Search Engine Journal: WordPress Delays Release Of Version 7.0 To Focus On Stability. “WordPress 7.0, previously scheduled for an April 9th release, will be delayed in order to stabilize the Real-Time Collaboration feature and assure that the release, a major milestone, will ‘target extreme stability.’ Much is riding on WordPress 7.0 as it will ship with features that will usher in the age of […]

The Independent (Singapore): Esquire Singapore under fire for using AI to create ‘interview’ with Mackenyu. “Esquire Singapore has been the subject of recent backlash due to an ‘interview’ it conducted with the Japanese-American actor Mackenyu Maeda, who plays Roronoa Zoro in One Piece on Netflix. The problem is that it wasn’t an interview at all.”

Lawrence Times: Some Kansas lawmakers use AI chatbots in the Statehouse — with no guidelines on responsible use. “The Kansas News Service interviewed several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about their use of tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot in the legislative process. Some said they had used chatbots to summarize a bill ahead of a hearing or vote. Others said the tools […]

I've been thinking about why AI-assisted work breaks down — and it's not the code. It's the decisions. They live in chat, and chat doesn't compound well. I built Trail to fix that.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sargentjamesa/p/the-chat-problem

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PsyPost: ChatGPT acts as a “cognitive crutch” that weakens memory, new research suggests. “A recent experiment provides evidence that relying on artificial intelligence to help study new material tends to reduce how much information students remember weeks later. The findings suggest that while these tools can speed up initial learning, they might actually weaken the deep mental processing […]

Times of India: Aravind Srinivas’s Perplexity AI faces lawsuit over sharing users’ data without consent; company responds. “Perplexity AI has been accused of sharing user data with major tech companies – Google and Meta without proper consent. According to a report by Bloomberg, a lawsuit has been filed against Perplexity AI, led by CEO Aravind Srinivas accusing the company of allowing […]

Search Engine Land: ChatGPT ads are showing up – a lot. “In a test of 500 questions across the mobile app, roughly one in five questions in a new conversation thread triggered an ad at the bottom of ChatGPT’s response — always as a website link button, always tailored to the topic of the question.”

The Hill: Anthropic launches new corporate PAC to ramp up election spending. “Anthropic PBC filed a statement of organization Friday to form ‘AnthroPAC.’ The Hill has learned it will be funded exclusively and voluntarily by employees, a common strategy for technology companies to throw money into races. It is expected to be bipartisan and give money to candidates on both sides of the aisle and […]

VentureBeat: Anthropic cuts off the ability to use Claude subscriptions with OpenClaw and third-party AI agents. “Anthropic announced a few hours ago that starting tomorrow, Saturday, April 4, 2026, at 12 pm PT/3 pm ET, it will no longer be possible for those Claude subscribers to use their subscriptions to hook Anthropic’s Claude models up to third-party agentic tools, citing the strain such […]

South Jersey Climate News: UPDATED: New Jersey Data Center Map. “There are more than 80 data centers in New Jersey — and more are planned or under construction. Zoom in on the map and click on locations to learn more. Or see entire list in table below.”