Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT during sessions. Clients are triggered.

MIT Technology Review

Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered.

Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process.

#AI #LLM #Psychology

Mistral AI: "In January 2025, training its Large 2 model produced the equivalent of 20.4 kilotons of carbon dioxide, consumed 281,000 cubic meters of water, and consumed 650 kilograms of resources. That’s about 112 Olympic-sized swimming pools of water consumption. Using the EPA’s estimate that an average car produces 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, that works out to the annual CO2 production of 4,435 cars, too."

How much power and water does AI use? Google, Mistral weigh in | PCWorld

#AI #Environment

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

MIT Technology Review

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.

#AI #Energy

🫤 That ‘cheap’ open-source AI model is actually burning through your compute budget https://venturebeat.com/ai/that-cheap-open-source-ai-model-is-actually-burning-through-your-compute-budget/ #Al #LLM

Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02450-9 #Academia #Research #MentalHealth

A new report reveals that Disney—the company that spent decades lobbying to extend copyright terms to protect Mickey Mouse—abandoned a deepfake Dwayne Johnson project purely over public domain fears.

Techdirt

Disney Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public Domain

Disney spent 18 months negotiating to create a digital version of Dwayne Johnson for the live-action Moana film. Johnson agreed. The technology was...

#AI #Copyright #Disney

Global AI Cultures How a cultural focus can empower generative artificial intelligence. https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/global-ai-cultures/ #AI #LLM #Culture #Research

GPT-5 is here. Now what? The much-hyped release makes several enhancements to the ChatGPT user experience. But it’s still far short of AGI.

MIT Technology Review

GPT-5 is here. Now what?

The much-hyped release makes several enhancements to the ChatGPT user experience. But it’s still far short of AGI.

#AI #LLM #ChatGPT

Comic Sales Charts are Gone, But is That Such a Bad Thing?

SKTCHD

Comic Sales Charts are Gone, But is That Such a Bad Thing? - SKTCHD

The horse race has taken over. I don’t mean a literal horse race, of course. I’m referring to how box office performance and sales and ratings ...

#Comics

Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself

MIT Technology Review

Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself

From coding to hardware, LLMs are speeding up research progress in artificial intelligence. It could be the most important trend in AI today.

#AI #LLM #Research

Is It Still Disney Magic If It’s AI? https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-ai-hollywood-movies-5982a925

Techmeme

Disney is grappling with using AI in its filmmaking process while protecting its characters against it, plus legal uncertainty, fan backlash, and union concerns

From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

#AI #Disney #Film #Cinema

Benedict Cumberbatch criticises “grossly wasteful” film industry https://www.nme.com/news/film/benedict-cumberbatch-criticises-grossly-wasteful-film-industry-3880990 “It’s a grossly wasteful industry. Think about set builds that aren’t recycled, think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light and energy. The amount of wattage you need to create daylight and consistent light in a studio environment. It’s a lot of energy.” #Film #Cinema

My Ethical AI Principles

My Ethical AI Principles

Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written   I understand. Artificial Intelli...

#AI #Ethics

DeepMind and OpenAI models solve maths problems at level of top students https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02343-x #AI #LLM #Math

Cultural theory was right about the death of the author. It was just a few decades early

Cultural theory was right about the death of the author. It was just a few decades early — Crooked Timber

#AI #LLM #Theory

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

MIT Technology Review

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

Personally identifiable information has been found in DataComp CommonPool, one of the largest open-source data sets used to train image generation ...

#AI #Privacy

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI

The Conversation

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI

Democrats and Republicans alike have concerns about AI and want to see the rapidly developing technology regulated to protect the public.

#AI #Regulation #Poll

How to run an LLM on your laptop

MIT Technology Review

How to run an LLM on your laptop

It’s now possible to run useful models from the safety and comfort of your own computer. Here’s how.

#AI #LLM

AI is replacing human connection as it boosts productivity. Success requires elevating relationships while embracing the technology

Fortune

AI is replacing human connection as it boosts productivity. Success requires elevating relationships while embracing the technology | Fortune

Productivity gains from AI are only sustainable when AI augments, not replaces, human connection, purpose, and growth.

#AI #Work

Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users - That's a Pretty Big Deal

Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users - That's a Pretty Big Deal * TorrentFreak

Cloudflare has become the first intermediary to join the UK's pirate site blocking program. It's a shift that may surprise VPN users too.

#Cloudflare #UK #Piracy