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why you should't ask a chatbot to treat your mental health

Treating ChatGPT like your personal therapist can do a lot more harm than good.
why you should't ask a chatbot to treat your mental health

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all your clicks are belong to us: why the zero click web is almost here

A eulogy for the wild, free, messy, organic, human internet.
all your clicks are belong to us: why the zero click web is almost here

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hate at first read: book spam by chat bots is smothering the web

Readers feel scammed. Authors are furious. But AI book slop continues to proliferate like a plague.
hate at first read: book spam by chat bots is smothering the web

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why a.i. startups keep tilting at windmills

A new Stanford study says AI startups' products work exactly backwards according to their customers. How did that happen?
why a.i. startups keep tilting at windmills

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sending a.i. to a digital reeducation camp

Chat bots keep telling right wing zealots what people really think of them, and they are not taking it well.
sending a.i. to a digital reeducation camp

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elon musk's grok hits reich bottom

The disturbing lessons from chat bots trained exclusively on right wing sources and social media platforms.
elon musk's grok hits reich bottom

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rage against the chatbot: why anger alone can't slow down the a.i. hype train

Generative AI is being sold with utopian fantasies. Making its adoption more ethical, reasonable, and less harmful requires cold, unflinching logic.
rage against the chatbot: why anger alone can't slow down the a.i. hype train

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is your chatbot secretly planning to kill you?

Chatbots are suddenly threatening to turn on the humans in charge of them. The most likely reason why is also pretty unsettling...
is your chatbot secretly planning to kill you?

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why and how a.i. became the programmer's worst best friend

AI is making programmers more productive, while helping them learn more than ever. Too bad their bosses decided they're now obsolete...
why and how a.i. became the programmer's worst best friend

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so, about that study on chatbots and using our brains...

No, AI isn't making people dumber. It's just a symptom of a much larger problem.
so, about that study on chatbots and using our brains...

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move fast, break everything forever?

Computer scientists are worried that thanks to ChatGPT, the next generation of large AI models may be in danger of never achieving liftoff.
move fast, break everything forever?

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engagement through enragement: how and why trolls took over social media

"Are you triggered yet? Because we really, really need you to be..."
engagement through enragement: how and why trolls took over social media

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the coming incompetent surveillance state

The Trump administration wants defense contractor Palantir to create a Big Brother with DOGE and AI. It's going to be a disaster.
the coming incompetent surveillance state

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why google is plotting galactic conquest with a digital con man

In a field already known for wild hyperbole, a Google executive aims for the stars.
why google is plotting galactic conquest with a digital con man

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how killer robots are already preparing to fight the wars of tomorrow

With a new age of empires seemingly on the immediate horizon, militaries across the world are scrambling for a new great equalizer on the battlefield: AI.
how killer robots are already preparing to fight the wars of tomorrow

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