I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Reddit is suing Anthropic
Reddit claims the AI company kept accessing its site after claiming it had stopped. (WSJ $)
+ Reddit says AI companies should not scrape the web without limitations. (NYT $)
+ It claims that other AI giants have played by its rules. (NBC News)
2 Inside the rise and rise of deepfake scams
The best way to protect yourself is to back up and think who (or what) you’re trusting. (Wired $)
+ An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary. (MIT Technology Review)
3 A lawsuit accuses DOGE of exploiting “error-riden” data to fire workers
It claims the department knew its records were inaccurate, but used them to fire 10,000 employees anyway.(Ars Technica)
+ Unlike Elon Musk, Russ Vought knows the federal government inside out. (NY Mag $)
+ The first wave of DOGE staffers are becoming full-time government workers. (Wired $)
+ DOGE’s tech takeover threatens the safety and stability of our critical data. (MIT Technology Review)
4 Can we make AI behave how we want it to?
Looking all the way back to Asimov’s Laws can offer us some clues. (New Yorker $)
5 Abuse is rife in Taiwan’s semiconductor factories
Workers were threatened with deportation and regular 16-hour shifts. (Rest of World)
+ The Trump administration is renegotiating chip grants, apparently. (Reuters)
6 Amazon wants to use humanoid robots to deliver packages
It’s planning to test its bipedal machines’ ability to tackle an obstacle course.(The Information $)
+ Why the humanoid workforce is running late. (MIT Technology Review)
7 We don’t know how to archive the digital age properly
Historians worry that they may lose access to intimate materials. (The Atlantic $)
+ The race to save our online lives from a digital dark age. (MIT Technology Review)
8 Here’s how major AI helpers tackled a rigorous reading test
Bearing in mind, they all still hallucinated. (WP $)
9 Christians really love AI slop
A major Christian media company is using new tools to spread the word. (404 Media)
+ AI-generated garbage will make ads creepier and worse. (Bloomberg $)
+ It’s also warping media metrics beyond recognition. (Digiday)
