Thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel‑writing machines’

In ‘1984,’ George Orwell envisaged a world in which books were a mass-produced commodity no different from ‘jam and bootlaces ...
The New Yorker

How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain

A new book charts the creation of a secretive system that automates warfare for the military. The progression from target ...

Create simple UX for domain-specific languages with VS Code

Generic formats like JSON or XML are easier to version than forms. However, they were not originally intended to be ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Lost art of letter writing in a world hankering for real human creativity

They say poetry is food for the soul. There is a sublime quality to good poetry that makes one feel it flows from a central fountain of human emotion, capable of driving one to tears or bringing ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Letter carrier union kicks off bargaining season with rally: 'First-class service deserves first-class pay'

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InfoQ

Java Explores Carrier Classes to Extend Data-Oriented Programming beyond Records

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Salon

Trump administration plans to write regulations using AI

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of ...
New York Daily News

Cursive writing classes made mandatory for New Jersey students grades 3-5

New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing. That proposal was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy Monday on his last full day as the Garden ...
Deadline.com

Disney Fires Off Cease-And-Desist Letter To Google Claiming Its AI Services Infringe On Copyright On A “Massive Scale”

The letter was sent on Wednesday, just before the company made the announcement that it has reached an agreement with a Google rival, OpenAI, to provide its characters and IP for use in the latter ...
Psychology Today

The Write Situation: How Writing Letters Helped Me Heal

Source: Caroline Leavitt It started young for me. I didn’t really have anyone to talk with. My father was a sulky, silent brute and I couldn’t risk getting yelled at or hit by speaking up. My mother ...
WHYY

Delaware professor transforms writing class by teaching students to use AI as the technology reshapes the workforce

A University of Delaware English professor, Matt Kinservik, integrated AI into the classroom by having students generate an essay with a chatbot. In one session, students gathered to share the ...