Only the Brave
/Only the brave can endure suspense. -American journalist and author Mignon McLaughlin (born June 6, 1913)
AI definitions: Prompts
/Prompts – These instructions for an AI are the main way to steer it in a particular direction, indicate intent and provide context. Prompting can be time-consuming when the task is complex, but better prompts elicit richer and more robust responses. Prompt strategies include assigning the AI a role, an attitude and a style.
14 Articles about How AI Works
/What Are A.I. Agents Actually Doing? - New York Times
AI can now 'see' optical illusions. What does it tell us about our own brains? – BBC
Can A.I. Generate New Ideas? – New York Times
Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge - Aeon Essays
What is AI reading? Takeaways from a report on AI brand visibility – Muck Rack
Do LLMs identify fonts? – Max Halford
Researchers claim their AI ‘thinks’ like a human — after training on 160 psychology studies – Nature
Why LLMs don’t think like you: A look at the compression-meaning trade-off – BD Tech Talks
Little-known cells might be key to human brain’s massive memory: This could be a “fresh source of inspiration” for AI technology – Washington Post
Beyond algorithms: Agentic AI and the behavioral data scientist – Tech Radar
We Don’t Really Know How A.I. Works. That’s a Problem. - New York Times
What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works – The Atlantic
What is AI, how does it work and why are some people concerned about it? – BBC
The Links Cited by AI
/"The 'What is AI Reading?' Report looks at 1 million+ links cited by AI models. It says about 99% of links cited by AI come from non-paid media. Paid and advertorial content account for just 0.3% of all citations." -MuckRack
A Dozen Articles about Legal Issues Around Jobs
/13 Illegal Job Interview Questions - Finance Buzz
If I take a remote job, can I later be forced into an office? - Washington Post
How to navigate a non-compete agreement during your job search - Fast Company
The illegal job interview questions you can't ask in 2026 - Business Journals
Illegal Interview Questions You Should Never Ask Job Applicants - HR Morning
A Nationwide Ban on Noncompete Clauses - The Regulartory Review
There is no right to remote work - University of Cincinnati
Social Media and Employee Firings: What Employers Need to Know - JD Supra
Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers - NPR
Who Pays for Gig Workers Injured on the Job? - Legal Examiner
Why at-will employment matters to you - Palm Beach Post
Without Cause Termination Clause - Chronicle of Higher Education
AI definitions: World Models
/World Models – These are AI systems that build up an internal approximation of an environment. Through trial and error, these bots use the representation to evaluate predictions and decisions before applying the results to real-world tasks. This contrasts with LLMs, which operate on correlations within language rather than on connections to the word itself. In the late 1980s, world models fell out of favor with scientists working on artificial intelligence and robotics. The rise of machine learning has brought interest in developing these systems back to life.
18 Articles about AI’s impact on Business Operations
/The Small-Business Owners Managing Whole Armies of A.I. Employees - New York Times
When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing - Robert Glaser
A.I. Doesn’t Have to Mean Layoffs – New York Times
How the AI backlash could cost investors – Axios
California’s Governor Signs A.I. Order Aimed at Protecting Workers – New York Times
What layoffs hide about the real problem with the job market – Washington Post
Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in workplace AI adoption – Axios
Generative AI can boost performance for stronger business owners but harm those already struggling. - MIT
Rising AI Adoption Spurs Workforce Changes – Gallup
AI Is splitting CEOs into two camps: Lay Off Workers or Make Them Do More – Wall Street Journal
New Microsoft study: Leaders, not workers, are responsible for successful AI integration – Fast Company
How AI Helps the Best and Hurts the Rest – MIT
AI Is Distorting Practically Everything About the Economy – Wall Street Journal
AI Is changing the price of work – Semafor
What Happens When A.I. Runs a Store in San Francisco? – New York Times
The AI Splurge Is Costing Big Tech Its Workforce – Wall Street Journal
AI can cost more than human workers now – Axios
Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally – Tech Crunch
Capturing Passion
/Passion must be captured and directed in order to accomplish actual work. -Rick Karlgaard
AI Detector Ban
/Indiana University's Kelley School of Business explicitly states that AI detection tools are not approved for use because they are "highly unreliable" and can produce both false positives and false negatives. Instead of trying to catch students using AI, the university is encouraging professors to rethink how they teach and assess student work in the age of generative AI. -Tom’s Guide
17 Surprising Things AI Can Do Now
/A Famous Math Problem Stumped Humans for 80 Years. AI Just Cracked It. – Wall Street Journal
I Tried to Sell My House With a Chatbot – New York Times
BBC World Service to launch new language offers in Hungarian and Romanian – BBC
Wearables increasingly look to AI to predict health problems before they happen – Seattle Times
Etsy launches app within ChatGPT to facilitate conversational shopping experience – Retail Brew
New Browser Plugin Adds Typos to Your AI-Generated Emails to Make Them Look Real – Futurism
AI is being used in South Korea to make care calls to older adults who live alone and to fight dementia - New York Times
Using AI to map homelessness - Axios
New AI Approach Reveals Ocean Currents in Unprecedented Detail – UCSD
AI do? Weddings turn to AI but miss human touch - Axios
Google Tracks Flash Floods With a New AI Tool – Wall Street Journal
These people used AI to help find their lost pets – Washington Post
AI Learns to Smell – Wall Street Journal
Spelman College students developing AI tool designed to help people talk to their plants – CBS News
AI has powerful uses for First Nations oral cultural knowledge – PopSci
Anthropic’s AI Hacked the Firefox Browser. It Found a Lot of Bugs. – Wall Street Journal
Using AI to Scan Resumes
/A recent survey by Resume Builder found that four in five companies are using AI to scan resumes, two in five are using chatbots to communicate with candidates, and one in five is giving AI interviews. – The Atlantic
Participate
/Participate in co-creative relationships.
26 Recent Articles about the Dangers of AI
/How to Fight AI Brain Rot at School? For One Country, It’s With Free ChatGPT – Wall Street Journal
These AI models are free, private, and will never say 'no' – NPR
Claims that China and overseas propaganda drive Americans to rise up against data centers are based on scant evidence. – Washington Post
Why A.I. Safety Controls Are Not Very Effective – New York Times
AI Has Broken Containment - The Atlantic
AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency - Washington Post
The world must stop AI from empowering bioterrorists – The Economist
Scammers targeting missing pet owners with AI – ABC-7
Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers. - The Atlantic
ChatGPT Wrestles With Its Most Chilling Conversation: How Do I Plan an Attack? - Wall Street Journal
5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good - Wired
A secretive AI hacking system has sparked a global scramble – Washington Post
Five Concerns About AI Data Centers, and What to Do About Them – Data Innovation
AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be? – Nature
Inside a growing movement warning AI could turn on humanity - The Washington Post
Behind the Curtain: The kids aren't AI-right - Axios
AI Is Finding Bugs That Hackers Can Exploit. Get Ready for Bugmageddon. - Wall Street Journal
A.I. Is on Its Way to Upending Cybersecurity – New York Times
"Too Powerful to Release": The Greatest Marketing Playbook in AI – AI in the News
Four Reasons New AI Data Centers Won’t Overwhelm the Electricity Grid - ITIF
Over 4,732 Messages, He Fell In Love With an AI Chatbot. Now He’s Dead. - Wall Street Journal
AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out - Wall Street Journal
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem - The Atlantic
Creating Baby Geniuses to Thwart the AI Threat? (Yes, Really.) – Mother Jones
We ranked the most environmentally damaging things you can do online. AI didn't top the list – Science Focus
Throwing AI at Problems
/The corporations buying A.I. access for themselves are finding that you cannot solve problems just by throwing A.I. at them. It takes work to structure a problem in a way that allows A.I. to be useful, just as it took work, in previous generations, to integrate I.T. into a company or redesign a factory to take advantage of electricity. -New York Times
The Glory of Parenthood
/Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves. -Marcelene Cox
43 Articles on Career Advice
/5 skills young professionals should master - Glassdoor
5 Ways to Demonstrate Your Value — Remotely - HBR
Actionable Advice For Young People Starting Out Their Careers - Forbes
The best way to show off your emerging A.I. skills to land a job - CNBC
Building Your Intellectual Toolbox: Career Advice from the Experts - Council on Foreign Relations
The Career Advice No One Teaches High Achievers - Inc
Common misconceptions about MBAs - ZDnet
Don’t Focus on Your Job at the Expense of Your Career - Harvard Business Review
Don’t Just Pay Interns, Help Them Build Networks - Harvard Business Review
Essential advice for landing your dream job - Fast Company
Find Work You Love by Identifying Your Unique Angle - LifeHacker
Gen Z is Hungry for Career Advice. But Their Parents Are Lost Themselves - TIME
Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder - Wall Street Journal
Google’s ‘Career Dreamer’ uses AI to help you explore job possibilities – Tech Crunch
Harvard researcher shares key skill of the future—that most people don't have - CNBC
How do you launch a journalism career in the middle of a pandemic? - Poynter
How to Break Up With Your Career - Wall Street Journal
How Much Time Can I Take Off Between Jobs? - Harvard Business Review
How to get your career moving: lessons from a behavioural scientist - Financial Times
How to Improve Your Career Development - US News
How to Recover from a Toxic Job - Harvard Business Review
How to Tell You're About to be Laid Off - Life Hacker
How to Vet a Remote Workplace - Harvard Business Review
The Journalists of Color Resource Guide
Journalist Guide to Survival: Five ways to thrive on your first job - RTDNA
LinkedIn CEO: Ignore this common piece of career advice—it’s ‘outdated’ and ‘a little bit foolish’ - CNBC
Losing Passion for Your Job? Why Quitting Might Be the Right Move - Harvard Business School
One Piece of Career Advice Changed Everything - Inc
Our Top 6 Pieces of Career Wisdom for Recent Grads - First Round
The Personal Business of Being Laid Off - HazLitt
Pros and Cons of Working From Home - US News
How to Recover from a Toxic Job - Harvard Business Review
The Secret to Retaining the Best Employees: Ask Them These Four Questions - Wall Street Journal
A Survival Guide for Dealing With a Bad Boss - Wall Street Journal
These are the signs that you're in a toxic work environment - CNN
The top 10 skills you need to land a job right now, according to LinkedIn - CNBC
Tips for Using AI Tools in Technical Interviews - IEEE
What Reporters Should Do Before and After a Layoff - Education Writer’s Association
What’s a good (and bad) way to leave your job? - FT
Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life - The Atlantic
21 Recent Articles about AI & Data Science
/Why satellite imagery falls short for AI training data
How to Write Robust Code with Claude Code
Recursive Language Models: An All-in-One Deep Dive
White House Approves a secret $9 Billion request for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.
Germany is launching military AI into space
Why sandboxing OpenClaw doesn’t stop data exfiltration
Five fundamental concepts that every Python developer should have in their toolkit.
How AI Agents Will Transform Data Science Work in 2026
How to undo Git actions with confidence
Making Claude Code validate its own work
How to Build an Efficient Knowledge Base for AI Models
Re-thinking human–machine interaction and the governance of AI in the military domain
How insertion and deletion errors disrupt data synchronization in modern communication systems
NRO says proliferated satellite architecture exceeding expectations
How AI Tools Generate Technical Debt — and What to Do About It
To accelerate adoption of commercial technology, NGA has established a Rapid Capabilities Office
Claude Code is leaking API keys into public package registries
Flattened Writing
/My version of “human” is no longer acceptable. What’s actually happening is not AI detection; it’s enforcement. We’re enforcing a narrow, flattened version of what “human writing” is supposed to look like. For emerging writers, it doesn’t just challenge their credibility; it destabilizes their confidence before they’ve even had the chance to build it. It tells them that their voice is not something to develop, but something to dilute until it passes inspection. -Denise Zubizarreta writing in Technical.ly
AI definitions: AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)
/AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) – A machine that has the capacity to understand or learn any intellectual task that a human being can. Rather than focusing on solving specific problems (like Deep Blue, which was good at chess), this type of AI has broader uses and may possess seemingly human-level intelligence to learn and adapt. Scientists have had difficulty defining human intelligence and disagree as to what would count as AGI. Regardless of where they draw the line, most experts say AGI is at least decades away. Scientists have no hard evidence that today’s technologies can perform even some of the simpler things the human brain can do, like recognizing irony or feeling empathy. Beyond AGI lies the more speculative goal of "sentient AI," where the programs become aware of their existence with feelings and desires.
Denialism and Science
/Denialism, and related phenomena, are often portrayed as a “war on science”. This is an understandable but profound misunderstanding. Certainly, denialism and other forms of pseudo-scholarship do not follow mainstream scientific methodologies. Denialism does indeed represent a perversion of the scholarly method, and the science it produces rests on profoundly erroneous assumptions, but denialism does all this in the name of science and scholarship. Denialism aims to replace one kind of science with another – it does not aim to replace science itself. In fact, denialism constitutes a tribute to the prestige of science and scholarship in the modern world. Denialists are desperate for the public validation that science affords.
While denialism has sometimes been seen as part of a post-modern assault on truth, the denialist is just as invested in notions of scientific objectivity as the most unreconstructed positivist. Even those who are genuinely committed to alternatives to western rationality and science can wield denialist rhetoric that apes precisely the kind of scientism they despise. Anti-vaxxers, for example, sometimes seem to want to have their cake and eat it: to have their critique of western medicine validated by western medicine.
The rhetoric of denialism and its critics can resemble each other in a kind of war to the death over who gets to wear the mantle of science. The term “junk science” has been applied to climate change denialism, as well as in defence of it. Mainstream science can also be dogmatic and blind to its own limitations. If the accusation that global warming is an example of politicised ideology masked as science is met with indignant assertions of the absolute objectivity of “real” science, there is a risk of blinding oneself to uncomfortable questions regarding the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which the idea of pure truth, untrammelled by human interests, is elusive. Human interests can rarely if ever be separated from the ways we observe the world.
I do not believe that, if only one could find the key to “make them understand”, denialists would think just like me. If denialists were to stop denying, we cannot assume that we would then have a shared moral foundation on which we could make progress as a species.
Keith Kahn-Harris, Denial: The Unspeakable Truth