Europe faces US AI dependence
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Google, Amazon and Microsoft pushed AI learning software into European schools and universities, raising concerns that education systems could become potentially dependent on U.S. tech firms.
When AI Developers Regulate Themselves marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-ai-de...
When AI Developers Regulate Themselves
Safety & AI Regulation Should Include Present Harms, Not Just Future Ones
marcwatkins.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
When AI Developers Regulate Themselves marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-ai-de...
Frontier AI models are currently a dangerous technology without the safeguards needed to protect people from serious harm.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Frontier AI models are currently a dangerous technology without the safeguards needed to protect people from serious harm.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
The future of artificial intelligence must be decided by the American people through their democratically elected representatives in government—not by a handful of CEOs and billionaire corporations.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The future of artificial intelligence must be decided by the American people through their democratically elected representatives in government—not by a handful of CEOs and billionaire corporations.
Today, I'm calling to immediately press pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Today, I'm calling to immediately press pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
by Peter Jacobs
There's a sweetspot for people who lacked previous exposure to eg deep learning, who are active on social media, and who have use cases that do genuinely immensely benefit from the recent advances from the insane resources spent on AI that can make it feel like magic that others are missing out on.
September 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
There's a sweetspot for people who lacked previous exposure to eg deep learning, who are active on social media, and who have use cases that do genuinely immensely benefit from the recent advances from the insane resources spent on AI that can make it feel like magic that others are missing out on.
Personally, I'd credit this more to "reality" media more broadly, but this is catchy.
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Personally, I'd credit this more to "reality" media more broadly, but this is catchy.
by Naomi Klein Reposted by Devon Greyson
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
September 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
by Seth Masket
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
September 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
Reposted by Kate Lowe, Hisham Zerriffi
BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
New Learning Outcomes Announced | English
www.bu.edu
September 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
Reposted by Bessma Momani, Henry Jones
"AI folks have spent a long time talking to one another, and their explanations not just for what they’re attempting to build but why they have to build it are layered, heavily contingent thought experiments, rich in metaphor, full of prediction, and articulated in terms of game theory."
Why Everyone’s Talking About the AI Apocalypse
The AI-safety people finally have the public’s attention. Now what?
nymag.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"AI folks have spent a long time talking to one another, and their explanations not just for what they’re attempting to build but why they have to build it are layered, heavily contingent thought experiments, rich in metaphor, full of prediction, and articulated in terms of game theory."
The bitterest lesson:
"Rich Sutton’s incompleteideas.net/Inc… states that compute beats algorithms.
My experience is that Sutton’s bitter lesson is the tip of an iceberg of bitterer lessons: beyond compute and algorithms, there’s data and even picking the right task to do ML on."
"Rich Sutton’s incompleteideas.net/Inc… states that compute beats algorithms.
My experience is that Sutton’s bitter lesson is the tip of an iceberg of bitterer lessons: beyond compute and algorithms, there’s data and even picking the right task to do ML on."
The Bitterest Lesson - TypeSafe AI Blog
TypeSafe AI is an AI lab building machine-native intelligence infrastructure for automation, designed to make decisions within software. Try our first System One Model, Jev, in early access.
typesafe.ai
September 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The bitterest lesson:
"Rich Sutton’s incompleteideas.net/Inc… states that compute beats algorithms.
My experience is that Sutton’s bitter lesson is the tip of an iceberg of bitterer lessons: beyond compute and algorithms, there’s data and even picking the right task to do ML on."
"Rich Sutton’s incompleteideas.net/Inc… states that compute beats algorithms.
My experience is that Sutton’s bitter lesson is the tip of an iceberg of bitterer lessons: beyond compute and algorithms, there’s data and even picking the right task to do ML on."
The ‘Nonexistent’ Research on AI’s Benefits for Education www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
The “Nonexistent” Research on AI’s Benefits for Education
Colleges are going all in on artificial intelligence. But it could be a long time before independent research emerges on how it should—or shouldn’t—be used to improve learning outcomes.
www.insidehighered.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The ‘Nonexistent’ Research on AI’s Benefits for Education www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
This is an extremely cool teachign example
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
September 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This is an extremely cool teachign example
Tomorrow is going to be a very special day. Not so much for the champagne reception, but very much for what we have to unveil.
Contributions from about 30 antitrust agencies showing up all the progress they’ve made when it comes to the use of AI and other computational tools.
Contributions from about 30 antitrust agencies showing up all the progress they’ve made when it comes to the use of AI and other computational tools.
September 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Tomorrow is going to be a very special day. Not so much for the champagne reception, but very much for what we have to unveil.
Contributions from about 30 antitrust agencies showing up all the progress they’ve made when it comes to the use of AI and other computational tools.
Contributions from about 30 antitrust agencies showing up all the progress they’ve made when it comes to the use of AI and other computational tools.
Working people are worried about their futures. We shouldn’t have to live in fear for our jobs or our lives because of AI.
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says
Nine out of 10 workers express support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight for
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Working people are worried about their futures. We shouldn’t have to live in fear for our jobs or our lives because of AI.
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
1) AI has huge potential to revolutionize education; 2) it could be, on average, bad for student achievement given how it's used.
More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
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More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
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September 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
1) AI has huge potential to revolutionize education; 2) it could be, on average, bad for student achievement given how it's used.
More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
2/n
More generally, I wish schools did a better job of
2/n
It's solo @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social with an AI/tech ramble today. I find the rambles helpful in clarifying my own thinking on challenging issues. On AI, two things seemingly at odds can be true.
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fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...
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fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...
AI in schools: Ban it or embrace it? | Episode 1034 of The Education Gadfly Show
Mike Petrilli is back on the mic solo this week to weigh the case for and against banning AI in schools.
fordhaminstitute.org
September 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
It's solo @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social with an AI/tech ramble today. I find the rambles helpful in clarifying my own thinking on challenging issues. On AI, two things seemingly at odds can be true.
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fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...
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fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...
Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio
New school year off to a stumble w/ three major higher ed AI fallacies: 1. “We must embrace it because it’s here to stay.” So are radioactive waste & heroin. 2. “MY students would never cheat.” A statement about the speaker’s ego, not their students. 3. “I can always tell.” Sure thing, Sherlock.
September 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
New school year off to a stumble w/ three major higher ed AI fallacies: 1. “We must embrace it because it’s here to stay.” So are radioactive waste & heroin. 2. “MY students would never cheat.” A statement about the speaker’s ego, not their students. 3. “I can always tell.” Sure thing, Sherlock.