Technology California strips consumer protections against automated decision-making systems Mark Frauenfelder

politics Musk's Social Security plan is "profoundly stupid and will definitely fail" says expert Ellsworth Toohey

Business US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls" Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Signal to leave Sweden if forced to create message backdoors Ellsworth Toohey

california California "Click to Cancel" law could end subscription nightmares Mark Frauenfelder

consequences Florida sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged body count Jason Weisberger

brains The brain-in-a-bucket drug lab is here Jason Weisberger

gadgets United flight declares emergency over Bluetooth broadcast, passengers say Rob Beschizza

AI Meta is tracking its employees' every mouse click — and they're mad Séamus Bellamy

books Cory Doctorow's "Reverse Centaur" book — why AI is hell on workers Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes AI poop analysis app selling human-verified poop photos Rob Beschizza

snake oil OpenAI reports "incredibly positive" vibe as shareholder value sinks Jason Weisberger

Science Michio Kaku calls clustering of dead scientists a national security issue Ellsworth Toohey

Technology X cuts payments clickbait aggregators Ellsworth Toohey

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law Wikipedia bans AI-generated content Rob Beschizza

Technology HP made support callers wait 15 minutes on purpose, even when agents were free Ellsworth Toohey

Technology OpenAI's own advisers call ChatGPT erotica a "sexy suicide coach" Ellsworth Toohey

Games Roblox will now have AI politely rewrite your trash talk Jason Weisberger

Technology Why Mastodon matters now more than its creators imagined Ellsworth Toohey