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On the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Nations of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)
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January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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UN & global standards on #AcademicFreedom
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1. AI does not have feelings just like a printer doesn't have feelings
2. Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models. They did not care about destroying other's work and stealing their work. But apparently they care about the "feelings" of AI
2. Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models. They did not care about destroying other's work and stealing their work. But apparently they care about the "feelings" of AI
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
1. AI does not have feelings just like a printer doesn't have feelings
2. Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models. They did not care about destroying other's work and stealing their work. But apparently they care about the "feelings" of AI
2. Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models. They did not care about destroying other's work and stealing their work. But apparently they care about the "feelings" of AI
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New paper- LLMs allow verbatim extraction of copyrighted works. "For Claude 3.7 Sonnet, we were able to extract four whole books near-verbatim, including two books under
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
arxiv.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 PM
New paper- LLMs allow verbatim extraction of copyrighted works. "For Claude 3.7 Sonnet, we were able to extract four whole books near-verbatim, including two books under
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
copyright in the U.S.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and 1984" arxiv.org/pdf/2601.02671
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Talking with a chatbot might feel intimate, but it can be anything but. Take a look at our guides to see if there are any small changes you could make to your settings to improve your control over your data.
privacyinternational.org/guides/llmgu...
privacyinternational.org/guides/llmgu...
Guides to LLMs: Your data your terms | Privacy International
LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and open source models can make use of your data in ways that aren't always clear. These guides help you adjust key settings to protect your privacy, manage access, and…
privacyinternational.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Talking with a chatbot might feel intimate, but it can be anything but. Take a look at our guides to see if there are any small changes you could make to your settings to improve your control over your data.
privacyinternational.org/guides/llmgu...
privacyinternational.org/guides/llmgu...
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In case you missed it, OpenAI announced that it will be testing out ads on ChatGPT for US users. The chatbot isn't turning the profit investors want, so it's turning to what Sam Altman once called the last resort: advertising.
openai.com/index/our-ap...
openai.com/index/our-ap...
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
In case you missed it, OpenAI announced that it will be testing out ads on ChatGPT for US users. The chatbot isn't turning the profit investors want, so it's turning to what Sam Altman once called the last resort: advertising.
openai.com/index/our-ap...
openai.com/index/our-ap...
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For everyone who:
- pays the crow tax
- misses the lovable knife-wielding Canuck the Crow
- watches the Crow Commute from Vancouver to Still Creek each day
There's free a film screening and "Crow Talk" on Jan 22 at CapU www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/g...
#birdsky #vancouver 🪶
- pays the crow tax
- misses the lovable knife-wielding Canuck the Crow
- watches the Crow Commute from Vancouver to Still Creek each day
There's free a film screening and "Crow Talk" on Jan 22 at CapU www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/g...
#birdsky #vancouver 🪶
SOCIETY OF CROWS TRAILER
YouTube video by Mike McKinlay
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January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
For everyone who:
- pays the crow tax
- misses the lovable knife-wielding Canuck the Crow
- watches the Crow Commute from Vancouver to Still Creek each day
There's free a film screening and "Crow Talk" on Jan 22 at CapU www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/g...
#birdsky #vancouver 🪶
- pays the crow tax
- misses the lovable knife-wielding Canuck the Crow
- watches the Crow Commute from Vancouver to Still Creek each day
There's free a film screening and "Crow Talk" on Jan 22 at CapU www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/g...
#birdsky #vancouver 🪶
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💡 How do Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) programs work in practice? // Comment fonctionnent les programmes Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) ?
Join the Open Education Community of Practice for an inside look at KPU’s ZTC program with Amanda Grey.
🔗Details and registration: www.carl-abrc.ca/event/open-e...
Join the Open Education Community of Practice for an inside look at KPU’s ZTC program with Amanda Grey.
🔗Details and registration: www.carl-abrc.ca/event/open-e...
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
💡 How do Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) programs work in practice? // Comment fonctionnent les programmes Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) ?
Join the Open Education Community of Practice for an inside look at KPU’s ZTC program with Amanda Grey.
🔗Details and registration: www.carl-abrc.ca/event/open-e...
Join the Open Education Community of Practice for an inside look at KPU’s ZTC program with Amanda Grey.
🔗Details and registration: www.carl-abrc.ca/event/open-e...
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Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms | TechPolicy.Press
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
www.techpolicy.press
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
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This is 100% infuriating.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is 100% infuriating.
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Why do real research with real people when you can just use our stereotype generator?
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why do real research with real people when you can just use our stereotype generator?
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There are still a lot of smart people who seem to be surprised and upset that they can't make AI stop making shit up. Like that's literally what it does. "I told it not to do that!" Cool. But you it can't understand right? You're not giving it "instructions". It's just words.
December 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
There are still a lot of smart people who seem to be surprised and upset that they can't make AI stop making shit up. Like that's literally what it does. "I told it not to do that!" Cool. But you it can't understand right? You're not giving it "instructions". It's just words.
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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People are taken back when many academics respond so viscerally to so many uses of GenAI, but this is why.
One of the only really good values you learn in academia--or at least in my corner of it--is citation. Choosing not to cite just makes you a low-down thief.
One of the only really good values you learn in academia--or at least in my corner of it--is citation. Choosing not to cite just makes you a low-down thief.
I read this piece 👆 after I had one of these incidents 👇 last week. Citation is *not* merely "academic." It's about honesty and honor and responsibility and generosity. And there are ways to do it that aren't clunky and intrusive!
I’ve occasionally been asked to offer feedback on “social entrepreneurship” projects; I almost always note the lack of acknwldgmt of relevant scholarship — and I’m told: “these aren’t scholars.” Sure, but the relevant rsch has lots of “real-world” implications + can prevent you from doing harm.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
People are taken back when many academics respond so viscerally to so many uses of GenAI, but this is why.
One of the only really good values you learn in academia--or at least in my corner of it--is citation. Choosing not to cite just makes you a low-down thief.
One of the only really good values you learn in academia--or at least in my corner of it--is citation. Choosing not to cite just makes you a low-down thief.
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A lot of what we experience every day, both online and IRL, was initially designed for disabilities. “When we design for disability, we all benefit.” (Elise Roy)
(And another reason to approach STEM in a humanities/social science/arts-informed manner — better overall UX)
(And another reason to approach STEM in a humanities/social science/arts-informed manner — better overall UX)
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A lot of what we experience every day, both online and IRL, was initially designed for disabilities. “When we design for disability, we all benefit.” (Elise Roy)
(And another reason to approach STEM in a humanities/social science/arts-informed manner — better overall UX)
(And another reason to approach STEM in a humanities/social science/arts-informed manner — better overall UX)
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two types of mass-market "artificial intelligence":
1. can't actually do the thing
2. can do the thing, but only because it's secretly remote workers in Malaysia
1. can't actually do the thing
2. can do the thing, but only because it's secretly remote workers in Malaysia
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
two types of mass-market "artificial intelligence":
1. can't actually do the thing
2. can do the thing, but only because it's secretly remote workers in Malaysia
1. can't actually do the thing
2. can do the thing, but only because it's secretly remote workers in Malaysia
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'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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AI offers huge potential for tackling global crises, but its rapid growth also carries major environmental costs.
Ahead of #UNEA7, where leaders will discuss emerging issues like AI, explore how we can balance its benefits with its planetary footprint: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Ahead of #UNEA7, where leaders will discuss emerging issues like AI, explore how we can balance its benefits with its planetary footprint: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
AI offers huge potential for tackling global crises, but its rapid growth also carries major environmental costs.
Ahead of #UNEA7, where leaders will discuss emerging issues like AI, explore how we can balance its benefits with its planetary footprint: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Ahead of #UNEA7, where leaders will discuss emerging issues like AI, explore how we can balance its benefits with its planetary footprint: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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As Canada marks National Child Day, privacy authorities across the country have issued a joint resolution to help ensure that privacy rights and the best interests of children are paramount in the development, procurement, and deployment of educational technologies. www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/in...
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As Canada marks National Child Day, privacy authorities across the country have issued a joint resolution to help ensure that privacy rights and the best interests of children are paramount in the development, procurement, and deployment of educational technologies. www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/in...
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National Child Day is tomorrow, making this a great time to think about children’s privacy rights. Here are some practical tips for talking to your kids about their online privacy. #nationalchildday
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
National Child Day is tomorrow, making this a great time to think about children’s privacy rights. Here are some practical tips for talking to your kids about their online privacy. #nationalchildday
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NEWS RELEASE: Canada’s privacy regulators call for strong protection of children’s privacy in the development and use of educational technologies.
Read the full news release: www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/ne...
Read the full news release: www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/ne...
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
NEWS RELEASE: Canada’s privacy regulators call for strong protection of children’s privacy in the development and use of educational technologies.
Read the full news release: www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/ne...
Read the full news release: www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/ne...
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CARL is excited to celebrate International Open Access Week!🔓
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, invites reflection on how communities can reclaim control over the knowledge they create and share.
#OAWeek #OpenAccessOpenMinds
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, invites reflection on how communities can reclaim control over the knowledge they create and share.
#OAWeek #OpenAccessOpenMinds
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CARL is excited to celebrate International Open Access Week!🔓
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, invites reflection on how communities can reclaim control over the knowledge they create and share.
#OAWeek #OpenAccessOpenMinds
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, invites reflection on how communities can reclaim control over the knowledge they create and share.
#OAWeek #OpenAccessOpenMinds
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“The Etobicoke data centre, dubbed YTO 40, was approved to use up to 39.75 litres of water per second for cooling purposes, according to planning documents submitted to the city. That would be the equivalent of around 1.2 billion litres a year, or 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.”
Thirsty AI datacentres are coming to Canada, with little scrutiny or oversight. CBC News investigation.
www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
Thirsty AI data centres are coming to Canada, with little scrutiny or oversight | CBC News
Canada is poised to join the data centre boom. But as such projects face greater scrutiny around the world, there is little debate here about what this will mean for the country’s water.
www.cbc.ca
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“The Etobicoke data centre, dubbed YTO 40, was approved to use up to 39.75 litres of water per second for cooling purposes, according to planning documents submitted to the city. That would be the equivalent of around 1.2 billion litres a year, or 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.”