My main newsletter, Complex Machinery, includes a section called "In Other News..." It's where I list one-liners about interesting articles that didn't fit into any segments.

You can think of this list as a version of In Other News, but with a wider remit than Complex Machinery's "risk, AI, and related topics."

Above the fold

1. London Centric's reporters have chosen to investigate potentially-illegal ice cream trucks by launching a truck of their own. (London Centric)
2. The UK government is in search of a new Head of Strategy and Engagement for its AI matters. What? No, you don't need any prior AI experience. Why do you ask? (The Register)
3. One group has relaunched the Twitter social network, claiming The Site Now Known As X abandoned its former name. (Ars Techica)
4. A Microsoft employee allegedly torched $28,000 in genAI tokens in under a month. Since the company is asking people to rethink their genAI usage, I figure this person didn't achieve some productivity gain that was worth copying. (GadgetReview)
5. It's not just that genAI might be an asset bubble; those leading the charge are in a filter bubble so they don't understand everyone else's frustrations. (WSJ; article available via MSN)
6. That record $17B Meta settlement doesn't quite mean what you think it means. Some say it gives Meta a moat against smaller social media entrants and a regulatory leg up on peer competitors. (TechDirt)
7. Police departments were apparently unaware of officers' misuse of Flock cameras until some Washington Post journalists … presented them with public-records data. (Washington Post)
8. How some unexpected YouTube fame turned a lawn care influencer's life upside-down. (New York Times)
9. Last week I wrote about a experienced tech professionals leaving the field because of genAI-related frustrations. (Complex Machinery)

The rest of the best

• Yet another case of "bot deletes data that it wasn't supposed to delete." (Tom's Hardware)
• AI-generated music is no longer welcome on Australia's music charts. (Der Spiegel 🇩🇪 , Variety)
• Companies that fund massive genAI datacenters are eager to offload risk. (FT)
• Several years ago, a person's web searches could be admissible evidence in a court case. Today that same story plays out with defendants' genAI chatbot logs. (Washington Post)
• The fight against genAI datacenters is often a loosely-organized affair. One group, borrowing pages from climate activists, aims to change that. (The Atlantic)
• Meta had big plans to replace people with genAI bots. It has since changed those plans. (Ars Technica)
• Instead of telling this reporter what data they have on him, some companies simply delete it in response to his information request. (Wired)
• With various European elections on the horizon, there's been an increase in pro-Russian propaganda online. (Le Monde 🇫🇷)
• Surprise, surprise: students aren't so keen on genAI-based tutor apps. (Futurism)

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