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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 14h

2/2 Chose certaine, on ne peut pas leur reprocher de ne pas essayer très fort de trouver un modèle d’affaires. www.theverge.com/news/799312/...

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

www.theverge.com

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 14h

1/2 Oui, on est tous au courant de la « bulle » de l’IA, mais cette infographie (source: Bloomberg) vaut 1000 mots. Qu’est-ce qui pourrait mal tourner?

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 14h

Quand je disais qu’ils allaient rapidement se faire taper sur les doigts pour des erreurs commises par l’IA, celle-là n’était pas sur ma carte de bingo.

Nicholas De Rosa @nicholasderosa.bsky.social · 20h

Le Journal Métro a un sceau de qualité officiel pour son agent d'IA.

Pardon, un saut de qualité.

Reposted by Pascal Lapointe

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 22h

This is not how science is supposed to work: @lizzylawrence.bsky.social interviews #FDA staffers on how the agency is being asked to investigate issues of interest to Health Secretary Kennedy. “It’s like the tail wagging the dog.... Go find data to support this." www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f...

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 1d

Faits alternatifs, bientôt Histoire alternative. « Nearly all of it happened on President Donald Trump’s watch. But Trump and his allies are increasingly pitching an alternate version of history, one in which this was all overseen by Joe Biden » www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics

If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.

www.cnn.com

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 2d

« A measles outbreak in South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.
In Minnesota, 118 students are also under quarantine.
The restrictions mean 3 weeks of remote learning as parents monitor. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 3d

« To the left, it was seen as counter-culture and opposed the evil market forces. But now the loudest voices are on the right.
Chemophobia appears as a distrust and demonization of things like studied vaccines and medications and the pushing of “natural” interventions »

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 4d

More People Suffer From 'Chemophobia' — And MAHA Is Partly To Blame www.huffpost.com/entry/chemop...

@drandrealove.bsky.social: "everything is chemicals. Your body is a sack of chemicals."

Me: "it all just becomes slogans & wellness nonsense."

MAHA noise distracts us from helpful health actions.

A New Type Of Phobia Is Spreading Through American Households — And MAGA Is Partly To Blame

The fear tactic strikes a nerve with both conservatives and liberals alike. Here’s what you need to know.

www.huffpost.com

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 4d

2/2 Parmi ceux qui voient une réponse à une requête de recherche fournie par l'IA, le tiers disent qu'ils cliquent toujours ou souvent sur le lien. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a...

Generative AI and news report 2025: How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society

Our survey explores how people use generative AI in their everyday lives, what they think its impact will be on different areas of society, and what they think about its use in news and journalism spe...

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 4d

1/2 L’usage hebdo pour «obtenir de l’information» avec l'IA atteint 24%, davantage que la création de contenus (21%). Chez les 18-24 ans, l’IA sert plutôt d’assistant de navigation dans l’actualité (48% pour rendre un article plus compréhensible)
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a...

Generative AI and news report 2025: How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society

Our survey explores how people use generative AI in their everyday lives, what they think its impact will be on different areas of society, and what they think about its use in news and journalism spe...

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Science-Presse @sciencepresse.qc.ca · 4d

Avec les coupures à des fins idéologiques, peut-on se fier aux données des sites gouvernementaux américains alors que des milliers de pages web ont disparu, que des collectes de données ont été interrompues et que des données ont été carrément modifiées.

https://loom.ly/0CEV9MA

Washington: les données sacrifiées à des fins idéologiques

Avec la vague de coupures à des fins idéologiques, peut-on se fier aux données affichées par les sites gouvernementaux américains? La question se pose alors que, dans certains cas, des milliers de pages web sont carrément disparues; ailleurs, des programmes de collecte de données ont été interrompus; et ailleurs encore, des données ont été carrément modifiées.

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 4d

Ouch. "We’ve been hearing for the last decade or so that newspapers are dying, they’re dinosaurs, because of the internet. There’s this bigger problem: There’s an industry that’s out to destroy newspapers, and doing it deliberately." www.democracynow.org/2025/10/8/st...

“Stripped for Parts”: Film Explores How Hedge Fund Plundered U.S. Newspapers

The new documentary Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink looks at how hedge funds have gutted newsrooms across the country. The hedge fund strategy of “distressed asset investing” invo...

www.democracynow.org

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 5d

« Russian campaign had infected the AI models: on average the models repeat false Kremlin claims one third of the time when people ask the chatbots about them. Using AI,this network spread the Kremlin’s 207 favorite false claims by spreading 3.6 million articles in 2024,using 150fake news websites

NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 5d

“By infecting AI models, Russia is rewriting history for everyone around the world in real time,” writes NewsGuard co-CEO Gordon Crovitz in his Reality Check Commentary.

Read it here:
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/ai-models-...

AI Models Need to be Disinfected — Or George Orwell’s “1984” Will Come True

Commentary by NewsGuard Co-CEO Gordon Crovitz

www.newsguardrealitycheck.com

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 5d

« That’s the maddening thing about the chemtrail conspiracy – it is utterly counterproductive. I do believe chemtrail conspiracists care about the environment and human well-being. All their efforts achieve, however, is to suck energy from legitimate protest and misdirect it at a pie in the sky »

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 6d

The conspiracy theory that bad actors use "chemtrails" from aircraft to poison us sucks energy from legitimate protest against aviation's effects on the climate, says Graham Lawton

How pie-in-the-sky conspiracies distract from climate dangers

The conspiracy theory that bad actors use "chemtrails" from aircraft to poison us sucks energy from legitimate protest against aviation's effects on the climate, says Graham Lawton

www.newscientist.com

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 6d

Un influenceur très aimé des républicains et très populaire et qui gagne beaucoup d'argent avec ses messages n'a jamais mis le pied aux USA. Peut-être un des ados macédoniens d'il y a 8 ans qui a eu le temps de vieillir.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 6d

Le regard du dessinateur de The Oatmeal sur l'IA. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 6d

2/2 « This MAHA movement is not going to fix the healthcare system, because its leaders profit by making people distrust health care. » www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTpf...

You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

YouTube video by New York Times Opinion

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 6d

1/2 Quinze minutes bien employées: vidéo du NY Times analysant les méthodes par lesquelles les influenceurs américains en santé alternative peuvent progressivement attirer leurs abonnés dans les théories du complot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTpf...

You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

YouTube video by New York Times Opinion

www.youtube.com

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 7d

On comprend qu’un gouv. se ligue avec les pétrolières. Mais quelle est la logique de défendre le charbon? «Trump is betting that forcing coal plants to stay open, offering $625 million to upgrade plants, giving away coal on federal land, cutting pollution limits, will spark a turnaround»

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 7d

While Trump “could prolong the operating lives of some coal plants for a short period,” write Seth Feaster and Dennis Wamsted, “these measures will not reverse the decline of an industry hurtling into economic and technological obsolescence.”

Opinion | Trump’s Coal Plan Is Doomed

Domestic coal can’t compete with batteries, solar and gas much longer.

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 8d

"The economy is being bolstered by investment boom in A.I. Estimate suggests that A.I. capital expenditures may reach 2% of the gross domestic product in 2025, up from less than 0.1 % in 2022. That means the equivalent of about $1800 per person in America will be invested this year on A.I."

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 9d

“The coat of A.I. gloss is giving the administration runway to double down on bad ideas,” writes Natasha Sarin. “The situation is worse than having all of your economic eggs in one basket. It’s closer to putting all of your eggs in one basket and stomping on all the other baskets.”

Opinion | The A.I. Boom Is Masking Trump’s Policy Blunders

This is worse than putting all your eggs in one basket.

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 8d

"While we can hope this will be the first and last death from measles during this outbreak—newborn or otherwise—the disease has likely spread too far, through a population too poorly protected, for us to believe we’d be getting away with that."

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 9d

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca

Politics, lies, fearmongering, community pressure...

"The thing about viruses is they punish complacency; the costs always surface."

#VaccinesWork! #ScienceMatters!

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus

A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn

thewalrus.ca

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Science-Presse @sciencepresse.qc.ca · 11d

De tous les hommages rendus cette semaine à Jane Goodall, l’un d’eux renvoie à l’impact le plus lourd de conséquences qu’a eu l’anthropologue la plus célèbre du monde : ce renversement de perspective dans la façon dont nous regardons les animaux.

https://loom.ly/AutubNY

De René Descartes à Jane Goodall : celle qui a renversé la perspective

De tous les hommages rendus cette semaine à Jane Goodall, l’un d’eux renvoie à l’impact le plus lourd de conséquences qu’a eu l’anthropologue la plus célèbre du monde: ce renversement de perspective dans la façon dont nous regardons les animaux.

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 11d

3/3 L'an dernier, j'avais bien aimé l'expression employée par l'auteure Renee DiResta, sur la capacité à se créer une "réalité sur mesure". C'est devenu encore plus vrai cette semaine. www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/actualite/20...

Les intimidateurs de la réalité

Quelle est la meilleure forme de reconnaissance qu’une chercheuse qui étudie la propagande puisse recevoir? Peut-être devenir elle-même la cible de la propagande qu’elle a mise en lumière. « Clairemen...

www.sciencepresse.qc.ca

Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 11d

2/3 "Since the early days of social media and YouTube, there has been more content created than people could ever watch, so we allowed algorithms to sort through it all and tell us what we watch, and we saw what happened to the media landscape, to our attention economy" www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/m...

Why you need to pay attention to Sora 2 and our future AI unreality | CNN Business

If you work in the media industry or simply care about the quality of the information ecosystem we all inhabit, you need to pay attention to Sora 2.

www.cnn.com

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Pascal Lapointe @paslap.bsky.social · 11d

1/3 Il y a de quoi s'inquiéter de voir apparaître 2 "réseaux sociaux" voués à la création de fausses vidéos. Mais plutôt que de marteler que leurs vidéos sont convaincantes, peut-être devrions-nous marteler encore plus fort "vérifiez la source". www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

Kiss reality goodbye: AI-generated social media has arrived

With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.

www.npr.org

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Science-Presse @sciencepresse.qc.ca · 12d

Parmi six des plus grandes plateformes, TikTok est la championne de la #désinformation. Selon une analyse des contenus réalisée dans quatre pays européens, 20% des messages sur des sujets d’intérêt public contiennent des informations fausses ou trompeuses.
https://loom.ly/d5ZQJro

TikTok, chef de file en désinformation

Parmi six des plus grandes plateformes, TikTok est la championne… de la désinformation. Selon une analyse des contenus réalisée dans quatre pays européens dont la France, 20% des messages portant sur des sujets d’intérêt public contiennent des informations fausses ou trompeuses.

www.sciencepresse.qc.ca

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