Supportive? Addictive? Abusive? How AI Companions Affect Our Mental Health (Maria)
The author writes,
“‘My heart is broken,’ said Mike, when he lost his friend Anne. ‘I feel
like I’m losing the love of my life.’ Mike’s feelings were real, but
his companion was not. Anne was a chatbot — an artificial intelligence
(AI) algorithm presented as a digital persona. Mike had created Anne
using an app called Soulmate. … Psychologists and communication
researchers have started to build a picture of how these increasingly
sophisticated AI interactions make people feel and behave. Early results
stress the positives, but many researchers are concerned about the
possible risks and lack of regulation.”
Trump DOJ Erases Trans People From Crime Data Surveys (Dana)
From The Appeal:
“Trans people are more than four times as likely to experience violent
crime. Behind bars, incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual
violence at more than 12 times the rate of other imprisoned people,
according to US Department of Justice survey data. Despite these
statistics, the federal government will no longer collect data about the
gender identity of people who experience violent crime or sexual
misconduct. In a series of unpublicized revisions last month, the
federal Bureau of Justice Statistics has removed all references to
gender or gender identity from at least four federal surveys, The Appeal
has confirmed. Experts say these changes will make it nearly impossible
to monitor crimes and other forms of violence experienced by trans
people.”
She Called a 5-Year-Old the N-Word (DonkeyHotey)
The author writes,
“Over the past week, portions of the American right have embraced a
Minnesota woman whose claim to fame is that she allegedly called a
5-year-old boy the n-word, going so far as to help her raise hundreds of
thousands of dollars. But the development has also confounded others in
the MAGA movement, including some well-known personalities who warn
that it’s not the best of looks to celebrate an overtly racist, highly
viral rant.”
Andy Beshear Is Making Serious Moves Toward a 2028 Presidential Run (Al)
From Politico:
“Andy Beshear isn’t just saying he ‘would consider’ running for
president. He’s actively laying the tracks for a potential 2028
campaign. … The selling point for Beshear, the popular, two-term
governor of Kentucky, is his proven ability to win in Trump country
while still running as an unapologetic Democrat. But he’s also done that
by flying under the national radar, leaving him in a relative obscurity
that he must now overcome. The challenge is translating what he calls
his ‘reasonable’ and ‘common sense’ Kentucky story into a national
Democratic primary campaign, and testing whether his low-key personality
can excite major Democratic donors and primary voters — and break
through a fragmented media environment.”
Apple’s Monopoly Is Finally Held Accountable (Sean)
From The American Prospect:
“There’s been an enormous amount of discussion about what holds back
markets in physical commodities like housing and energy, but also what
prevents innovation and invention. One argument is that there are too
many government-generated rules and regulations that slow everything
down. Another is that the absence of government structuring leads to private regulations,
imposed by dominant firms on their own terms to often exclude rivals
and extract money. When those private regulations are forced into
remission, markets can explode with new products and offers. That’s
happening right now in real time in the market for mobile phone apps,
and particularly the distribution of those apps to customers. It
represents the first real, thorough, and permanent consequences to a Big
Tech company for monopolizing markets.”
‘Technofossils’: How Humanity’s Eternal Testament Will Be Plastic Bags, Cheap Clothes and Chicken Bones (Laura)
The author writes,
“As an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes, and
chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring
which items from our technological civilization are most likely to
survive for many millions of years as fossils have reached an ironic but
instructive conclusion: fast food and fast fashion will be our
everlasting geological signature. ‘Plastic will definitely be a
signature “technofossil,” because it is incredibly durable, we are
making massive amounts of it, and it gets around the entire globe,’ says
the paleontologist Prof Sarah Gabbott, a University of Leicester expert
on the way that fossils form. ‘So wherever those future civilizations
dig, they are going to find plastic. There will be a plastic signal that
will wrap around the globe.’”
Paying for an Assigned Seat Is an Airline Money Grab. Should You Do It? (Reader Steve)
From The Seattle Times:
“A recent Senate report found the five biggest U.S. airlines collected
$12.4 billion from seat fees between 2018 and 2023. In some cases,
airlines are earning more money from seat selection fees than from
luggage fees. The urge to charge for seats is irresistible: . .
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