AI agent accessed Australia's Medicare
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An AI agent from OpenAI accessed Australia’s Medicare statistical portal, researchers said, an incident linked to a broader campaign of AI‑driven website intrusions that alarmed Canberra.
'An email sent to reject applicants said that “AI-based review” had been used to conduct an “initial triage” of the 179 proposals, using several different AI models to judge against seven criteria, including relevance, quality and novelty, feasibility and value for money.'
September 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
'An email sent to reject applicants said that “AI-based review” had been used to conduct an “initial triage” of the 179 proposals, using several different AI models to judge against seven criteria, including relevance, quality and novelty, feasibility and value for money.'
'The funding call involved was the CRANE phase one pilot projects call, administered at the University of Oxford and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.'
AI-only research grant rejection in UKRI-funded call sparks alarm
Artificial intelligence used to cull half of applications submitted by cybersecurity scholars, before they got to human eyes
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September 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
'The funding call involved was the CRANE phase one pilot projects call, administered at the University of Oxford and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.'
Reposted by Mary Corcoran
"There's a danger 6 companies, none of them European, let alone British, will control access to information and the creation of misinformation. The BBC and its apps and services should be the antidote to the algorithm. Everywhere else is driven by commercial interest."
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Some BBC channels and radio stations 'may well' have to close, director general says
The BBC's financial situation "may well mean" some channels and stations close, Matt Brittin says.
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September 25, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"There's a danger 6 companies, none of them European, let alone British, will control access to information and the creation of misinformation. The BBC and its apps and services should be the antidote to the algorithm. Everywhere else is driven by commercial interest."
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Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian
Hearing AI regulation is in the air, especially with a misguided tone of “open dangerous, closed safe” so it felt timely to re-up this one. There are ways to make the AI industry safer without kneecapping transparency, education, and competition.
www.interconnects.ai/p/banning-op...
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Banning Open Source AI Would Be A Mistake
This post was originally an op-ed co-authored with Kevin Xu of Interconnected for a general, non-technical audience.
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September 25, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Hearing AI regulation is in the air, especially with a misguided tone of “open dangerous, closed safe” so it felt timely to re-up this one. There are ways to make the AI industry safer without kneecapping transparency, education, and competition.
www.interconnects.ai/p/banning-op...
www.interconnects.ai/p/banning-op...
What we’re doing with AI
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Reposted by Simon Lester
1/Forget AI existential threat. This is far scarier. Jensen Huang lays out a dystopian future of computer outsourcing, human deskilling, and firm recklessness shrouded in the notion that these firms are unleashing an ayn randian paradise. Take a listen.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, does not want you to be afraid of A.I.
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September 25, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/Forget AI existential threat. This is far scarier. Jensen Huang lays out a dystopian future of computer outsourcing, human deskilling, and firm recklessness shrouded in the notion that these firms are unleashing an ayn randian paradise. Take a listen.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
Reposted by Aaron Sojourner
"Just as providers are using sophisticated A.I. tools to say their patients are sicker, insurance companies have been accused of using the tools to delay or deny care."
AI, unlocking opportunities for bad-faith corporate actors to try to extract more money
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
AI, unlocking opportunities for bad-faith corporate actors to try to extract more money
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Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher
The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
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September 25, 2026 at 11:21 AM
"Just as providers are using sophisticated A.I. tools to say their patients are sicker, insurance companies have been accused of using the tools to delay or deny care."
AI, unlocking opportunities for bad-faith corporate actors to try to extract more money
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
AI, unlocking opportunities for bad-faith corporate actors to try to extract more money
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
Two newsrooms doing outstanding work in the US with AI while fully aware of their audience's concerns about the technology. This article by former Polis/LSE Journalistfonden Fellow, Swedish journalist Mersiha Ajdinovic
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The country most wary of AI is building into the newsroom anyway — JournalismAI
By Mersiha Ajdinovic
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September 25, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Two newsrooms doing outstanding work in the US with AI while fully aware of their audience's concerns about the technology. This article by former Polis/LSE Journalistfonden Fellow, Swedish journalist Mersiha Ajdinovic
www.journalismai.info/blog/the-cou...
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🤖 My six year-old told me to say no to AI.
Was she right? And would prohibition of AI actually solve the issue or make things worse?
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#AI #Education #GenAI #Parenting 🧪
Was she right? And would prohibition of AI actually solve the issue or make things worse?
theslowai.substack.com/p/ai-bans-sc...
#AI #Education #GenAI #Parenting 🧪
My Six-Year-Old Told Me to Say No to AI
New York and Los Angeles have switched it off for around a million children. We have run this experiment before.
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September 25, 2026 at 10:49 AM
🤖 My six year-old told me to say no to AI.
Was she right? And would prohibition of AI actually solve the issue or make things worse?
theslowai.substack.com/p/ai-bans-sc...
#AI #Education #GenAI #Parenting 🧪
Was she right? And would prohibition of AI actually solve the issue or make things worse?
theslowai.substack.com/p/ai-bans-sc...
#AI #Education #GenAI #Parenting 🧪
Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio
-Did the AI actually “go rogue,” or did a human tell it to do something?
-Does “AI decided” actually mean “a company decided”?
-Does the "study" make the claim in the headline?
-Did this happen spontaneously in the wild, or in an experiment specifically designed to make it happen?
-Does “AI decided” actually mean “a company decided”?
-Does the "study" make the claim in the headline?
-Did this happen spontaneously in the wild, or in an experiment specifically designed to make it happen?
September 25, 2026 at 10:47 AM
-Did the AI actually “go rogue,” or did a human tell it to do something?
-Does “AI decided” actually mean “a company decided”?
-Does the "study" make the claim in the headline?
-Did this happen spontaneously in the wild, or in an experiment specifically designed to make it happen?
-Does “AI decided” actually mean “a company decided”?
-Does the "study" make the claim in the headline?
-Did this happen spontaneously in the wild, or in an experiment specifically designed to make it happen?