#CNN on instagram has video of an example of the #graduation #AI #fail at #Glendale CC in #Arizona

no, that is not Derek Martinez

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and isn't lovely to do all that hard work in college and then in the moment of your success and triumph you're churned through with a robot's voice instead of a fucking human being?

😠

#Graduation #AI #fail seems to be a recurring theme lately

Here's the latest 🍿 for you:

#Glendale community #college in #Arizona used AI to read names

Predictably, it missed people, it had the names out of order, etc

Because, of course, a human reading the names of #graduates and giving them simple decent recognition for their dedication and work is too hard?

This is video of college #faculty trying to explain the debacle. The crowd reaction is not supportive

And oh yeah: Fuck AI

Wired: Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs

On the eve of about 8,000 jobs being cut, employees are cashing in on headphone stipends and other perks while they still can.

"...Two employees describe a widespread rush to use up an annual $2,000 flexible benefit, which can cover a variety of expenses including health and wellness activities. A separate triennial credit of $200 toward the purchase of audio gear has led to a scramble to purchase Apple AirPods and other headphones. Another source says Meta offices have been largely empty this week, as people prioritize polishing their résumés and gather offsite to commiserate with friends for what may be their final time as colleagues. Employees are variously “paralyzed,” “coasting,” and “panicked,” sources say...."

wired.com/story/meta-employees…

#meta #ai #jobs #economy #facebook

Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs

^{Paresh Dave (WIRED)}

Qualitative research matters because some things can’t be measured with numbers alone.

It helps explain how people actually feel, think and experience the world — and that’s why researchers say #AI still can’t replace researchers, even if it can organize some data.
theconversation.com/ai-intervi…

AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning

Anthropic developed an AI interviewer it claims can help social scientists conduct research at scale. But AI models lack the human qualities that make qualitative research unique.

^{The Conversation}

🪦 RIP Google Search
We used to be close but you stopped caring and now you just want our attention and money.

As Arianna says, it’s time to “break up with your boyfriend” Boy, bye.
techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/goog…

For more on how AI impacts Google Search for both communicators & regular folks read from the @roots
rootschangemedia.com/google-se…

#Google #search #AI #BigTech #usnews

📚 Google Search's AI Era | What's to Come for Communicators?

Discussing Google Search's AI Upheaval & Confusion

^{Sam Chavez (she/they/he) (the roots of change agency)}

Before you worry about #AI threats, fix your security fundamentals: Most cyber breaches aren’t driven by advanced AI - they’re caused by basic failures like exposed cloud storage and poor data governance. It’s time to refocus on #cybersecurity fundamentals.

katecarruthers.com/ai-threats-…

Before you worry about AI threats, fix your security fundamentals

Most cyber breaches aren’t driven by advanced AI - they’re caused by basic failures like exposed cloud storage and poor data governance. It’s time to refocus on cybersecurity fundamentals.

^{Kate Carruthers}

I am moving to a usage-based billing

Dear employer, I will no longer charger a flat monthly salary, instead I will move to token based billing. Included will be every token I receive as input, including but not limited to emails, slack messages, spoken words and mandatory multi-modal meetings that could have been emails. Included will also be output tokens in the form of code, documentation and small talk. Tokens will also be consumed by my internal monolog as I reason about problems.

#ai

Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks

#Bioinformatics #DataAnalysis #DrugRepurposing #AIDrivenDiscovery #AI

arstechnica.com/science/2026/0…

Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks

Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.

^{John Timmer (Ars Technica)}

That's like saying that Henry Ford created a fully integrated conveyor-belt-human workforce.

An AI™ isn't a member of the workforce, it is a piece of machinery.

We are being subject to a massive marketing campaign to portray machines as persons.

The next step will be legislation to give them legal standing, just as they did with corporations. This will allow the oligarchs that own them to shelter behind yet another legal layer to avoid personal responsibility.

#AI #Oligarchy

A recent KPMG survey of 306 Canadian executives found that two-thirds of respondents said their organization was making progress toward becoming a fully integrated AI-human workforce. #AI #canlab

thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/19/Emp…

Pizza Hut's AI system caused 'cascading' problems and $100M in damages, franchisee alleges in new suit
businessinsider.com/pizza-hut-…

> A top Pizza Hut franchisee says the chain's rollout of an AI-powered delivery system turned once-speedy pizza orders into a cold, late-arriving mess — and cratered a business that had been outperforming nearly every other operator in the system.

#AI #Hype

Pizza Hut faces lawsuit from franchisee over AI system

Pizza Hut's AI-powered Dragontail system led to $100M in lost business, a franchisee says in a lawsuit over delivery delays.

^{Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert (Business Insider)}

Google CEO tries to tell University students to love AI. They tell him to BOO off.

It is good to see kids are saying no and fighting back. Do you know why? Because the future of bots, AI and robots doesn't offer any jobs to these young kids. They know greedy AI companies want to get rid of working class. It is simple as that.

For those who wish to read instead of the clip. See BBC page: bbc.com/news/articles/ce8pqd54…

#ai #llm

I'm glad to see you partnering with other European companies.

I just wish that #Ecosia hadn't gone on to go so deep into #AI with their services. And I don't see a way to cut it out completely like there is on #DuckDuckGo.

I am glad that you've taken a stand against it.

#NoAI

LinkedIn user hides AI prompt injection in bio to force recruitment spam to be sent in Olde English prose — bots also manipulated to address user as ‘My Lord’

tomshardware.com/tech-industry…

#news #tech #technology #AI #aislop #linkedin

RAM prices explained.

Edit : this image is AI slop. I didn't catch it at first and now I feel like a tool. This post blew up, so I'm gonna leave it. I will be much more careful in the future.

#RAM #tech #Linux #AI #LateStageCapitalism

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#AI #Claude

Software is inert without a human user, even though modern-day "agentic" apps are doing their best to squeeze human agency out of the loop. The focus on the tech and not how it is used has intensified an old phenomenon: interpassivity.

The vision tech has been pushing (software that "uses itself") has created a synthetic replacement for human agency. It is harder and harder to care, and that is by design.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th…

#AI #LLM #tech #software #UX #UXdesign

The newest term in the AI lexicon is "interpassivity"

The industry is reorienting around software that uses itself. But giving ourselves permission to lean back and relax merely indulges an old and toxic tendency.

^{Pavel Samsonov (The Product Picnic)}

Welcome to the post-truth society. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIslop #truth

Another day, another @pluralistic #book, this time pulling together ideas from his various trenchant essays on the subject of #AI: kickstarter.com/projects/docto…

I suspect I'll disagree with some of the nuances (he's strongly opinionated, and I don't always agree with every detail), but he has a lot of good perspective and clue -- it should be fascinating and useful.

And as usual, he's one of the few authors who is not just vocally anti-DRM but puts his money where his mouth is: since Amazon insists on DRM he won't work with them, and instead focuses on independent Kickstarters and the always-wonderful Libro.fm platform.

Looks to be a good read and timely food for thought -- check it out!

Thanks to AI, hackers quickly discovered new vulnerabilities such as CopyFail, DirtyFrag, and Fragnesia. They use LLMs to analyse Linux, finding and exploiting the security flaws faster than ever. The expertise required to hack is at an all-time low.

The Fedora Project decided to explain which precautions are being put in place to protect your system:

🌍 fedoramagazine.org/how-fedora-…

#security #opensource #foss #linux #kernel #fedora #redhat #hacking #ai #llm #coding #copyfail #dirtyflag #fragnesia

How Fedora is responding to recent Kernel vulnerabilities - Fedora Magazine

Learn about the Fedora Project's process for managing package security vulnerabilities, in the context of recent Linux Kernel disclosures.

^{Daniel Milnes (Fedora Project)}

🤖 Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright

Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le ChatEurope live – latest updatesMolière is to the French, what Shakespeare is to the Engl...

📰 Source: AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
🔗 Archive: web.archive.org/web/theguardia…

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

#AI is #clankers 🤖 all the way down, and that’s also why #wankers love 💕 it *so much!*

#Resist #AIslop.

Data Poisoning: The Fatal Flaw in Mass Surveillance

How to use data poisoning to trick the algorithm that’s profiling you (and why “personalization” is more fragile than you think)

youtu.be/AJf4SNuDnoI?si=lUk9FD…

Note: For education and defensive awareness only. I’m explaining the concept of data poisoning so teams can recognize risks and build safer systems. I’m not encouraging or providing guidance for misuse. :)

#DataPoisoning #AI #Algorithms #DataMining #DataPrivacy #Security

Xbox is now XBOX

Xbox just allcapsmaxxed: meet XBOX. This isn't a joke, Microsoft appears to be actually rebranding Xbox to XBOX. Asha Sharma, Xbox CEO, ran a poll on X earlier this week, asking fans whether Microsoft should use Xbox or…

theverge.com/news/931918/micro…

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TheVerge [The Verge]

Xbox is now XBOX

Believe it or not, Microsoft appears to be rebranding Xbox.

^{Tom Warren (The Verge)}

💸 Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise

｢ The facilities on average offer about 90 positions, and some have as few as 20. Former workers and local campaigners told Rest of World that most of the positions are in security and cleaning ｣

restofworld.org/2025/data-cent…

#ai #datacenters #bubble

Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data centers - Rest of World

Microsoft and Google claimed their Chile data centers would create thousands of jobs, but government filings show only a few hundred permanent roles.

^{Jane Seidel (Rest of World)}

Overheard: “I feel more pressure to use AI as an adult than to do drugs as a teenager.”

#ai #llm #drugs

theverge.com/ai-artificial-int…

No fucking way, no how, not ever, just no!!!

Anyone who does this, deserves what they get.

#AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Finances #Money #DumbIdeas #ReallyStupidIdeas

OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts

Your trust in AI is about to be put to the test: OpenAI will soon let you give the chatbot direct access to your financial accounts.

^{Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)}