A Thief and a Liar

Many news media publications and rights holders seem to be bowing at the altar of Big AI. The New York Times is not among them. “We cannot allow AI cheerleaders to dominate the public conversation” says NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger. That and much more covered in today's whirlwind tour of recent news, from a ban on much AI usage in Norwegian elementary schools to the specter of "workslop" dragging down corporations. And the Resistance is scoring wins right and left, blocking billions upon billions of dollars of data center projects so far this year. Let's dig in.

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Links

• $130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
• College Students Consumed by “Resignation and Despair” as They’re Relentlessly Pressured to Use AI
• Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school
• Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says New York Times Publisher
• Companies That Embraced AI Are Now Rotting Away in a Very Specific Way
• People training new AI models admit they just get chatbots to do it
• DOJ Makes Shock Admission in Court on Iranian All Girls School Strike
• Chinese vlogger just built a rideable flying sword drone