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SIGNALtracking a shift in how group chats moderate themselvesNOTE"AI grief" search volume up 40% this monthWATCHuniversities reintroducing oral exams as proof of thoughtDRIFTnew slang for "obviously AI-written" spreading in three languagesPATTERNproductivity influencers going quiet on their AI workflowsFIELDindependent researchers outpacing institutions on model behaviorMARKET"authenticity" priced as a premium feature, not a defaultSIGNALtracking a shift in how group chats moderate themselvesNOTE"AI grief" search volume up 40% this monthWATCHuniversities reintroducing oral exams as proof of thoughtDRIFTnew slang for "obviously AI-written" spreading in three languagesPATTERNproductivity influencers going quiet on their AI workflowsFIELDindependent researchers outpacing institutions on model behaviorMARKET"authenticity" priced as a premium feature, not a default
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dispatches from the ai transition. work, cognition, culture, self.
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Signals
wireIndia is starting to pay for apps, not just download themTechCrunch
wireGoogle Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one dayThe Verge
wireThe major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the chartsThe Verge
wireMontana’s new “right to try” law can’t come soon enough for someMIT Technology Review
trendingA generation is learning to date by first asking the model what to say backobserved across 4 subcultures
escalatingGroup chats are being quietly moderated by one member's AI, and nobody has said so out loudculture watch
"Authenticity" is now a premium feature, not a default statemarket note
wireThe Download: Montana’s new experimental drug rulesMIT Technology Review
wire7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to IranWired
wireHere’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google EarthThe Verge
wireOpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amokTechCrunch
The productivity influencers have quietly stopped posting their AI workflowspattern note
The uncanny valley moved from faces to opinionsfragment
developingThe first wave of "AI grief," people mourning a model version that got deprecatedemerging pattern
wireMontana’s plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forwardMIT Technology Review
wireChinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on XWired
wireThis $9 key physically locks your most addictive appsTechCrunch
wireThe OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Messy New Legal FrontierWired
Job listings now specify "must think without assistance," a phrase that didn't exist in 2023labor signal
A new slang term for "obviously AI-written" is spreading faster than the last one diedlanguage drift
A quiet shift: people asking models to disagree with them morebehavior note
“We are not becoming less human. We are becoming human in a room that keeps changing shape, and calling the disorientation a personality trait.”
Field note, march