Mastodawn

“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI”
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/31/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-review-sequel-video-game-chris-pratt-charlie-day I have no intention of watching this film, but I love that “worse than AI” is now a bar by which we universally recognise mediocrity.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI

At this point, it’s trite to say that a bad film feels as if it’s been AI generated, but this simplistic sequel is next-level – it’s nothing more than an Easter holiday cash grab

The Guardian

Daniel Appelquist 3h ago

Ask a Manager 5h ago

my angry boss uses AI to write kinder emails … and it feels weird https://www.askamanager.org/2026/04/my-angry-boss-uses-ai-to-write-kinder-emails-and-it-feels-weird.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

my angry boss uses AI to write kinder emails ... and it feels weird

A reader writes: My manager, Athena, has pretty poor soft skills and often comes across as aggressive, interrogating, micromanaging, and dismissive. This happens both in person and over email and instant message. In writing, her spelling and grammar are also inconsistent and her phrasing is often curt or abrupt. Lately, my coworkers and I have […]

Ask a Manager

Daniel Appelquist 6h ago

World Wide Web Consortium 8h ago

The @ab has published "Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work" as a Group Note.

As Large Language Models (LLMs) become increasingly synonymous with “AI”, and are used by people within our community, the Advisory Board wants to highlight considerations around different ways in which LLMs can be useful or problematic when it comes to leveraging them in standards work at W3C.
#LLMs #WebStandards
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/group-note-use-of-large-language-models-in-standards-work/

Group Note: Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work

The Advisory Board has published Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work as a Group Note.

W3C

Daniel Appelquist 9h ago

Associated Press 10h ago

Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videos
https://apnews.com/article/ai-slop-youtube-kids-fairplay-68f866c48127222208e1d978b46cbc80?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-AssociatedPress

Advocacy groups push for an end to 'AI slop' for kids on YouTube

Advocacy groups and experts have slammed YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children. In a letter to the CEOs of YouTube and its parent company Google, children’s advocacy group Fairplay expressed concern about the spread of AI-generated videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids. The letter was signed by more than 200 organizations and experts including child psychiatrists and educators. The videos distort kids' sense of reality and dominate their attention spans, the advocacy groups say. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has said “managing AI slop” is one of the company’s priorities for 2026.

AP News

Daniel Appelquist 1d ago

W3C Developers 1d ago

📢 If you’re based in the EU 🇪🇺 , don’t miss the chance to get financial support for your @w3c #WebStandards work and present your contributions at #w3cTPAC, taking place in #Dublin 🇮🇪 this October!

⏰ Submit your proposal(s) by 24 April: https://standict.eu/open-call/open-call-2

📂 From the wide range of eligible topics: #a11y, #AI, #IoT, #payments, and many more.

Daniel Appelquist 5d ago

Jen Simmons Mar 24

Safari 26.4 is here!
https://webkit.org/blog/17862/webkit-features-for-safari-26-4/

Grid Lanes. WebTransport. Keyboard Lock API. And _tons_ of fixes & improvements. Please read the introduction to our article to learn what we’ve been up to…

WebKit Features for Safari 26.4

March has a way of bringing a lot of new things to WebKit — and this year is no exception.

WebKit

Daniel Appelquist 6d ago

World Wide Web Consortium 6d ago

Are you interested in CSS and i18n?

The W3C Internationalization (i18n) "Styling underlines" article is currently out for public review. It explores various ways in which CSS can be used to manage underlines for non-Latin scripts.

Daniel Appelquist 6d ago

Signed up for "Making Tax Digital." Wasn't tax already digital? Why did it need to be more digital than it was before?

Daniel Appelquist Mar 25

Chad Mar 25

RE: https://mastodon.world/@webstandards/116289510061373658

Do you want this talk at your event? Either in this format or just one half (issues with compliance/examples of good game accessibility). Email accessibility AT kitation co uk

Daniel Appelquist Mar 25