PsyPost: Efforts to make AI inclusive accidentally create bizarre new gender biases, new research suggests. “New research published in Computers in Human Behavior Reports suggests that efforts to make artificial intelligence more inclusive can sometimes create unexpected new biases.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/27/psypost-efforts-to-make-ai-inclusive-accidentally-create-bizarre-new-gender-biases-new-research-suggests/

Wall Street Journal: Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI agent to help him be CEO This is an MSN-syndicated version of the article and is not paywalled. “Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta Platforms, is building a CEO agent to help him do his job, according to a person familiar with the project. The agent, which is still in development, is currently helping Zuckerberg get information […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/27/wall-street-journal-mark-zuckerberg-is-building-an-ai-agent-to-help-him-be-ceo/

North Carolina State University: New Approach Finds Privacy Vulnerability and Performance Are Intertwined in AI Neural Networks . “Researchers have discovered that some of the elements of AI neural networks that contribute to data-privacy vulnerabilities are also key to the performance of those models. The researchers used this new information to develop a technique that better balances […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/27/north-carolina-state-university-new-approach-finds-privacy-vulnerability-and-performance-are-intertwined-in-ai-neural-networks/

Search Engine Journal: Wikipedia Bans Use Of AI-Generated Content. “Wikipedia recently published guidelines prohibiting the use of AI to generate or rewrite articles, except for two exceptions related to editing and translations. The guidelines acknowledges that identifying AI generated content can’t be based on style signals and offers no further guidance on how they will identify the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/27/search-engine-journal-wikipedia-bans-use-of-ai-generated-content/

Ars Technica: Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x. “Google Research recently revealed TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces the memory footprint of large language models (LLMs) while also boosting speed and maintaining accuracy.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/ars-technica-googles-turboquant-ai-compression-algorithm-can-reduce-llm-memory-usage-by-6x/

France24: Iran targets US public opinion with online information war. “The Iranian regime has been running an online influence campaign using AI-generated photographs, videos and memes to sow confusion about the war in the Middle East. Experts say the main goal is to ramp up anti-war sentiment in the US and pressure President Trump to end the conflict.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/france24-iran-targets-us-public-opinion-with-online-information-war/

Block Club Chicago: An AI School, With No Teachers, To Open in Chicago This Fall. “Bean bag chairs, soundproof booths and portable whiteboards make Alpha Schools look more like a tech startup than a school. But its biggest break from tradition is not the design: It’s an education model that uses artificial intelligence to teach core subjects while adults in the room serve as ‘guides,’ not […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/block-club-chicago-an-ai-school-with-no-teachers-to-open-in-chicago-this-fall/

New York Times: More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use. This link goes to a gift article. “A.I. was supposed to help tech companies boost productivity and cut costs. But it has also created an expensive new status game, known as ‘tokenmaxxing,’ among A.I.-obsessed workers who are desperate to prove how productive they are.” Gross!

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/new-york-times-more-more-more-tech-workers-max-out-their-a-i-use/

Driving: Motor Mouth: YouTube’s inane crash videos may teach future self-driving cars. “… the best learning tools aren’t, says [Professor Krzysztof] Czarnecki, the endless of hours of on-road driving recorded by existing autonomous automobiles like Google-cum-Waymo’s Open Dataset, but rather crowdsourced dashcam recordings on social media.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/motor-mouth-youtubes-inane-crash-videos-may-teach-future-self-driving-cars-driving/

The Register: Meta’s latest AI improves its terrible content moderation, just a little . “Meta has revealed it’s tested using AI for content moderation chores and found it does better than humans. The social networking giant on Thursday announced it has started a global rollout for its Meta AI support, a tool that handles tasks like password resets, reporting dodgy content, explaining […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/the-register-metas-latest-ai-improves-its-terrible-content-moderation-just-a-little/