🔖 AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying: LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity | The Gua https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying #BookmarkShare
AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

The Guardian
🔖 Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot: A new study of popular AI models shows that their feedback on social situations is far from impartial | New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/well/mind/ai-chatbots-relationships.html #BookmarkShare
Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot.

A new study of popular AI models shows that their feedback on social situations is far from impartial.

The New York Times
🔖 Disney's Sora Disaster Shows AI Will Not Revolutionize Hollywood | 404 Media https://www.404media.co/disneys-openai-sora-disaster-shows-ai-will-not-save-hollywood/ #BookmarkShare
Disney's Sora Disaster Shows AI Will Not Revolutionize Hollywood

It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.

404 Media
🔖 Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta, YouTube negligent in social media addiction trial: A jury reached a verdict in the LA trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment | CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/meta-youtube-los-angeles-california-verdict.html #BookmarkShare
🔖 Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music: Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music | New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox-music-copyright.html #BookmarkShare
Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music

Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music.

The New York Times
🔖 Why Has the US Banned Foreign-Made Routers?: The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US | Wired https://www.wired.com/story/us-government-foreign-made-router-ban-explained/ #BookmarkShare
What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US

The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you.

WIRED
🔖 Inside a Court Hearing That Decided How She’d Give Birth: A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like | ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section #BookmarkShare
She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.

A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like.

ProPublica
🔖 This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts: WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them | 404 Media https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts/ #BookmarkShare
This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts

WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.

404 Media
🔖 What's a library worth? Report puts dollar figure on 'invaluable' institutions: Every dollar invested in the State Library of NSW is worth $4.25 in community benefits, according to a new report commissioned by the library | ABC (Australia) News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/report-puts-dollar-value-on-nsw-public-libraries/106473202 #BookmarkShare
How much is a library worth? A report gives a dollar figure

Every dollar invested in the State Library of NSW is worth $4.25 in community benefits, according to a new report commissioned by the library.

🔖 March, 19-21: God is a comedian | Gold and Geopolitics on Substack https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian #BookmarkShare
March, 19-21: God is a comedian

A stiff drink is recommended

Gold and Geopolitics