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Alex Jimenez<p>Your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> Convos Aren't Private: 9 Ways You Should Never Use Chatbots</p><p>Here’s how using <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> in the wrong situations could cost you money, job opportunities, and ultimately, your peace of mind.</p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/your-chatgpt-convos-arent-private-ways-you-should-never-use-chatbots" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/opinions/your-chatgp</span><span class="invisible">t-convos-arent-private-ways-you-should-never-use-chatbots</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Something that has become undeniable this month is that the best available open weight models now come from the Chinese AI labs.</p><p>I continue to have a lot of love for Mistral, Gemma and Llama but my feeling is that Qwen, Moonshot and Z.ai have positively smoked them over the course of July."</p><p><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/chinese-models/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/</span><span class="invisible">chinese-models/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/OpenWeight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeight</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2289101/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2289101/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Cyber scams soar in New Zealand as AI &amp; crypto drive threats <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligenceAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligenceAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyberThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberThreat</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a>(GenAI) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malvertising</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a>(NZ) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OnlineFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineFraud</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RemoteAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteAccess</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sextortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sextortion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ThreatLandscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatLandscape</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ThreatReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatReport</span></a></p>
IT News<p>So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work - On Tuesday, The Associated Press released results from a new... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/so-far-only-one-third-of-americans-have-ever-used-ai-for-work/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/so-</span><span class="invisible">far-only-one-third-of-americans-have-ever-used-ai-for-work/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/largelanguagemodels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>largelanguagemodels</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aicompanionship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aicompanionship</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aiassistants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiassistants</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aiandwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiandwork</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aisearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aisearch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a>-norc <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
MineEyesDazzle<p>I keep encountering professionals (so often white men) who insist on using <a href="https://mas.to/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> because it's "not their fault" that they can't draw/paint/write/sing.</p><p>So, is it the fault of the disenfranchised creatives' you're stealing from?<br>Why do you think their skills are OWED to you?<br>Why do you think it's OK to steal from them?<br>Why are these skills not worth your time &amp; effort?<br>Why is YOUR complicity the exception?<br>Why don't YOU care about the environmental destruction of every <a href="https://mas.to/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genAI</span></a> query?</p>
Church of Jeff<p>You can pretty much know it is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> generated story plots when the characters' names are Emma and Marcus Chen.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a></p>
Carwil Bjork-James<p>Simple task: Which days of class should go on my syllabus?</p><p>❌ 4o-mini: shortened Nov break<br>❌ 4o: omitted days in Aug, Dec<br>✅ o3 <br>❌ Claude 3-haiku: extended Oct break<br>❌ Claude 3.5 Sonnet V2: ext Oct br<br>✅ Claude 3.7 Sonnet<br>❌ Claude 4 Sonnet: extended Oct break</p><p>This is really unreliable AI performance.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Claude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claude</span></a></p>
Baillehache Pascal<p>Jerks using <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> to create <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> videos of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tsunami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tsunami</span></a> about today's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kamchatka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kamchatka</span></a> ... Fuck you all and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fuckai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckai</span></a> 🤬</p>
Tom<p>Asking the Fedi.</p><p>Is the expected hyperscaling of AI data centers a generativeAI/LLM thing? I cannot see "old school" ML type things (factory and port optimisation, medical image analysis) generating that leap in data center use.</p><p>Or am I missing something?</p><p>and if it is does that mean, if the bubble bursts, it will take out the big western base load electrical demand growth story as well?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ml</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a></p>
Alex Jimenez<p>YouTube wins the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> chatbot referral game </p><p>YouTube is the top recipient of AI chatbot referral traffic, receiving over three times as much traffic than Facebook or Wikipedia</p><p><a href="https://content-na1.emarketer.com/youtube-wins-ai-chatbot-referral-game" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">content-na1.emarketer.com/yout</span><span class="invisible">ube-wins-ai-chatbot-referral-game</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEO</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEO</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a></p>
trashHeap :hehim: :verified_gay:<p>Generative AI advocates should be forced to only interact with other people online through vibe coded operating systems and browsers. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/eliza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eliza</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/stochasticParrots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stochasticParrots</span></a></p>
Tom<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidniss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonya_Bidniss</span></a></span> </p><p>This is genius 🙂 </p><p>Also, you now know that the LLM Tech bros have no real geek sense of humour because "Lobachevsky" would be the perfect name for one.</p><p>"Plagiarize!<br>Let no one else's work evade your eyes<br>Remember why the good Lord made your eyes<br>So don't shade your eyes<br>But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize<br>Only be sure always to call it please 'training'"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2281758/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2281758/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> What The White House AI strategy means for advertisers <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheWhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣</p><p><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/gen</span><span class="invisible">erative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/AISlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISlop</span></a></p>

"I just want to be clear here: the price of my plan did not change. Instead, Microsoft moved me to a new plan that contained generative AI features I never asked for; a plan that cost a lot more than I was already paying. Then it lied to me, claiming my existing plan had increased in price and that there was no version of a plan without generative AI — until I tried to stop paying them altogether.

Deceptive practices like this are part of the reason so many people not only increasingly despise the tech monopolies, but also see generative AI as a giant scam. I have little doubt that if Lina Khan was still heading up the US Federal Trade Commission that this is something she’d be looking into; it’s such a clear example of the abuses she used to take on. But now that a Trump crony is in that position instead, tech companies can get away with ripping off and lying to their customers, as Microsoft just did to me and millions of others.

I’m not trying to claim I’m the first person to notice Microsoft doing this; I’m expressing how furious I was when I saw how deceptively the company was acting toward me to fund its generative AI ambitions."

disconnect.blog/p/ive-had-it-w

Disconnect · I’ve had it with MicrosoftBy Paris Marx

"Alright, I’ve officially spent too much time reading Trump’s 28-page AI Action Plan, his three new AI executive orders, listening to his speech on the subject, and reading coverage of the event. I’ll put it bluntly: The vibes are bad. Worse than I expected, somehow.

Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke.

More specifically, the plan aims to further deregulate the tech industry, penalize US states that pass AI laws, speed adoption of AI in the federal government and beyond, fast-track data center development, fast-track nuclear and fossil fuel power to run them, move to limit China’s influence in AI, and restrict speech in AI and the frameworks governing them by making terms like diversity, inclusion, misinformation, and climate change forbidden. There’s also a section on American workers that’s presented as protecting them from AI, but in reality seeks to give employers more power over them. It all portends a much darker future than I thought we’d see in this thing."

bloodinthemachine.com/p/trumps

Blood in the Machine · Trump's AI Action Plan is a blueprint for dystopiaBy Brian Merchant
#USA#Trump#AI

"Consider AI Overviews, the algorithm-generated blurbs that often now appear front and centre when users ask questions. Fears that these would reduce the value of search-adjacent ads haven’t come to pass. On the contrary, Google says AI Overviews are driving 10 per cent more queries in searches where they appear and haven’t dented revenue. Paid clicks were up 4 per cent year on year, the company said in a call with analysts on Wednesday.

But as AI yields more, it costs more. Google’s capital expenditure on data centres and such trappings this year will now be about $85bn, versus its prior estimate of $75bn. That’s almost quadruple what the company spent in 2020, when AI was a glimmer in Silicon Valley’s eye. It’s also 22 per cent of the company’s expected revenue this year, according to LSEG, the highest annual level since 2006."

ft.com/content/7589393d-e562-4

www.ft.comClient Challenge

The more advanced #AI models get, the better they are at deceiving us — they even know when they're being tested

More advanced AI systems show a better capacity to scheme and lie to us, and they know when they're being watched — so they change their behavior to hide their deceptions.

livescience.com/technology/art

Live Science · The more advanced AI models get, the better they are at deceiving us — they even know when they're being testedBy Roland Moore-Colyer