Summary: The newsletter highlights cultural gripes of 2025, including megamergers and thin thrillers. Join for a cathartic moan.
Over 150 anonymous channels using AI to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, gaining a billion views. Opportunists profit from political division with fake, anti-Labour videos.
AI could exacerbate income inequality and create a new underclass. Concerns over massive layoffs and job market disruption are rising, with predictions of up to 97m job losses in the US over the next decade.
Seeking comfort from machines is replacing traditional religious practices, as people turn to technology for reassurance in times of grief and fear. The shift from relying on religion to seeking solace from machines highlights a changing cultural landscape and the evolving role of technology in providing emotional support.
OpenAI CEO juggles AI advancements and fatherhood. Sam Altman eyes $1tn valuation for company while navigating new parenthood.
California governor criticizes Trump's AI executive order, accusing it of promoting 'grift and corruption' instead of innovation. Gavin Newsom calls out Trump and his adviser David Sacks, accusing them of 'running a con' with their AI policy.
MIT researchers developed DisCIPL, a framework where large language models guide smaller ones for more accurate and efficient responses. Using LLaMPPL, the models collaborate like a company to tackle tasks from text blurbs to travel itineraries, bridging the gap in reasoning abilities.
Elon Musk partners with El Salvador to introduce controversial chatbot 'MechaHitler' to 1 million students for AI education program. Grok by xAI has a history of promoting far-right conspiracy theories, raising concerns about its use in public schools.
Tech helps mother manage kidney disease, bonding with bot; author fears refusal of real medical care.
MIT researchers found standard machine-learning methods provide inaccurate confidence intervals in spatial settings. They developed a new method that consistently generates accurate confidence intervals for data that varies across space, benefiting fields like environmental science and epidemiology.
Swisscom leads in sustainable enterprise AI implementation, breaking through the "automation ceiling" with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. Their agentic AI framework and multi-agent architecture address challenges in scaling AI solutions across departments while maintaining high security standards.
Drax to convert part of North Yorkshire plant into datacentre by 2027 due to AI demand surge. Planning permission sought for 100MW datacentre near Selby.
AI agents challenge traditional systems with complex reasoning, requiring agent observability for trust. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore integrates Langfuse for deep insights and efficient debugging, enhancing AI agent performance and reliability.
Summary: Learn about Anomaly Detection using K-Means Clustering with JavaScript in Microsoft Visual Studio Magazine. Discover how to identify anomalies in data clusters for improved analysis.
Harmonic Security introduces AI governance tool to detect sensitive data in real-time. Partnership with AWS results in low-latency, accurate data leakage detection using ModernBERT model.