Susi O'Neill
@susioneill.bsky.social
Tech communicator, speaker, author, thereminist, early electronic music nerd.
Weekly tech & AI insights: https://rethinkhypecycle.substack.com/
Weekly tech & AI insights: https://rethinkhypecycle.substack.com/
Those training AI to spot abuse and inaccuracies tell their family to stay away from GenAI. Working in under resouced siuation, they realise accuracy and fairness isn't the outcome. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Those training AI to spot abuse and inaccuracies tell their family to stay away from GenAI. Working in under resouced siuation, they realise accuracy and fairness isn't the outcome. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Looks like Deloitte customers are actually reading and checking their pitch perfect reports. Second incident in Canada of madeup case studies in a $1.6M report. Blame AI or lack of railguards around AI? fortune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Deloitte allegedly cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government | Fortune
In a healthcare report aimed to address a nurse and doctor shortage, Deloitte cited several fake studies with real researchers’ names attached.
fortune.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Looks like Deloitte customers are actually reading and checking their pitch perfect reports. Second incident in Canada of madeup case studies in a $1.6M report. Blame AI or lack of railguards around AI? fortune.com/2025/11/25/d...
futurism.com/artificial-i... Anime fans take offense when loved classic comic runed by soulless AI dubbing
Amazon Quietly Pulls Disastrous AI Dubs For Popular Anime After Outcry
The AI generated English dubs were rolled out on several popular anime, including "Banana Fish" and "No Game, No Life."
futurism.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
futurism.com/artificial-i... Anime fans take offense when loved classic comic runed by soulless AI dubbing
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/... Spotted a risky AI practice that could harm EU citizens? New whistleblowing tool to make AI safe again 🙏
AI Act Whistleblower Tool
The AI Act Whistleblower Tool, empowers individuals to securely submit a report and contribute directly to make AI in Europe safe transparent, and trustworthy.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/... Spotted a risky AI practice that could harm EU citizens? New whistleblowing tool to make AI safe again 🙏
hbr.org/2025/11/lead... Execs are enthused about AI adoption but gap at 52 points with individual contributors is vast. Organisations that have employee centric culture and teams can cocreate AI solutions have superior AI maturity, BCG research shows
Leaders Assume Employees Are Excited About AI. They’re Wrong.
A new survey reveals a striking perception gap: Executives believe their workforce is informed and enthusiastic about AI, while most employees report confusion, anxiety, and limited involvement in key...
hbr.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
hbr.org/2025/11/lead... Execs are enthused about AI adoption but gap at 52 points with individual contributors is vast. Organisations that have employee centric culture and teams can cocreate AI solutions have superior AI maturity, BCG research shows
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Music artist face a Sophie's choice with AI: license your sound to AI cloning or forbid it and fight lawsuits you can't afford. Country star Blanco Brown recorded his own cover of AI hit using his vocal style.
Music artist face a Sophie's choice with AI: license your sound to AI cloning or forbid it and fight lawsuits you can't afford. Country star Blanco Brown recorded his own cover of AI hit using his vocal style.
WTF Is Going On With AI Music? (Spoiler: The Industry Just Did a Complete 180)
An AI-generated country song mimicking Blanco Brown's voice hit #1 on Billboard without his consent, exposing how music labels went from suing AI companies like Suno to partnering with them—even as th...
www.theneuron.ai
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Music artist face a Sophie's choice with AI: license your sound to AI cloning or forbid it and fight lawsuits you can't afford. Country star Blanco Brown recorded his own cover of AI hit using his vocal style.
Music artist face a Sophie's choice with AI: license your sound to AI cloning or forbid it and fight lawsuits you can't afford. Country star Blanco Brown recorded his own cover of AI hit using his vocal style.
www.science.org/content/arti... A synthetic nose uses sensors to help those without smell to experience the joys of fresh mint, wasabi and crucially safety related odours like gas
Artificial ‘nose’ tells people when certain smells are present
Technology that uses a less known sensory system to substitute for olfaction could one day help anosmic people detect some odors
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November 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
www.science.org/content/arti... A synthetic nose uses sensors to help those without smell to experience the joys of fresh mint, wasabi and crucially safety related odours like gas
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What can the regulated design of the bento box and the shift from celluloid to digital film formats teach us about redesigning professional services for the new abilities of AI? Reshuffle author Sangeet Paul Choudary
What can the regulated design of the bento box and the shift from celluloid to digital film formats teach us about redesigning professional services for the new abilities of AI? Reshuffle author Sangeet Paul Choudary
The 'bento box' guide to the Reshuffle of professional services
What Japanese lunches and present-day Hollywood teach us about the future of the professions
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November 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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What can the regulated design of the bento box and the shift from celluloid to digital film formats teach us about redesigning professional services for the new abilities of AI? Reshuffle author Sangeet Paul Choudary
What can the regulated design of the bento box and the shift from celluloid to digital film formats teach us about redesigning professional services for the new abilities of AI? Reshuffle author Sangeet Paul Choudary
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/21/f... Figure, one of the most visible non China robotics firm is being sued by whistleblower who claims firm gutted its safety programme and powerful robots can crack its owner's skull 💀
Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'
A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/21/f... Figure, one of the most visible non China robotics firm is being sued by whistleblower who claims firm gutted its safety programme and powerful robots can crack its owner's skull 💀
www.digitalcommerce360.com/2025/11/28/g... Bad news f0r buyers and procurement (or good depending on your perspective), Gartner predicts 90% of B2B purchases will be handled by AI agents, responsible for $15 trillion sales. Gonna need a bigger trolley.
Gartner: AI agents will command $15 trillion in B2B purchases by 2028
By 2028, Gartner expects B2B organizations using AI agents for 80% of customer-facing processes to outperform competitors.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
www.digitalcommerce360.com/2025/11/28/g... Bad news f0r buyers and procurement (or good depending on your perspective), Gartner predicts 90% of B2B purchases will be handled by AI agents, responsible for $15 trillion sales. Gonna need a bigger trolley.
www.ft.com/content/ae15... With disinformation at every corner and an incredibly synthetic internet, could mastering social, like New York's TikTok fluent mayor, be the secret sauce to build trust?
Taming the four horsemen of the infocalypse
Imposter accounts, lax moderation, extremism and synthetic content could destroy trust in everything we read online
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
www.ft.com/content/ae15... With disinformation at every corner and an incredibly synthetic internet, could mastering social, like New York's TikTok fluent mayor, be the secret sauce to build trust?
www.bbc.com/news/article... Association of cryptologists cancels secure election when 1 of 3 members loses encryption key. Apparently encryption usually fails due to human error.
Cryptology firm cancels elections after losing encryption key
The International Association for Cryptologic Research - created to study secure communication - said it was an "honest human mistake."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article... Association of cryptologists cancels secure election when 1 of 3 members loses encryption key. Apparently encryption usually fails due to human error.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Genesis Mission seeks to stimulate investment for AI research from US Federal government. Gotta keep up with China to tackle thorny challenges like drug discovery, quantum and super computing
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Genesis Mission seeks to stimulate investment for AI research from US Federal government. Gotta keep up with China to tackle thorny challenges like drug discovery, quantum and super computing
tegabrain.com/Slop-Evader The internet ain't what is used to be. Get all nostalgic for the good ol days before ChatGPT with Slop Evader, searching the web before 2025 PJ (Prawn Jesus)
Slop Evader — Tega Brain
A browser extension for avoiding AI slop. Download it for Chrome or Firefox. This is a search tool that will only return content created before ChatGPT's...
tegabrain.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
tegabrain.com/Slop-Evader The internet ain't what is used to be. Get all nostalgic for the good ol days before ChatGPT with Slop Evader, searching the web before 2025 PJ (Prawn Jesus)
www.reuters.com/business/wor... Travel insurance providers cuts roles for AI, a staggering 2 in 3 employees ar Allianz answer customer calls by phone currently
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November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
www.reuters.com/business/wor... Travel insurance providers cuts roles for AI, a staggering 2 in 3 employees ar Allianz answer customer calls by phone currently
www.bbc.com/future/artic... content creators talk about "musical festival" instead of ICE protests, but are social channels suppressing content with keywords? They claim not but leaks show TikTok banned 'ugly' and disabled creators. BBC explore Algospeak and algorithm suppression
The words you can't say on the internet
There's a secret list of words you can't say on social media – at least, that's what everyone seems to think.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
www.bbc.com/future/artic... content creators talk about "musical festival" instead of ICE protests, but are social channels suppressing content with keywords? They claim not but leaks show TikTok banned 'ugly' and disabled creators. BBC explore Algospeak and algorithm suppression
futurism.com/artificial-i... AI slop is literally toxic for home cooks, with inedible recipes and bots scraping legit cooking sites and serving up in an unsavory AI gruel. The internet AI centipede is eating itself
Thanksgiving Dinner Headed for Tragedy as Disastrous AI Recipes Devour Internet
Food bloggers are warning home cooks to be wary of AI-generated recipes that could turn this year's Thanksgiving dinner into a tragedy.
futurism.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
futurism.com/artificial-i... AI slop is literally toxic for home cooks, with inedible recipes and bots scraping legit cooking sites and serving up in an unsavory AI gruel. The internet AI centipede is eating itself
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/24/t...
Turns out Twitter's most vocal Maga supporters are red, white and blue. In 🇷🇺 who'd have thunk it
Turns out Twitter's most vocal Maga supporters are red, white and blue. In 🇷🇺 who'd have thunk it
Twitter’s public locations feature was such a disaster for the Maga accounts pretending to be based in the US that it was switched off almost immediately – 22 favourite reactions
Elon Musk has changed many things since buying Twitter – such as taking away functionality and reach from people who won’t subscribe, making likes private, rendering the block feature practically usel...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Turns out Twitter's most vocal Maga supporters are red, white and blue. In 🇷🇺 who'd have thunk it
Turns out Twitter's most vocal Maga supporters are red, white and blue. In 🇷🇺 who'd have thunk it
ChatGPT introduces a 'chat' layer to allow collaborative projects. From family projects to business projects, this is an interesting step forward and starts to position ChatGPT as a social rather than solo network. openai.com/index/group-...
Introducing group chats in ChatGPT
Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation.
openai.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ChatGPT introduces a 'chat' layer to allow collaborative projects. From family projects to business projects, this is an interesting step forward and starts to position ChatGPT as a social rather than solo network. openai.com/index/group-...
www.theverge.com/tech/825382/... The music industry still works on increasingly outdated models of composition credits and mechanical royalties from sheet music days. So interesting that the major labels are inking deals with AI music tech to allow remixes and licensing of real artists into AI tools
The music industry is all in on AI
After a year of lawsuits, AI companies and music labels are playing nice.
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
www.theverge.com/tech/825382/... The music industry still works on increasingly outdated models of composition credits and mechanical royalties from sheet music days. So interesting that the major labels are inking deals with AI music tech to allow remixes and licensing of real artists into AI tools
x.com/TheHumanoidH... Another home helper robot that *may* in future be able to do the dishes, thanks to remote trainers creating vast data sets of mechanisms of minuate or tasks wearing sensor gloves
The Humanoid Hub on X: "Sunday Robotics unveiled its home robot, Memo, a wheeled robot with two arms and pincerlike hands. Training method: Sunday pays remote workers to perform household tasks wearing gloves that resemble Memo's hands. The Mountain View-based company is focused on a full-stack https://t.co/nEn9dDJ3Lf" / X
Sunday Robotics unveiled its home robot, Memo, a wheeled robot with two arms and pincerlike hands. Training method: Sunday pays remote workers to perform household tasks wearing gloves that resemble Memo's hands. The Mountain View-based company is focused on a full-stack https://t.co/nEn9dDJ3Lf
x.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
x.com/TheHumanoidH... Another home helper robot that *may* in future be able to do the dishes, thanks to remote trainers creating vast data sets of mechanisms of minuate or tasks wearing sensor gloves
www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/... Is it prediction season already? Apparently so. Gartner's predictions always ones to watch: supercomputers, AI security and domain specific LLMs top this AI and security heavy list.
Gartner Identifies the Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026
Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company, today announced its list of top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2026. Analysts presented their findings dur...
www.gartner.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/... Is it prediction season already? Apparently so. Gartner's predictions always ones to watch: supercomputers, AI security and domain specific LLMs top this AI and security heavy list.
futurism.com/artificial-i... AI data centres are being referred to by hypesters as infrastructure. Now reports say it's less Collosus and more like digital lettuce rapidly wilting. Horror flashbacks of Liz Truss.😳
Top Economist Warns That AI Data Center Investments Are "Digital Lettuce" That's Already Starting to Wilt
economist and author David McWilliams told Fortune that AI hardware investments are "digital lettuce" that are going to go "off."
futurism.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
futurism.com/artificial-i... AI data centres are being referred to by hypesters as infrastructure. Now reports say it's less Collosus and more like digital lettuce rapidly wilting. Horror flashbacks of Liz Truss.😳
jmail.world just kicking off day reading a cache of Epstein mails in a Gmail interface. Weirdly snoopy
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
jmail.world just kicking off day reading a cache of Epstein mails in a Gmail interface. Weirdly snoopy
shecancode.io/why-plain-la... At work we often use internal lingo and in jokes. But what if it alienates others and leads to misunderstandings? Plain English and more straightforward comms could make tech teams more inclusive says @lisariemers.bsky.social
Why plain language is the key to building inclusive tech teams
Lisa Riemers and Matisse Hamel-Nelis explore how using clear, accessible language helps reduce misunderstandings, supports neurodiverse and multilingual colleagues, and fosters belonging.
shecancode.io
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
shecancode.io/why-plain-la... At work we often use internal lingo and in jokes. But what if it alienates others and leads to misunderstandings? Plain English and more straightforward comms could make tech teams more inclusive says @lisariemers.bsky.social