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The AI oil spill in a US university – #GiftLink

Students, meanwhile, are caught in the middle as everyone around them struggles to figure out what becoming “the first A.I.-powered university” actually means. “Faculty are feeling anxious,” Nik Janos, a sociology professor at Chico State, told me. “Students don’t know how to behave. What are we doing here?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/magazine/ai-university-college-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.Cqsr.dqtpGa8fosLD&smid=url-share #openai #artificialintelligence #AI #aislop #university

California’s Public Universities Went All in on A.I. Now They’re Tearing Themselves Apart.

California’s public universities spent $16.9 million on A.I. during a financial crisis, and the result has been chaos.

The New York Times

Servelan 2h ago

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The New Zealand Parakeet Pair That Are Saving Their Species - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/world/australia/kakariki-karaka-bird-parakeet-new-zealand-endangered.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.Dh1E.dMoLDE1CroFx&smid=url-share

The New Zealand Parakeet Pair That Are Saving Their Species

There are about 450 orange-fronted parakeets left in the world. Super breeders Nacho and Trixie are doing their best to bolster the population.

The New York Times

Kathleen Jones 10h ago

Take this gift link, because we could all use the joy of hundreds of Marilyn Monroes in all shapes and sizes celebrating her 100th birthday.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/style/marilyn-monroe-100th-birthday.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m1A.53AM.X29HVgRAUChC&smid=url-share

Marilyn Monroe Fans Descended on Palm Springs For Her 100th Birthday

To honor her centennial, over 1,000 Marilyn Monroe fans came together to dress as the screen legend in Palm Springs, where her Hollywood career began.

The New York Times

My IRL friends call me Chris 12h ago

For anyone who missed this must-read piece in May, today I got a new tranche of Star gift stories. This lede: "I had known Mitch Sylvestre — the architect of the Alberta independence movement — for less than five minutes when he first implied King Charles might have him killed." #GiftLink 🎁

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My IRL friends call me Chris 15h ago

If you want to get up to speed on our national team fast, follow @[email protected]. He's currently at training camp with the team. #GiftLink 🎁

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Alley Stoughton 18h ago

"For the most part, tech oligarchs have fed this knowledge into their A.I. models without permission, without acknowledgment, without compensation. In other words, the creative work of millions of people — writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary citizens — has essentially been stolen by some of the wealthiest people in the world. It’s time for us to reclaim it." -- Bernie Sanders

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/artificial-intelligence-bernie-sanders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m1A.4KW1.RUN7XwU7coKE&smid=url-share

Opinion | Bernie Sanders: A.I. Belongs to the People, Not to Billionaires

All Americans should have a stake in the future of this technology.

The New York Times

Benedikt Wi 1d ago

@pluralistic zum Thema #ki_slop bei Spiegel online: https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/cory-doctorow-google-versucht-schrottige-suchtreffer-durch-noch-mehr-ki-schrott-zu-retten-a-44974451-3ecd-4ba4-acda-2aef1f598ffb #giftlink

Aktivist und Autor Cory Doctorow: »Google versucht, schrottige Suchtreffer durch noch mehr KI-Schrott zu retten«

Cory Doctorow kämpft seit Jahrzehnten gegen die Macht der Techkonzerne. Hier warnt er, dass die Produkte aus dem Silicon Valley durch künstliche Intelligenz nicht besser, sondern schlechter werden.

DER SPIEGEL

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Reed Mideke 2d ago

According to NYT, the absurdly corrupt IRS "settlement" was seen in Trump world as less damaging than just handing him cash "The idea that emerged was a global settlement of all of the claims that would push Mr. Trump away from the politically damaging effort to take money for himself"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-irs-lawsuit-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mlA.d3iF.95xlY6vj_KlT&smid=url-share

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Inside Trump’s Deal With the I.R.S. to Drop His $10 Billion Lawsuit

Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held. Some senior White House officials were said to have felt blindsided as the agreement took shape.

The New York Times