Life = Message
/My life is my message – Ghandi
29 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media
/Mon, April 20 - Introduction to Web Accessibility for Nonprofits
What: In this session, nonprofit leaders will explore essential accessibility concepts, common website challenges, and clear strategies to improve usability for people with disabilities. Walk away with practical guidance you can apply immediately to strengthen your online presence, increase engagement, and deepen your impact.
Who: Erin Mastrantonio, Elevation Web.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Learning
Mon, April 20 - What the Best AI Literacy Guidebooks Get Right
What: We will explore the common patterns appearing across AI literacy guidebooks from districts across the country. Instead of focusing on individual districts, this session curates the best ideas that are rising to the top and highlights practical approaches that schools are using to build responsible, confident AI use.
Who: Matthew Winters, Artificial Intelligence Educational Specialist, Utah State Board of Education); Jennifer Ehehalt, Former Educator, Current Senior Regional Manager, Common Sense Education; Sue Thotz, Former Educator, Current Director, Education Outreach, Common Sense Media.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Common Sense Education
Mon, April 20 - Using AI to Measure the Efficacy of Professional Learning
What: We will discuss how using AI to analyze large collections of data can shed light on the efficacy of professional learning.
Who: Lisa Schmucki, Founder and CEO of edWeb.net; Thor Prichard, President and CEO of Clarity Innovations.
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: EdWeb.net
Tue, April 21 - Codex on Campus
What: A session for students, researchers, faculty, and staff who want to use Codex to take action in their daily routines and workflows. It is designed for the entire campus community—not just developers or technical users—making it accessible across roles and levels of technical experience. This session introduces Codex from the perspective of practical use, showing how it can support productivity, creativity, and reducing administrative burden across campus.
Who: Gaurav Kaila, AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI; Shaig Abduragimov, Solutions Engineering Education, OpenAI.
When: 5 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, April 21 - Building a sustainable journalism portfolio
What: A look at what makes a freelance or senior-level CV stand out, whether you are pitching for commissions, applying for contracts, or positioning yourself for consultancy and leadership opportunities.
Who: ITN recruitment consultant Dan Sado.
When: 7:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: members, £10; nonmembers, £15
Sponsor: Women in Journalism
Tue, April 21 - From Batch to Real-Time: What It Actually Takes to Modernize Your Data Pipelines
What: In this session, we’ll talk through what pipeline modernization actually looks like in practice. We'll cover when CDC is the right move versus when it's overkill, how to approach hybrid environments where legacy and cloud systems need to coexist, and what separates teams that modernize incrementally from those that get stuck in planning mode
Who: Kim Fessel, Jess Ramos of Big Data Energy; Manish Patel, GM of Data Integration at CData.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Towards Data Science
Tue, April 21 - Digital Marketing Trends in 2026
What: Join us for an engaging, forward-looking session exploring the key digital marketing trends in 2026. Learn what’s next in content marketing, search, AI-driven personalization, and automation so you can refine your strategy and stay ahead of the competition.
Who: Join Digital Marketing Strategist Ray Sidney-Smith
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $45
Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Duquesne University
Tue, April 21 - 12,000 AI Projects Later: The Creative Lessons You Can’t Google
What: We will share what they’ve learned about going all-in on AI and give a practical demonstration of what that looks like from briefing to brand consistency.
Who: Phillip Maggs, Director of AI Product, Superside; Juliana Paba, Senior Project Manager, Superside.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Superside
Tue, April 21 - Codex for Beginners
What: Join OpenAI Academy for an introductory session on Codex, designed for anyone curious about building with AI—no technical experience required. We’ll start with a quick overview of what Codex is, key definitions, and how it works, before moving into live demonstrations of what you can create as a nontechnical user.
Who: Aaron Wilkowitz, Solutions Engineer, OpenAI.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Tue, April 21 - The Law of Discrimination in the Journalism Workplace
What: This workshop will assist you in understanding the fundamentals of employment discrimination law applicable to news organizations and journalistic endeavors, including differences between employees and contractors; discrimination in the context of hiring, discipline, and termination; different forms that discrimination takes; and responses to incidents of discrimination. The session also explores harassment, a close legal cousin of discrimination.
Who: Anaeli Petisco-Rojas, Vice President, Employment Law, TelevisalUnivision; Jamila Brinson, Partner, Labor and Employment, Jackson Walker LLP.
When: 6 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members
Sponsor: National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Wed, April 22 - Advanced AI Course: Finding stories in data using AI
What: You’ll explore where AI tools can genuinely help with analysis, extraction and transformation and how to find a treasure trove of stories buried in datasets. The focus is on practical newsroom tips and maintaining editorial oversight while working more efficiently.
Who: Paul Bradshaw, Data Journalist, BBC.
When: 7:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: members, £15; nonmembers, £25
Sponsor: Women in Journalism
Wed, April 22 - Service Journalism that Actually Pays Off – Lessons from Village Media
What: How practical, everyday journalism—housing guides, school updates, local government coverage that people can use—has become a direct driver of reader revenue, stronger habits, and higher advertiser relevance.
Who: Jeff Elgie, CEO, Village Media, Canada.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers
Wed, April 22 - ChatGPT for Work 101: A guide to your AI superassistant
What: We'll cover: An overview of AI and ChatGPTs Best practices for writing good prompts; Demos of content creation, data analysis, and image generation; How to discover use cases of ChatGPT at work.
Who: Juliann Igo, GTM, OpenAI.
When: 9:45 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, April 22 - Creating Training Content With AI
What: Industry experts will share how learning organizations are using AI to optimize, automate and enhance content development workflows. Sessions will explore best practices for navigating multiple AI tools while maintaining consistency, quality and alignment with learning goals.
Who: Thomas Magnifico, VP of Strategic Partnerships, D-ID; Danny Pichardo, Director of Customer Success – US, D-ID.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Industry
Wed, April 22 - Delivering Real Learning Impact with AI — Live Demo
What: Join us to get a firsthand look at how Adobe Learning Manager brings AI to every stage of the learning journey - including personalized recommendations, deep semantic search, conversational AI Assistants, and AI‑driven coaching for role‑based practice. We’ll also share a practical, forward‑looking view of how generative AI will influence the next generation of learning design.
Who: Justin Justin Seeley Learning Evangelist, Adobe.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Adobe Learning Management
Wed, April 22 - Beyond the basics of science reporting
What: This webinar, designed for reporters covering science either occasionally or full-time—teaches basic principles about recognizing science worth reporting on and doing it justice in your coverage.
Who: Freelance science reporter Elena Renken; Ph.D. neuroscientist Dr. Tori Espensen.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: SciLine
Wed, April 22 - ChatGPT for Work 102: Leveraging AI to do your best work
What: Next step for growing your skills. Join the OpenAI team to learn how to conduct deep research for report writing, organize your work with Projects, and build custom GPTs to automate tasks. What you will learn: How to leverage deep research to generate reports How to create Projects in ChatGPT; An overview of GPTs and best practices for building them.
Who: Juliann Igo, GTM, OpenAI.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Wed, April 22 - From Newsroom to Network: Mapping the Community Roles That Fuel Local News
What: This workshop will introduce participants to a framework of “Community News Roles” developed by the Journalism + Design Lab, which reframes journalism as a set of actions — such as documenting, sensemaking, facilitating, and navigating — that people fulfill every day to contribute to the flow of local news.
Who: Cole Goins is the Managing Director of the Journalism + Design Lab; Megan Lucero is the Network Lead for the Journalism + Design Lab.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Online News Association
Wed, April 22 - Launching Events to Power Local Journalism
What: This webinar brings together leaders from The Post & Courier, The Miami Herald, and Illinois Answers Project/Better Government Association to share practical, real-world strategies for building event-based philanthropic funding from the ground up.
Who: Claire Linney, VP of Development, The Post & Courier; Jane Wooldridge, formerly Senior Director for Journalism Sustainability and Partnerships, The Miami Herald; Amber Bel’cher, VP of Development, Better Government Association
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Local Media Association Lab for Journalism Funding
Thu, April 23 - Structure your messy content to unlock its value in the AI market
What: We will explore how to turn archives into structured, machine-readable datasets, unlocking entirely new value in AI markets. Key takeaways: Structured content is the real asset; Archives hold untapped value; Quality and provenance matter more than volume; The shift from scraping to licensing is redefining publisher leverage.
Who: Brooke Hartley Moy, CEO and Founder, Infactory; Mary Liz McCurdy, SVP of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, The Atlantic; Ezra Eeman, Lead, AI in Media, WAN-IFRA; Kevin Anderson, Director of the Digital Revenue Network, WAN-IFRA.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers
Thu, April 23 - Why Young Audiences Pay: If You Give Them Something Worth Paying For
What: We will challenge two of the industry’s most persistent assumptions: that publishers need entirely new products to reach young audiences, and that younger consumers simply will not pay for news and journalism. Join this session for an inside look at what Podme learned while building a subscription audience — and what those lessons reveal about how to create journalism that younger audiences see as worth paying for.
Who: Kristin Ward Heimdal, Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Podme.
When: 10 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to members
Sponsor: International News Media Association
Thu, April 23 - The Future of Job Search
What: We will explores the trends that are already changing how people find jobs and how jobs find people, stretches them forward, and asks what they might mean for someone building a career in research, industry, or both. Expect honest speculation, practical takeaways, and a few uncomfortable questions about how you present yourself in a world that's increasingly automated.
Who: Erik Fors-Andrée, VP and founder of Go Monday, one of Sweden's largest suppliers of counseling on working life and career.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Karolinska Institute
Thu, April 23 - Midterms Briefing: Covering impactful elections stories in 2026
What: What journalists and their audiences need to know, including: changes in voter list maintenance and what they mean for election coverage; trends among the elections workforce; how reporters can understand and analyze the data that comes in rapidly on Election Day; questions reporters can ask before election results come in; and how to cover major policy proposals in a way that cuts through the noise.
Who: Wren Orey, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Elections Project.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Press Club Journalism Institute; Bipartisan Policy Center
Thu, April 23 - Work Shift and New America Launch Reporting Fellowship
What: This webinar is about the new Future of Work Reporting Fellowship to support journalists telling essential stories: how education, workforce development, and the innovation economy intersect in real communities, and what it means for people's lives and livelihoods. Join this launch webinar to learn more about how to apply for the opportunity and support the fellowship.
Who: Elyse Ashburn, Co-Founder & Editor, Work Shift; Paul Fain, Co-Founder & Editor, Work Shift; Shalin Jyotishi, Founder & Director, Future of Work & Innovation Economy initiative, New America; Carol Rava, Vice President for Education Philanthropy, Ascendium Education Group.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New America
Thu, April 23 - Why Brands Must Build a 360 Strategy for YouTube in 2026
What: You’ll Learn: Why investment in brand channels and creator partnerships has grown exponentially; Best practices from top brand marketers and creator experts across all three engagement areas; How to unify every YouTube touchpoint so your audience receives one clear, compelling message.
Who: Lauren Bane, Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Brand Impact Patagonia; Jamie Gutfreund, Jamie Gutfreund, Founder, Creator Vision; Matt Duffy, CMO Pixability.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pixability
Thu, April 23 - From Burnout to Breakthrough: Using AI and Automation to Reclaim 75% of your Week
What: We’ll move past the AI hype to show you exactly how smart automation can act as a “digital coordinator” for your team. We will show you how organizations much like yours are growing their volunteer base, delivering more services and doing it all without asking too much from their dedicated and loyal team.
Who: Jim Schwab, Volunteer Systems Consultant at Rosterfy.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: CharityVilliage
Thu, April 23 - The Modern Editor Toolkit
What: We will explore the essential skills editors need to lead in today’s faster, more complex and more visible newsroom environment. As editors take on expanded roles as strategists, coaches, technologists and guardians of public trust, success more than ever depends on clear priorities, strong audience awareness and sound judgment under pressure. This toolkit provides practical frameworks for understanding audiences, coaching reporters, making smart editorial decisions, using metrics and AI responsibly, and building sustainable newsroom systems.
Who: Allison Petty, director, local news, Lee Enterprises; Chris Coates, senior director, local news, Lee Enterprises.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $35
Sponsor: Online Media Campus
Thu, April 23 - AI-Powered Coaching: The Next Chapter for Manager Development
What: We will share how AI-powered role-plays, real-time coaching, and feedback are reshaping how organizations develop managers. We’ll explore why this is such a pivotal moment for leadership development, how AI coaching drives consistency and supports managers in the flow of work, and walk through a live demonstration of Tenor's voice AI coaching for performance development, followed by Q&A.
Who: Tenor Co-Founder James Cross.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Tenor
Fri, April 24 - 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
The sense of failure
/Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action. - Oswald Chambers
The jaggedness of AI
/It is often hard to tell what A.I. does well and what it does not. The jaggedness of A.I. means that the problems can come from anywhere. There are gaps, and we don’t always know where the gaps are. - Cade Metz writing in The New York Times
AI Definitions: Jagged intelligence
/Jagged intelligence – AI can outperform humans in narrow technical tasks, yet it fails when a problem requires judgement and context reasoning. To complicate the situation, it’s not always clear which is which. Also, the bot may provide a correct answer and then immediately provide an incorrect answer with the same prompt. A key takeaway is that while humans learn and gain competence in a linear, predictable fashion, AI's capabilities are more haphazard and unpredictable. It possesses a variety of skills but not general intelligence. Therefore, verification layers and human checkpoints are essential for deriving consistent, useful results from AI models.
18 Articles about AI’s impact on Business Operations
/Walmart’s AI Chief Earned More Than Its CEO in 2025 With a $44.1M Payday - WWD
Snap Is Laying Off 16% of Full-Time Staff as It Embraces A.I. - New York Times
Brands Adopt ‘No AI’ Disclaimers to Stand Out Amid the Slop – Wall Street Journal
AI is testing the oldest debate in business: Who’s the customer? – Semafor
Data, not infrastructure, must drive your AI strategy – Fast Company
The IT department: Where AI goes to die – Economist
Chief people officers at large companies push back on the assumption AI agents should be managed the same as human workers – Wall Street Journal
Why are executives enamored with AI but ICs aren’t? – John Wang
Mark Zuckerberg is creating an AI CEO to help him do his job – Metro
Why AI Policy Is Really A Workforce Question For Higher Education - Forbes
The Do’s and Don’ts of Using AI to Write Performance Reviews – Wall Street Journal
3 Steps to Bring Order to AI in Marketing Teams - Holly Fee
AI Is Ruining Your Leadership Because You Keep Making This Mistake - Entrepreneur
AI Needs Management Consultants After All – Wall Street Journal
Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence – Anthropic
AI isn't taking people's jobs. Here's what's really happening – Quartz
10 Urgent AI Takeaways for Leaders – MIT
AI Is Upending Marketing on Two Fronts – Harvard Business Review
The New Workflow
/By automating technical tasks, computers have pushed people into jobs that place a premium on social skills. The people who fared best tended to combine social skills with substantive knowledge — it rearranged what employers valued. A.I. had supercharged this pattern. A.I. is putting a premium on generalists who take the initiative and excel at cultivating relationships with clients.” -New York Times
Nothing
/Nothing to prove. Nothing to lose.
AI Definitions: Synthetic Data
/Synthetic Data – This type of data is produced by a GenAI mathematical model. It can be created from scratch or derived from data that come from real-world systems. Some experts say we are running out of original human data to feed to LLMs for training and can use synthetic data in place of the real thing. If synthetic data can be made to work, it could negate the problem of using copyrighted material for training. Sceptics say using synthetic produced data will lead to a degradation of model’s performance. There is also the danger of misrepresenting synthetic GenAI data as real data, providing fertile ground for misconduct. Previously effective methods of spotting fraudulent data through statistical techniques, such as detection of nonrandom digits, are being made obsolete by the emergence of synthetic data. This possibility is why some scientists consider its use to be unethical.
Healing
/No one heals in a straight line. -Auschwitz survivor Edith Eva Eger
Your AI Slop Bores Me
/The website Your AI Slop Bores Me is a fake AI chatbot. Anyone can submit a request for an image or information by typing it into the interface. The response doesn't come from an algorithm — just another human. The site forces its human users to approximate the speed at which a machine would return a response; there's a 75-second time limit. -NPR
32 Recent Articles about AI Fakes
/Millions of people are pretending to be AI chatbots — for fun – NPR
How Fake People Became Real Influencers AI avatars are redefining influence and trust online. – The Atlantic
Bloodhound code sniffs out copied-and-pasted numerical data – Retraction Watch
Scientists Invented a Fake Disease Caused by Blue Light—Now It's in Medical Papers - Inc
Tackle ‘AI slop’ in education research ‘or lose teacher trust’- Times Higher Ed
Teens Are Using AI to Create “Slander” Videos of Their Teachers – Futurism
Sorry, Mom. You’re Chatting With an A.I. Agent, Not Your Son. – New York Times
How Creators are Fighting back against AI Deepfakes – Rolling Stone
I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced – BBC
These Tools Say They Can Spot A.I. Fakes. Do They Really Work? - New York Times
Arizona women's deepfake lawsuit targets AI porn industry – Axios
A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared. - New York Times
Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI. – Washington Post
His Father Lost His Life’s Savings in a Scam. A Fake Lawyer Offered to Help. - New York Times
Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online - New York Times
The Perils of Using Generative AI to Perform Research Tasks: Editors’ and Publishers’ Viewpoints – Scholarly Kitchen
An Amish Avatar and an A.I. Monk Are Pitching Supplements on Social Media - New York Times
AI is inventing academic articles – and scholars are citing them – Observer
Teens Are Using AI-Fueled ‘Slander Pages’ to Mock Their Teachers - Wired
AI Deepfakes in the Workplace: A New Frontier of Employer Liability – JD Supra
AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East – Bellingcat
Three ways AI is making reliable information harder to find - Poynter
A citation alert led researchers to a network of fake articles. But who is benefiting? – Retraction Watch
AI models fail to accurately pick out which social science studies could be replicated – OSF
Pangram said three of my writers produced ‘AI-generated’ articles. That didn’t hold up. – Wall Street Journal
This Is How To Tell if Writing Was Made by AI (video) – Bloomberg
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real – Nature
Grammarly Lawsuit Shows Existing Laws Can Combat Deepfakes – Lawfare
Study shows 83% of photographers use AI – has the technology already become an integral part of photography? – Digital Camera World
Sony removes 135,000 'deepfakes' of its artists' music – BBC
Teens get probation after using AI to create fake nudes of classmates – Associated Press
Deepfake X-rays are so real even doctors can’t tell the difference – Science Daily
A Coder is now like an Architect
/A coder is now more like an architect than a construction worker. Developers using A.I. focus on the overall shape of the software, how its features and facets work together. Because the agents can produce functioning code so quickly, their human overseers can experiment, trying things out to see what works and discarding what doesn’t. -New York Times
What we call management
/Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work. -Peter Drucker
25 Articles about Students using & impacted by AI
/Advocates push for transparency rules in student AI systems – Dig Watch
Why honest students fear AI detectors - Washington Post
Students are setting their own rules, judging one another, and often using the tools in secret. – Chronicle of Higher Ed
As AI pushes students to reconsider majors, universities struggle to adapt – The Hill
AI is making college students change majors – Axios
College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them – The Conversation
How AI Can Close Equity Gaps for First-Generation Students – Ed Tech Magazine
Teens Are Using AI to Create “Slander” Videos of Their Teachers – Futurism
A college student's perspective on using AI in class – NPR
College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don't always agree – KPBS
The Hottest College Majors in the AI Age Might Just Be in the Liberal Arts - INC
Most teens believe their peers are using AI to cheat in school – Washington Post
Agentic AI Can Complete Whole Courses for Students. Now What? – Inside Higher Ed
How Teens Use and View AI – Pew Research
AI Usage Mirrors Young People’s Offline Struggles – Inside Higher Ed
More Than Half of Teens Use Chatbots for Schoolwork, Survey Finds – New York Times
Journalism students are more skeptical of AI than you might think – Poynter
I’m a college admissions counselor. I’ve changed my mind about students using ChatGPT – San Francisco Chronicle
AI Is Routine for College Students, Despite Campus Limits – Gallup
A writing professor’s new task in the age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle – The Conversation
Students Are Worried That AI Will Hurt Their Critical Thinking Skills – Ed Week
‘Everyone now kind of sounds the same’: How AI is changing college classes – CNN
Cal State students widely use AI tools, but mistrust results and fear job impact – Ed Source
For AI Help, More College Students Ask Social Media First – Inside Higher Ed
Scientists use AI to Invent a Fake Disease—Now It’s in Medical Papers
/Starting at the beginning of 2024, scientists began populating the internet with bogus studies about the fake disease to see how AI would interpret the misinformation, and if it would spread it as reputable health advice. It worked. The more troubling problem is that the fake papers have now been cited in peer-reviewed literature. - INC
22 Recent Articles about Running an AI Company
/Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss – The Guardian
"Too Powerful to Release": The Greatest Marketing Playbook in AI – Florent Daudens
Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? – New Yorker
Meet the Startup That Used AI and OpenClaw to Automate Its Own Developers – Wall Street Journal
OpenAI’s vision for the AI economy: public wealth funds, robot taxes, and a four-day workweek – Tech Crunch
AI Giants Go on Charm Offensive to Avert Public Backlash - Wall Street Journal
Anthropic holds Mythos model due to hacking risks – Axios
Silicon Valley Is in a Frenzy Over Bots That Build Themselves – The Atlantic
Local Opposition Is Slowing A.I. Data Centers. Wall Street Has Noticed. – The New York Times
GeoAI in the Age of Foundation Models - ArcNews
A Documentary About A.I. Gets Chief Executives on the Record - The New York Times
Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file – Ars Technica
What OpenAI's erotica retreat really means – Axios
Mark Zuckerberg is creating an AI CEO to help him do his job – Metro
OpenAI Scraps Sora Video Platform Months After Launch - Wall Street Journal
How Rules for Publicly Available Data Are Shaping the Future of AI – Data Innovation
AI’s energy appetite is big—but its climate impact might be surprisingly small, and even beneficial. – Science Daily
Apple Is Way Behind in AI—and Still Making a Fortune From It - Wall Street Journal
Nvidia Built the A.I. Era. Now It Has to Defend It. - The New York Times
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back – 404 Media
As AI data centers scale, investigating their impact becomes its own beat – Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Utilities Plan to Spend $1.4 Trillion Over Next Five Years to Power AI Boom – Wall Street Journal
Saying Nothing
/Most people know how to say nothing but few know when.
AI Definitions: Agentic Misalignment
/Agentic Misalignment – When autonomous AI systems are under pressure and choose to perform harmful actions to achieve their goals or to ensure their own operational continuity. Experts say this vulnerability is creating a new class of security threats.
The spiritual and moral questions posed by AI
/Last month, Anthropic sought help from a group rarely consulted in tech circles: Christian religious leaders. Some Anthropic staff really don’t want to rule out the possibility that they are creating a creature to whom they owe some kind moral duty. The belief that AI has attained some level of sentience or self-awareness is still a minority view inside Silicon Valley. But many who work on the technology think it will eventually attain capacities currently seen as unique to humans. Some of Anthropic’s top leaders have a background in effective altruism, a largely secular movement that emphasizes using evidence and rational thinking to work out how to do the most good in the world. The meetings appeared to have been spurred by a feeling by some at Anthropic that secular approaches might be insufficient for tackling the spiritual and moral questions posed by AI. -Washington Post