The First Amendment matters, even if Disney and ABC were cowards, too.
The Verge and other outlets have periodically called Elon Musk’s DOGE “fake” or “not real,” because its status in the government is bizarrely ambiguous. As discovered by Bluesky user iucouno and verified by us, Google’s AI search apparently ingested this and concluded... well, something pretty weird.
We’ve seen freelancers lean on AI, but this Press Gazette report about a writer who published multiple stories with apparently fake sources at high-profile sites takes things to a new level:
The article cites “Jessica Hu, 34, an ordained officiant based in Chicago” who it says “has made a name for herself as a ‘digital celebrant,’ specialising in ceremonies across Twitch, Discord, and VRChat”. However, no such officiant appears to exist.
If you want to know what an AI system is doing, look for transparency from the creator instead.
From author J.M. Berger on Bluesky, a proposal to avoid chatbot psychosis:
A tough order for companion bots, of course — which lots of companies want their general-purpose AI to be.
Online safety laws keep ordinary people from expressing themselves, while companies like xAI cause real harm.
All park-goers have been evacuated to dinosaur-free zones, such as the Upper West Side and Staten Island.
[AI Weirdness]
