Surveillance state isn't just DHS
14.03.2026 03:50
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For eight months, Grammarly offered A.I.-generated editing suggestions, supposedly from writers like Stephen King, Kara Swisher, Julia Angwin and more — without their knowledge. “In this global crisis of consent, we must grab hold of the few anchors we have for enforcement,” Angwin says.
Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”
Through Palantir software demos, public documentation, and Pentagon records, @carolinehaskins.bsky.social explains exactly how the US military uses Claude:
Grammarly's AI-fueled edits -- using my name - suggested making up sources and writing vague insinuations.
In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) I describe Grammarly's terrible edits in my name -- and call for a federal right of publicity.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
AI is fundamentally a labor issue - and if after reading these testimonials from educators that @bcmerchant.bsky.social has collected you're not convinced it's time for a Luddite praxis in K-12 and higher education, then shit, I'm not sure what else to tell you.
The school district has a contract with Thomson Reuters Clear and uses the system for residency verification. The school flagged this woman even though she lives in the district.
Tell me again how license plate readers will only be used for serious crimes.
"So what are the lessons from the Parisian revolution?
First, pushing out cars improves life for most inhabitants. Paris has reduced traffic accidents, noise and air pollution. More than 300 'school streets' have been pedestrianised; kids play there after school."
Exhausted Nation Lacks Strength To Form Opinion On Donald Glover Being Voice Of Yoshi
Exhausted Nation Lacks Strength To Form Opinion On Donald Glover Being Voice Of Yoshi https://theonion.com/exhausted-nation-lacks-strength-to-form-opinion-on-donald-glover-being-voice-of-yoshi/
While Mark Zuckerberg was testifying in an LA courtroom last month about whether Meta's products addict teens, I spent most of the day talking with parents who didn't get a seat in the courtroom about why they came so far, just for a glimpse at the CEO (gift link) www.theverge.com/policy/89393...
This story is likely just the tip of the iceberg www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
One to watch. May spread globally. "Artificial intelligence systems that can generate sexualized deepfakes of real people would be banned in the EU under proposals seen by POLITICO." www.politico.eu/article/eu-g...
“The use of learning analytics systems to proactively identify students with poor attendance and direct them to wellbeing support services via nudge interventions had no measurable impact on students’ subsequent academic engagement across any of the trials"
Scoop: After Australia ruled out an AI copyright exception, the business lobby had a new plan: bypass the copyright system.
A leaked Business Council of Australia doc shows it considered, then ditched, a push to let AI companies train on Australia data without paying.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
The episode also had me thinking of this article by @eam0.bsky.social and Stephen Gow on Authoritarian EdTech and how it "revolves around the oppressive foreclosure of choice, consent, debate and deliberation".
Another great episode of Education Technology Society, this one featuring Morgan Anderson in conversation w/ @neilselwyn.bsky.social.
Now is a good time for educators to work w/ students to consider how the push to embed GenAI technologies in schools is entangled w/ the spread of authoritarianism.
Very excited that we're somehow getting another day of discourse out of The Florsheim Affair, one of the most delightful stories of this awful last year and change. Keep on clompin' boys! defector.com/report-presi...
i couldn't resist defector.com/i-will-never...
Is it laziness, illiteracy or the ultimate flex? Inside the global elite’s total disregard for grammar.
I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.
“The research concluded that chatbots had become an ‘accelerant for harm’”.
🚨NEW🚨 Cops used an AI-generated teenager to catch pedophiles on Kik Messenger, an app notorious as a hive of predator activity.
A rare insight into how police can spin up AI teens for sting operations on social media.
But where else are cops using AI personas?
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
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Opt-out is not nearly enough, of course. This should be opt-in only --- and for pay.
Hey @officialgrammarly.bsky.social we're gonna need to know the full list of identities you have stolen here as well as clear info on how to opt-out
techcrunch.com/2026/03/07/g...
A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.
@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
