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Anthropic overhauled Claude's "Constitution" to enable the AI to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/21/anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-n…

Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that its AI might have ‘some kind of consciousness or moral status’
The AI company is publishing a new "constitution" that teaches its chatbot how to think, not just what to do.

11 things GROK says Musk is better at than anyone.
https://gizmodo.com/11-things-grok-says-elon-musk-does-better-than-anyone-2000689254

11 Things Grok Says Elon Musk Does Better Than Anyone
Grok explained: "Jesus Christ's moral teachings provide profound spiritual guidance, yet Musk's achievements..."

An iconic Scottish bird? Golden Eagle.
Bird shown on AI generated draft for a Glasgow mural? American bald eagle.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25785987.calls-stricter-ai-misuse-rules-glasgow-mural-row/
Bird o…

Calls for stricter AI misuse rules after Glasgow mural row
THE Scottish Greens have called for stricter rules to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) after an AI-generated mural design was…

Scores of volunteers are training to protect their noncitizen neighbors from the potential deployment of military troops in New York City.
Organizers said they are building on what they’ve learned from the experience of resistance in Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago,
where masked and unidentified agents have often used excessive force and broken federal laws to carry out the Trump administration’s devastating campaign against immigrants.
“We need to exercise repeatedly w…

Scores of NYC volunteers prepare for potential military deployment to their communities
Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage | Cognoscenti https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/01/20/minneapolis-ice-insurrection-act-trump-amerian-soldiers-andrew-carleen?linkId=900232191 …

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage
"It seems it’s only a matter of time before U.S. soldiers are deployed against the American people," writes Navy veteran Andrew Carleen. "When that moment comes, I wonder what kind of moral courage will we see from uniformed leadership?"

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Jack Dorsey's Block as morale plunges amid rolling layoffs and a push to use AI tools to improve productivity (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-rolling-layoffs-jack-dorsey-block/

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.

We have learnt to look at the world through ratings, reviews, and whether a place is “Instagrammable.”
Nuance is pressed flat into a system of stars.
Even mountains and valleys are scored on Google Maps,
while countless unassuming places slip silently through the net.
I often wonder, ruefully, how much we are missing when only the ranked and the rated rise to the surface.
It begins to feel as though such systems are not merely cataloguing the world,
bu…

About Me - Learning To See Again
For over twenty years I've been seeking out alternative stories in our surviving material culture and sharing them with my photographs and words.

Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-assista

Google Assistant will stick around a bit longer than expected for some Android users
Google has announced that it needs a bit more time to make Gemini the new default digital helper for most of its users.

Top Catholic cardinals say U.S. foreign policy raises moral questions
Echoing concerns of Pope Leo XIV over a new era of unilateralism and warfare,
the three highest-ranking U.S. Catholic archbishops on Monday said
“the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world”
has been thrown into question by a resurgence in the use or threat of military force,
including in Venezuela and Greenland.

The archbishops,
Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago,

Top Catholic cardinals say U.S. foreign policy raises moral questions
Three senior archbishops said recent events raise “basic questions about the use of military force” and have put America’s moral role “under examination.”