Amazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations.
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Bogus case studies on UBS and transit systems exaggerated adoption of the technology
'Fun' survey results: people know that AI overviews can't be trusted, but they still don't check!
explodingtopics.com/blog/ai-trus...
Original Exploding Topics survey data explores public sentiment on AI Overviews and AI-generated content, highlighting trust, skepticism, and shifting content consumption habits.
I'm so glad that Dr. Jackson "feels fine"...I don't.
OMB proposed new regulations that do the following:
- Active Grants Can Be Terminated at Any Time, for Any Reason (§200.340)
- Broad Prohibition on International Scientific Collaboration (§200.220)
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www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
This is the end of American science and innovation. Russell Vought is the angel of death who is presiding over this abomination of a OMB regulation.
ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris.
With Search now being sacrificed on the altar of AI dominance, the time has come for users to get serious about moving off Google services. It’s not only destroying its products; it’s trying to further degrade the web itself.
Wow some terrible reporting about Google's latest horrible ideas about how to distort information access in the name of "convenience" (or something):
techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/g...
A short thread
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In its bid to push AI, it’s destroying its products and trying to kill the web too
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce t...
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BREAKING:
New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion".
#standupforscience
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf
Gregg Gonsalves
Colette Delawalla, PhD
Emily M. Bender
Paris Marx
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
Stand Up for Science!
ArXiV has a new LLM policy
(Screenshots with alt text so you don’t have to click through to the other place and see all the stupid responses)
“Science itself is inherently resilient — that is, after all, why it’s science,” writes Jonathan Jackson. www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
“Science itself is inherently resilient — that is, after all, why it’s science,” writes Jonathan Jackson.
