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.\
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
An AI Overconfidence Fix
/Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have now traced AI overconfidence to a specific flaw in how models are trained, and developed a method that fixes it without giving up any accuracy. The technique, called RLCR (Reinforcement Learning with Calibration Rewards), trains language models to produce calibrated confidence estimates alongside their answers. -MIT
Assets & Liabilities
/Buy assets, not liabilities. People are either liabilities or assets.
15 Articles about Career Anxiety
/Coming to Terms with the Unknown
Work ‘Doomjobbing’ can hurt your job search
Experts share 5 ways to come out of a job interview rejection feeling like a winner
Here’s how to talk yourself down when you’re about to rage quit
How To Conquer Job Market Fears—And Find Your Next Role
How to Job Hunt (When You’re Already Exhausted)
Losing Your Job Can Be a Mental Health Crisis. Here’s How to Cope.
Managing Layoff Stress and Mental Health: Essential Coping Strategies for Job Loss
A Profession Is Not a Personality
It's Hard to Know What's Happening to Our Data
/If it is indeed possible for LLM agents to build detailed profiles of large numbers of individuals using bulk data, companies could use those capabilities to investigate job applicants or determine whether someone is insurable. “It is very, very hard to hold to account companies that are doing whatever they want to with our data,” Karen Levy, a professor of information science at Cornell University says. “It’s hard to even know what’s happening.” -MIT Tech Review
Clever and Pleasant
/"My mother used to say to me, 'Elwood' -- she always called me Elwood — 'Elwood, in this world you must be oh-so clever, or oh-so pleasant.' For years I was clever. I'd recommend pleasant — and you may quote me." –Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in HARVEY (born May 20, 1908)
21 Articles about AI & Data Privacy
/A.I. and Humans Battle It Out in a Cybersecurity Showdown - New York Times
AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you. Some lawmakers are worried. – NBC News
AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency – Washington Post
Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers. – The Atlantic
Domestic Surveillance Is Expanding With New, AI-Powered Tools – Wall Street Journal
Your Passwords Are Probably Screwed – New York Times
Will AI end anonymity? I tested it. – Washington Post
AI and Data Privacy in Investigations: What Legal Teams Need to Know - JD Supra
5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good - Wired
Using AI for financial advice? Keep these 5 things out of your chats. - The Washington Post
Why Agentic AI Is Security's Next Blind Spot – The Hacker News
How LLMs could supercharge mass surveillance in the US – MIT Tech Review
A secretive AI hacking system has sparked a global scramble – Washington Post
Your Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses recordings aren't private – Mashable
AI's big biosecurity blind spot - Axios
How AI and social media sites are still collecting kids’ data despite privacy laws – Techincal.ly
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots – New York Times
Military experts warn security hole in most AI chatbots can sow chaos – Defense News
ChatGPT’s year-end review knows way too much. How to fix your privacy settings. – Washington Post
How Rules for Publicly Available Data Are Shaping the Future of AI – Data Innovation
A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully. – New York Times
AI adoption Strategies
/Apply behavioral architecture to AI adoption, shifting the focus from data governance, which feels like a set of restrictive rules, to data democratization, which feels like power. Give stakeholders ownership through automated quality tools and intuitive interfaces. -Andrew Hallinson in CIO
14 Articles about AI & Job Searches
/5 R&D jobs that may be lost to AI and 5 that it could create - R&D World
5 ways job seekers can improve their AI literacy - Washington Post
AI and ‘recession-proof’ jobs: 4 tips for new job seekers - PBS
AI Broke Interviews – Yusuf Aytas
The AI question every job candidate on interview should be prepared to answer – CNBC
Employers are demanding AI skills. What's the best way to learn them? - CBS News
Entry-level jobs calling for AI skills nearly doubled from a year ago, says report - CNBC
Job Hunting Is A Trap. Use This ChatGPT Strategy Instead - Forbes
Job Seekers Find a New Source of Income: Training AI to Do Their Old Roles - Wall Street Journal
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads – The Atlantic
People are Using AI to Cheat in Job Interviews - The Atlantic
Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It. – New York Times
Turning Your Resume into an Interactive AI Chatbot Using ChainLit & Semantic Kernel - Medium
What Is Gen Z Supposed to Do When AI Takes Entry-Level Jobs? - New York Magazine