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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
wireAEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last roundTechCrunch
wireNew York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake WebsitesWired
wireThis doorbell camera lets a human security guard watch your front doorThe Verge
wireIs Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?The Verge
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
wireMeta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AIThe Verge
wireOpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeksTechCrunch
wireFormer TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photoTechCrunch
wireWhat’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gambleMIT Technology Review
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
wireThe Download: AI doomers, whistleblowing agents, and de-aged liversMIT Technology Review
wireAI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on ThemWired
wireAI models need more data about biology, and OpenAI is paying to create itMIT Technology Review
wireSexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in EuropeWired
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