Richard Poynder

Independent journalist & blogger commenting on university issues (especially academic freedom), and on AI. Posts/Reposts are not endorsements. @rickypo.bsky.soc

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Don't leave AI to tech bros and oligarchs, UK's AI minister says https://t.co/L4mwYNTiww

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Senior detective accused of using AI for decisions https://t.co/A4PPU6fbGm

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Microsoft Says Its New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors https://t.co/JWJ14MO2Tk

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AI discovered a massive cyber-security flaw - here's what happened https://t.co/nfPmsPccAR

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The Fall of Scientific American https://t.co/CrxHG2EbMZ

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‘An army of Claudes, with every one asking for my attention’: Anthropic calls human attention the bottleneck in the botsitting world to come https://t.co/AbEW6817Tq

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A.I. Is Embedded in Your Election Experience. So Are Its Dangers. https://t.co/6Bc3M4oTGp

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China’s Free A.I. Models Are Thrown Into Uncertainty https://t.co/cI216Rp2Iu

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Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military https://t.co/BKRKGPwdvP

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Why the most dangerous AI may be the one we trust too much https://t.co/OCDKFP5Naw

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When Institutions Drift: Lessons in Renewal from the MIT Free Speech Alliance https://t.co/OTy7DKrgo6

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Harvard Crimson | To the Editor: Considering Open Inquiry https://t.co/K8xCmsQCyQ

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Russell Group universities criticised by Amnesty over how they handled pro-Gaza protests https://t.co/1tKf0Az4BB

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Academic freedom: where does France stand? https://t.co/Xjr5FB09tD

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Senior academic leaders risk chilling free speech on campus by signing open letters in support of political causes because this could be mistaken as representing an institution’s official position, England’s academic freedom tsar Arif Ahmed has said. @jgro_the reports #academicfreedom #freespeech
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Africa: Students have a role in the reclaiming of academic freedom https://t.co/XTlyFn07Y6

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OpenAI says its AI agents weakened internal monitoring system https://t.co/eAS5ZoY8Lm

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Anthropic S-1 Shows Red-Hot Growth, Risks and Massive Computing Costs https://t.co/YUjgfi3jY8

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Youth-led AI safety group demands protections for young users https://t.co/0siu7kVC9t

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Brewster Kahle: Publishers have every right to challenge businesses that exploit their work—but the Wayback Machine has become collateral damage. https://t.co/Tb8tqMb1Xq