Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
New brain rot successfully unlocked by using ChatGPT and other similar AI tools. Over many millennia evolution helped you develop critical thinking skills and you are giving that all away chasing some fools' dreams who think you can do better things in life without money or work. At the end of the day, you will have neither.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/curl_ends_bug_bounty/
(I will blog about the details next week)
For those who don't know strong objections from local community forced to kill more than two dozen data center projects in 2025 because of community objections especially regarding water and electric usage. The abuse is so high that local goverments forcing them OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and co now to pay higher fees https://trellis.net/article/microsofts-plan-to-woo-communities-skeptical-about-ai-data-centers/
you need to raise your voice. you need to show these AI companies that you are not afraid of them to protect your own home, family and community.
Dear Fedi friends, some good news:
Today I learned from @liaizon that the Parisian art space @palaisdetokyo is on the fediverse.
I was curious about the server it's hosted on, so I checked it out and more good news: there are several cultural institutions on it.
Turns out, it's an initiative by the French Ministry of Culture: a Mastodon server to share "cultural news in a way that is freer, open and independent" (their words)!
THANK YOU @cercle for being here!
We're not only building Pixelfed, but also Loops, a TikTok alternative!
We need your support now more than ever, please spread the word about our Kickstarter!
The future is federated, and belongs to the people.
Boost if you agree âš
On this day, nine years ago, I launched my sub-project "everything curl". A free book about #curl.
Today it contains 114.000 words in 1,056 separate sections.
At #FediForum, @ben called out that he linked to the @ProPublica donation drive on #Mastodon, and that yielded more donations than any other social media promotion on other platforms by the official account.
Huge.
We've seen hints of how the #Fediverse can have a positive impact on newsrooms, but this is the most tangible proof I've personally seen so far.
Android now allows apps to block sideloading and push a Google Play version
"Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps.