During this webinar, attendees will have the opportunity to engage around the writing and publication process, tips for maintaining bipartisanship in writing of this nature, the stories of the selected veterans, and more.  

Who: Rye Barcott, a Marine Corps veteran, social entrepreneur, and author of “It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace.” He is co-founder and CEO of With Honor, a cross-partisan organization that fights polarization by supporting principled veteran leadership in public office.

When: 4:30 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Military Veterans in Journalism

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Wed, May 27 – Climate Disinformation: How to Spot it and Fight it

What: This webinar will equip participants with the tools to identify the mechanisms behind the ‘manufacturing of doubt’, deconstruct misleading narratives using real-world case studies, and develop the ability to verify information in the face of complex facts and the viral spread of falsehoods.

Who: Bianca Hall, an environment and climate reporter with The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and media vice president at the Media, Entertainment, and Arts Alliance, Australia; Emmanuel Vincent, the founder and president of Science Feedback; Jennifer Moreau, a Vice-President of the International Federation of Journalists.

When: 9 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: International Federation of Journalists

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Wed, May 27 - Rejuvenating the newsroom

What: We’ll explore Sydsvenskan’s bold initiative called “Ungredaktionen” (The Youth Newsroom), which delivers both essential service journalism and rigorous, local investigative reporting tailored to a new generation. Learn how they integrate these voices into the newsroom, balance editorial standards with new creative formats, and why bringing in non-traditional talent is a strategic necessity for the future of local journalism.

Who: Camilla Sylvan, Managing Editor at Bonnier News/Sydsvenskan.

When: 9 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers

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Wed, May 27 - Learn to Use AI to Remove Barriers to Learning

What: In this session, well explores the deeply human side of learning and demonstrates how AI can help remove barriers that have quietly limited development for decades. When learning becomes easier and more effective, the payoff is significant — individuals grow faster, and organizations benefit from a workforce better prepared to meet the demands of a changing world.

Who: Vince Han CEO and Founder, Mobile Coach.

When: 3 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Training Magazine Network

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Thu, May 28 - Your Campus Already Uses ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot. Here’s How to Make Them Research-Ready

What: We’ll cover the technical basics (what LLMs actually are, why hallucination happens, what MCP means) alongside the strategic and operational questions librarians are wrestling with: how to build a budget case, how to evaluate tools, how to partner with faculty, and how to use AI adoption data to demonstrate collection value.

Who: Sean Rife, Academic Relations at Scite and Associate Professor of Psychology, Murray State University; Drew Barontini, VP of Product Scite.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Scite by Research Solutions

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Thu, May 28 - Smarter Together: A Human First Approach to Agentic AI

What: We will explore what it really means to take a human‑first approach to agentic AI in the philanthropic sector. Drawing from product design, user experience, and frontline consulting work with nonprofits, we’ll unpack how intelligent systems can extend human capacity—without replacing human judgment, empathy, or accountability. This session is designed to level‑set the conversation, cut through the hype, and offer a grounded perspective on where AI fits in purpose‑driven work today.

Who: Timothy Hammond, Principal User Experience Designer, Blackbaud; Steffanie Brown, Senior Strategic Consultant, Blackbaud.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Blackbaud

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Thu, May 28 - Create Your Newsroom's AI Policy To Build Trust

What: We'll help you build an AI policy that works for your newsroom, whether you use AI tools or not. Walk away with practical templates, real examples, and a clear path to publishing a policy that builds audience trust.

Who: Laura E. Davis and Lynn Walsh from Trusting News.

When: 2 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Indiegraf

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Thu, May 28 - How data science teams use Codex

What: A practical session on how Codex can support common analysis workflows. We’ll explore patterns behind use cases like KPI root-cause analysis, business impact readouts, and dashboard planning without locking the session to a single demo path.

Who: Diana Stegall, Customer Education, OpenAI; Lois Newman, Customer Enablement, OpenAI; Charmaine Pek, AI Deployment @ OpenAI.

When: 2 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: OpenAI Academy

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Fri, May 29 - ASERL Copyright Office Hour

What: Please bring your puzzling and perplexing copyright questions.

When: 3 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries

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Rather

Rather fail with honor than success by fraud.  -Solphocles

Perhaps

Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. -Dale Carnegie

24 Articles about Relationships with AI

Secret soulmates? BYU study finds disturbing trend of secret romances with AI chatbots – KSL

Why Are Students Opening Up to AI Instead of People? – Inside Higher Ed 

Some Asexual People Are Using AI Companions for Intimacy Without the Sex – WIRED

Meet the Sad Wives of AI Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry. – WIRED  

The real secret to palm reading? These ‘companions’ know it. – Washington Post  

‘I Don’t Want a Person, I Want an A.I.’ – New York Times

Dating app Bumble is ending swipe feature, introduces AI assistant for matchmaking – ABC7 News 

My AI Matchmaker Let Me Down – The Atlantic  

South Korea distributes AI dolls to elderly people living alone for 24/7 companionship and health monitoring. – 36kr

Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows – 404 Media

Zach Braff Responds to Rumors He’s Dating an AI Chatbot – Cosmopolitan  

29-year-old AI researcher has a second job trying to help people rely less on chatbots—her coaching services are in high demand – CNBC

AI companions are filling the human connection gaps – Axios

Women Are Falling in Love With A.I. It’s a Problem for Beijing – New York Times

AI companions: "The new imaginary friend" redefining children's friendships – Axios

Young people in China have a new alternative to marriage and babies: AI pets – Washington Post

AI is offering people a way to figure out what they really want in romance. – The Atlantic

How AI Supports Student Mental Health in Higher Education – Ed Tech

Dating apps just got worse thanks to AI. Try our profile refiner to see how. - Washington Post

Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice – Tech Crunch

I Tried to Fall in Love with an AI Chatbot - The Free Press

This Oscar-nominated filmmaker got himself an 'AI girlfriend' – USA Today

Georgia Joins Other States in Regulating AI Companions – JDSupra

I Built My Perfect AI Companion. She’s Kind of Great – VICE

John Oliver takes a disturbing deep dive into AI chatbots – Mashable

Observing

You see, but you do not observe. -Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born May 22, 1859)

AI definitions: Workslop

Workslop - AI-generated content that masquerades as good work, but lacks substance and does not meaningfully advance a given task. The overwritten language includes unnecessarily long words and empty phrases, similar to student submissions focused on meeting a length requirement rather than making every sentence and bullet point push the ball forward.

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