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The alarms are sounding for those worried about privacy and intent as the Trump administration begins combining detailed data on Americans from multiple sources. / The New York Times [$]
See also: Technology does not solve political problems. / How Things Work
“I had rockets on it and machine guns. I was out there shooting coyotes with them.” Federal oversight disappears once America’s military equipment is decommissioned. / Mother Jones
OpenAI is featuring a chatbot trained on manosphere content that analyzes user photos and pushes extreme surgeries. / Citation Needed
This sounds bad: “US engineers create self-healing robot skin that detects, seals, and resets.” / Interesting Engineering
This sounds better: “AI models show signs of falling apart as they ingest more AI-generated data.” / Futurism
A list of legal decisions where courts called out the use of generative AI in hallucinating case citations or arguments. / Damien Charlotin
Related: Why do lawyers continue to submit filings with AI hallucinations? Because many have no idea how generative AI works, and that’s a really big problem. / The Verge
The mods at r/accelerate have been noticing an increase in the number of users who believe “they've made some sort of incredible discovery or created a god or become a god.” / 404 Media
Cultural norms in other parts of the world suggest Americans should let strangers discipline their children. / The Atlantic [$]
One company’s story of making a blue blazer in the United States demonstrates the difficulties of American manufacturing. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Fashion watchers only thought we’d reached peak “bag charm,” and then Labubu, the toothy plush elf. / The Washington Post [$]
Max Read looks back at a handful of near-future films set in Special Economic Zones, and how the tensions they portrayed eventually came true under Trump. / Read Max
“I've been asked by lots of people what it would take to start Punk Planet again, but the reality is that you can't. Everything is different now.” How things end. / Dan Sinker
New from the Tournament of Books: bracket-based discussions, coming this summer. / The Tournament of Books
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