This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Tens of thousands of university account logins found on dark web
Rise in compromised credentials increasing risk of damaging cyberattacks, UK IT body warns
Georgia Luckhurst
Spotify’s AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop
Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
Emanuel Maiberg
Sam Altman, OpenAI Sued After ChatGPT Allegedly Told Florida Man to Stay Home Before a ‘Massive’ Blood Cl
Florida man sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for alleged ChatGPT medical advice that delayed emergency care and nearly caused his death.
Shomik Sen Bhattacharjee
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
Nikhil Suresh
A very important essay.
Circular financing ain’t what it used to be
Nvidia is falling. The mood has changed.
Gary Marcus
Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed
As the US sees its highest number of measles cases in decades and vaccination rates fall, researchers are developing drugs to help those who contract the virus or who are particularly vulnerable.
Emily Mullin
Navy reinstates some flu vaccine rules months after Pentagon ended mandate
The Navy is requiring certain sailors deploying and in healthcare to get the flu vaccine after the Pentagon ended the mandate in April.
Patty Nieberg
Silicon Valley’s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them
Anthropic and OpenAI employees are expected to give generously after their companies go public. “It’s going to be a wild ride,” says one nonprofit leader.
Paresh Dave
Pimping for the oligarchs again . . .
