What’s next for AI and math The last year has seen rapid progress in the ability of large language models to tackle math at high school level and beyond. Is AI closing in on human mathematicians?

MIT Technology Review

What’s next for AI and math

The last year has seen rapid progress in the ability of large language models to tackle math at high school level and beyond. Is AI closing in on h...

#AI #Math

Bohemians at the Gate? Towards a solution to the AI-copyright debate.

Bohemians at the Gate?

Towards a solution to the AI-copyright debate.

#AI #Art #Copyright

AI's Adoption and Growth Truly is 'Unprecedented'

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"If the adoption of AI feels different from any tech revolution you may have experienced before — mobile, social, cloud computing —...

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The recent history of AI in 32 otters Three years of progress as shown by marine mammals

The recent history of AI in 32 otters

Three years of progress as shown by marine mammals

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Secret chatbot use causes workplace rifts Why workers say they hide their AI use https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/secret-chatgpt-workplace #AI #Work

On Ethical AI Principles

On Ethical AI Principles

I have commented in my newsletter that what people have been describing as 'ethical AI principles' actually represents a specific political ...

#AI #Ethics

Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage

Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

#IP #Law

All the ways I want the AI debate to be better

All the ways I want the AI debate to be better

Ground truths, useful rules, ideas I'd like taken seriously, and a rant

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Students in Advanced Computational Fields Are Accelerated Early Adapters of Generative AI Technology https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/students-in-advanced-computational-fields-are-accelerated-early-adapters-of-generative-ai-technology/ #AI #Academia

Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable

Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable

The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry

“So, I think people should have clear, easy to use ways of saying, no, I don’t. I want out of this. But I think expecting the industry, technologically or otherwise, to preemptively ask before they even start training — I just don’t see. I’m afraid that just collides with the physics of the technology itself.” #AI #UK #Copyright

Data Commons Can Save Open AI https://thenewstack.io/data-commons-can-save-open-ai/ #AI #LLM #Data #OpenSource

EU Will Work on Setting Water Use Caps for Thirsty Data Centers https://www.energyconnects.com/news/renewables/2025/may/eu-will-work-on-setting-water-use-caps-for-thirsty-data-centers/ #EU #Water #Datacenters

The Real Fight Isn’t About AI—It’s About Control

Avila Gets It: The Real Fight Isn’t About AI—It’s About Control

Political economy (and updates about me sometimes).

#AI #Copyright

AI’s energy impact is still small—but how we handle it is huge

MIT Technology Review

AI’s energy impact is still small—but how we handle it is huge

The rising energy cost of data centers is a vital test case for how we deal with the broader electrification of the economy.

#AI #Energy

AI Drives Need for New Open Source Licenses – Linux Publishes the OpenMDW License

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AI Drives Need for New Open Source Licenses – Linux Publishes the OpenMDW License

For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source lic...

#OpenMDW #OpenSource #AI #Linux

How did “openness” fall out of fashion?

TechnoLlama

How did “openness” fall out of fashion?

Something curious has been occurring in the world of digital rights. Openness, once one of the cornerstones of Internet culture, has lost its shine...

#OpenSource #FreeCulture

AI Is Making Many People Rethink Copyright

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AI Is Making Many People Rethink Copyright

For the last hundred years or so, the prevailing dogma has been that copyright is an unalloyed good, and that more of it is better. Whether that wa...

#AI #Copyright

Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01463-8 #AI #LLM #Science #Research

China now more popular worldwide than the US

US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump’s return – POLITICO

#China #USA #Politics

Can China “Buy” America? Fifty Years Ago Last Week the Ford Administration Created the Government Body That Stops That From Happening.

Notes on the Crises

Can China “Buy” America? Fifty Years Ago Last Week the Ford Administration Created the Government Body That Stops That From Happening.

Subscribe I have ended up taking a lot longer to write up my biggest picture thoughts on the dollar than I initially expected. Partially this is b...

#China #USA #Finance #Politics