Deflating the AI bubble

Telstra embraces AI — with Accenture
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Telstra embraces AI — with Accenture
Donation drive! Please send money!
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Donation drive! Please send money!
Firing people for AI is not going so well
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Firing people for AI is not going so well
AI tells a story of robot blackmail! — because Anthropic asked for a story of robot blackmail
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AI tells a story of robot blackmail! — because Anthropic asked for a story of robot blackmail
AI coding bot allows prompt injection with a pull request
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AI coding bot allows prompt injection with a pull request
Cryptocurrency! Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren’t showing up
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Cryptocurrency! Crime is legal — but the actual dollars aren’t showing up
AI power and water use is through the roof, and 80%–90% is per query
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AI power and water use is through the roof, and 80%–90% is per query
You can’t feed gen-AI on ‘bad’ data then filter it to give only ‘good’ data
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You can’t feed gen-AI on ‘bad’ data then filter it to give only ‘good’ data
UK AI unicorn Builder.AI is dead
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UK AI unicorn Builder.AI is dead
GitHub wants to spam open source projects with AI slop
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GitHub wants to spam open source projects with AI slop
DEFRA and Natural England creates unusably wrong peat map — with AI!
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DEFRA and Natural England creates unusably wrong peat map — with AI!
Latest AI-hallucinated legal filing: from AI vendor Anthropic
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Latest AI-hallucinated legal filing: from AI vendor Anthropic
How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data
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How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data
Trump announces AI vaporware data centres in the United Arab Emirates
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Trump announces AI vaporware data centres in the United Arab Emirates
Even Elon Musk can’t make Grok claim a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
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Even Elon Musk can’t make Grok claim a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
Musk’s xAI gas turbines: no emission controls, filling Memphis with smog
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Musk’s xAI gas turbines: no emission controls, filling Memphis with smog
If AI is so good at coding ... where’s the open source?
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If AI is so good at coding ... where’s the open source?
Lloyd’s offers corporate insurance against AI chatbot errors!
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Lloyd’s offers corporate insurance against AI chatbot errors!
Soundcloud claims the right to train AI on all your songs
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Soundcloud claims the right to train AI on all your songs
Study: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work
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Study: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work
You’ll be shocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real job
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You’ll be shocked to hear ‘prompt engineer’ is not a real job
Christopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the grave
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Christopher Pelkey — AI ‘victim testimony’ from beyond the grave
AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t care
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AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t care
OpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit
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OpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit
UK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative works
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UK backtracks on AI ‘opt out’ scheme for creative works
Duolingo replaces contractors with AI, courses with slop
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Duolingo replaces contractors with AI, courses with slop
Venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more
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Venture capital can’t pretend everything is fine any more
No, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025
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No, Microsoft did not state ‘strong AI demand’ in Q1 2025
Seattle Worldcon science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPT
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Seattle Worldcon science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPT
Doctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrong
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Doctors personally liable if mandatory NHS AI transcriber gets it wrong