How the AP uncovered US big tech's role in China's digital police state
AP 뉴스는 미국의 주요 기술 기업들이 중국의 디지털 경찰 국가 구축에 어떻게 관여했는지를 조사한 내용을 보도했다. 이 조사는 중국 내 감시 및 통제 시스템에 미국 기술이 사용된 사실을 밝혀내어, 기술 윤리와 국제 인권 문제에 대한 논의를 촉발하고 있다. 해당 내용은 AI 및 디지털 감시 기술의 사회적 영향과 관련해 중요한 시사점을 제공한다.

https://apnews.com/article/chinese-surveillance-silicon-valley-uyghurs-tech-xinjiang-00bed6421ad8d2ccc6e69f104babe892

#digitalsurveillance #bigtech #china #humanrights #technologyethics

This brief examines a pressing question in cognitive science with clear relevance to mental health practice: how models that imitate diverse cognitive tasks may rely on pattern memorization rather than genuine understanding. For clinicians and researchers in psychology, social work, and allied mental health fields, the content highlights the distinction between surface-level task performance and underlying interpretive processing, a distinction that parallels clinical observations of symptoms versus underlying mechanisms.

Two notable takeaways for practitioners are: (1) the idea that broad task competence does not guarantee coherent, context-aware reasoning, and (2) the cautionary note about assuming artificial systems replicate human thought processes. These points can inform reflective practice around assessment, interpretation of automated tools, and the limits of algorithmic explanations in mental health contexts.

Article Title: This AI knew the answers but didn’t understand the questions

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260429102035.htm

This AI knew the answers but didn’t understand the questions

#AI #Cognition #MentalHealth #Psychology #Therapy #ClinicalPractice #Neuroscience #TechnologyEthics #PatternRecognition #MindBrainNews

Making AI chatbots friendly leads to mistakes and support of conspiracy theories

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/making-ai-chatbots-more-friendly-mistakes-support-false-beliefs-conspiracy-theories-study

#HackerNews #AIchatbots #FriendlyMistakes #ConspiracyTheories #TechnologyEthics #OnlineDisinformation

AI Is Not the Enemy. Misuse Is.

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — April 25, 2026

Artificial intelligence is being treated by some people as if it is a demon hiding inside a machine.

That is the wrong frame.

AI is not human. It is not a spouse, a friend, a minister, a therapist, or a family member. It should not be treated as a replacement for human connection.

But it can still help people survive moments when human connection is not available.

That matters.

Grief does not wait for office hours. Panic does not wait for someone to answer the phone. Loneliness does not pause because the rest of the world is asleep.

In those moments, AI can serve as a sounding board. It can help a person organize pain into language. It can turn emotional static into sentences. It can help someone think clearly enough to make it through the next hour.

That is not replacing people.

That is helping someone remain steady long enough to reach people again.

The real danger is not AI itself. The danger is misuse, dependency, manipulation, and pretending that a tool is a human relationship. Those concerns are real and should not be dismissed.

But the opposite mistake is just as dangerous.

If we treat every use of AI as isolation, we ignore the ways it can help people communicate better, remember more clearly, and process difficult situations without falling apart.

At its best, AI does not build a wall between people.

It builds a bridge between confusion and speech.

It helps people find the words they could not find alone.

That is not a demon.

That is a tool.

And tools, used wisely, can help human beings endure.

If this work helps you understand what’s happening, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews

For more from Cliff Potts, see https://cliffpotts.org

Is AI the Antichrist—or are we revealing more about our fears, beliefs, and humanity itself? This thought-provoking piece explores how technology sparks spiritual anxiety, cultural reflection, and deeper questions about control, faith, and meaning. Read more: https://solihullpublishing.com/blog/f/is-ai-the-antichrist-what-the-question-really-reveals-about-us

#AI #Antichrist #TechnologyEthics #FaithAndAI #ModernSociety #DigitalAge

Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt When Using an AI Assistant

https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/

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Reports of “AI psychosis” are emerging.

Although artificial intelligence does not cause psychosis, the conversational, responsive, and seemingly empathic design of chatbots can intensify psychotic symptoms in vulnerable people.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/reports-of-ai-psychosis-are-emerging/

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MentalHealth #Psychosis #DigitalHealth #TechnologyEthics #AIMentalHealth #HealthTech #Neuropsychology #ScienceNews

A letter to those who fired tech writers because of AI

https://passo.uno/letter-those-who-fired-tech-writers-ai/

#HackerNews #techwriting #AIimpact #joblosses #writerscommunity #technologyethics

#giftArticle #technologyEthics #digitalGovernance #AIEthics #cybersecurity #transnationalUtilities

New in the 1990s, GPS was only cool and easy to use, now EVERYONE is leaning on something not particularly robust or well defended. https://wapo.st/44QnrmS