Did your summer feel like an unending barrage of terrible ideas for how to use “AI”? You’re not alone. It's time for Emily and Alex to clear out the poison, purge some backlog, and take another journey through AI hell -- from surveillance of emotions, to continued hype in education and art.
Fresh AI Hell:
Synthetic data for Hollywood test screenings
- AI is built on exploitation
- NaNoWriMo sponsored by an AI writing company
- NaNoWriMo's AI writing sponsor creates bad writing
AI assistant rickrolls customers
Programming LLMs with "fiduciary duty"
Canva increasing prices thank to "AI" features
Clearview AI hit with largest GDPR fine yet
'AI detection' in schools harms neurodivergent kids
CS prof admits unethical ChatGPT use
College recruiter chatbot can't discuss politics
"The AI-powered nonprofits reimagining education"
Professors' 'AI twins' as teaching assistants
LLMs still biased against African American English
AI "enhances" photo of Black people into white-appearing
Eric Schmidt: Go ahead, steal data with ChatGPT
The environmental cost of Google's "AI Overviews"
Jeff Bezos' "Grand Challenge" for AI in environment
What I found in an AI-company's e-waste
xAI accused of worsening smog with unauthorized gas turbines
AI for "emotion recognition" of rail passengers
Chatbot harassment scenario reveals real victim
"AI" in a product description turns off consumers
Is tripe kosher? It depends on the religion of the cow.
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Christie Taylor.
