Why don't we just use this handy Torment Nexus?

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Statement From Worldcon Chair https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/

Responding to Controversy, Seattle Worldcon Defends Using ChatGPT to Vet Program Participants https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/

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Whoops! Facebook trained Llama AI model on pirate site LibGen, with Zuckerberg’s OK https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/10/whoops-facebook-trained-llama-ai-model-on-pirate-site-libgen-with-zuckerbergs-ok/

Wikipedia: 81st World Science Fiction Convention: Hugo controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_World_Science_Fiction_Convention#Hugo_controversy

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Better get a lawyer, son.

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Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across the NHS https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/04/accurx-and-tandem-health-partner-to-roll-out-ai-scribing-in-the-nhs/

Guidance on the use of AI-enabled ambient scribing products in health and care settings https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/guidance-on-the-use-of-ai-enabled-ambient-scribing-products-in-health-and-care-settings/

GP liability warning as health secretary pushes use of AI in NHS https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/technology/gp-liability-warning-as-health-secretary-pushes-use-of-ai-in-nhs/

LMCs call for ‘appropriate controls’ on AI in general practice (2024) https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/lmcs-conferences/lmcs-call-for-appropriate-controls-on-ai-in-general-practice/

Can I use AI to write a complaint response? (2024) https://mdujournal.themdu.com/issue-archive/summer-2024/can-i-use-ai-to-write-a-complaint-response

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What would you say you do here?

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Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5219933

Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/generative_ai_no_effect_jobs_wages/

Anders Humlum https://www.andershumlum.com/

Emilie Vestergaard https://www.economics.ku.dk/staff/phd_kopi/?pure=en/persons/655200

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That’s the trouble with saying your company has principles.

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Our AI Principles https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/

Responsible AI: Our 2024 report and ongoing work https://blog.google/technology/ai/responsible-ai-2024-report-ongoing-work/

Google rushed to sell AI tools to Israel’s military after Hamas attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/21/google-ai-israel-war-hamas-attack-gaza/

DeepMind UK staff seek to unionise and challenge defence deals and Israel links https://www.ft.com/content/4e497a91-670a-4f69-be4a-18e247daba3e

Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/22/google-nimbus-israel-protest-fired-workers/

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Do be evil: Google now OK with AI for weapons and surveillance — for ‘freedom, equality, and human rights’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/05/do-be-evil-google-now-ok-with-ai-for-weapons-and-surveillance-for-freedom-equality-and-respect-for-human-rights/

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Everything hooks to everything else.

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AI boom under threat from tariffs, global economic turmoil https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-boom-under-threat-tariffs-global-economic-turmoil-2025-04-23/

US tariffs: Impact on data centre construction https://www.verdict.co.uk/us-tariffs-data-centre-construction/

Even If Tariffs Go Away, AI Remains a US Worry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-25/even-if-tariffs-go-away-ai-remains-a-us-worry

Partners: Tariffs Threatening IT, AI Spending https://www.channelfutures.com/regulation-compliance/tariffs-threaten-it-spending-partners-say

White House: Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/advancing-artificial-intelligence-education-for-american-youth/

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Confirmed: Microsoft stops new data centres worldwide https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/07/confirmed-microsoft-stops-new-data-centres-worldwide/

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Amazon also slows down its data centre commitments https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/22/amazon-also-slows-down-its-data-centre-commitments/

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An AI overview reduces clicks on the original sources 20%–35%.

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The Man Who Killed Google Search https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

"Keep in mind that the Ads team is considering calling a code yellow to close the search gap we are seeing" (PDF) https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-11/417581.pdf

Glue pizza and eat rocks: Google AI search errors go viral https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11gzejgz4o

Google’s Elizabeth Reid: ‘Human curiosity is boundless and people ask a lot of questions’ https://www.ft.com/content/decc6853-4fff-448c-b1c3-be8824ab511f

AI Overviews Reduce Clicks by 34.5% https://ahrefs.com/blog/ai-overviews-reduce-clicks/

Google AI Overviews: New CTR Study Reveals How to Navigate Negative SERP Impact https://www.amsive.com/insights/seo/google-ai-overviews-new-research-reveals-how-to-navigate-click-drop-off/

Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/

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Meet Thy from Radio CADA, who doesn’t exist.

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‘Tokenistic and backwards’: Backlash over ARN’s use of AI radio host modelled on Asian woman https://www.mediaweek.com.au/backlash-over-arn-use-of-ai-radio-host-modelled-on-asian-woman/

CADA's announcer, Thy, is just a bad cloned AI voice (with MP3 clips) https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/cada-ai-presenter-thy/

Meet Thy – the radio host I don’t think exists https://www.thecarpet.com.au/p/meet-thy-the-radio-host-i-dont-think

She broadcasts hours of hip-hop every day. But Thy is all AI https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/she-broadcasts-hours-of-hip-hop-every-day-but-thy-is-all-ai-20250416-p5ls8d

WEGA Gender Pay Gap – Employer Statement: February 2025 (PDF) https://investors.arn.com.au/static-files/47e069b5-7612-4e4b-936f-12f72e70b219

ARN Media experiments with AI radio hosts https://elevenlabs.io/blog/arn-media

Radio’s Most Cynical AI Experiment Just Got Exposed https://www.thecarpet.com.au/p/radios-most-cynical-ai-experiment

9 News Australia: 'Extraordinary and concerning', AI radio announcer revealed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTvlPzBfRD0

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Radio Kraków fires announcers, replaces them with AI bot voices https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/24/radio-krakow-fires-announcers-replaces-them-with-ai-bot-voices/

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The State Bar of California cheaps out.

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‘Utterly Botched’: Glitchy rollout of new California bar exam prompts lawsuit and legislative review https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-28/utterly-botched-chaotic-roll-out-of-new-california-bar-exam

Analytical Work to Support February 2025 Bar Exam Scoring and Remediation (PDF) https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/MAAD-Feb-2025-Exam-Data.pdf

State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-23/state-bar-of-california-used-ai-for-exam-questions

CBE Recommends Scoring Adjustments for February Bar Exam https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/News-Releases/CBE-Recommends-Scoring-Adjustments-for-February-Bar-Exam

Order Concerning Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam and the Alternative Pathway Working Group (PDF) https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/California-Supreme-Court-Admin-Order-2024-10-10.pdf

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Today I tried a Pixel 4a because the back-facing camera is *awesome*. Not so enamoured of the front-facing camera. Back to the Xiaomi I think.

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