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An internet hoaxer claims responsibility for creating fake freelance journalist Margaux Blanchard, whose AI-generated articles were published by six outlets (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/ai-hoaxer-a-fake-x-accou…

AI hoaxer, a fake X account and the case of Margaux Blanchard
Who is Margaux Blanchard? Her true identity remains unclear despite the emergence of an AI hoaxer claiming responsibility.

Wenn man wesentliche Infrastruktur ins öffentliche Internet hängt:
https://www.golem.de/news/cyberangriff-in-norwegen-hacker-reissen-ventile-eines-staudamms-ganz-auf-2507-197684.html

A long outage of Columbia University servers last week was due to a hacker,
seemingly with a pro-Trump agenda of stealing data to show the guilty nature of
“woke” university policies.
In particular this hacker gave the data for 2.5 million applications to Columbia over many years to Bloomberg News.
Not sure what this would show of significance other than the already heavily litigated fact that Columbia and most other universities have been practicing affirmative act…

Columbia Cyberattack Appears Politically Motivated, University Says
The attacker, described as a “hacktivist,” shut down computer systems and stole student data last week.

Kühle Häuser, kühle Kleidung: Forscher entwickeln Meta-Emitter mit KI
Mit Meta-Emittern beschichtete Häuser können die Wärmeeinstrahlung der Sonne reflektieren und sie so passiv kühl halten. Eine KI ermittelt effektive Varianten.

💪 Higher levels of trust in people and institutions linked to greater well-being
#psychology

Higher levels of trust in people and institutions linked to greater well-being
People with higher levels of trust—in both others and institutions—report higher levels of subjective well-being, an important indicator of quality of life and predictor of health and longevity, than those with lower levels of trust, according to research published in Psychological Bulletin.

Higher Levels of PFAS Found in Waterways Downstream From Wastewater Treatment Plants: Report #environment

Higher Levels of PFAS Found in Waterways Downstream From Wastewater Treatment Plants: Report
A new report finds that 95% of sampling sites downstream from wastewater treatment plants had higher concentrations of multiple PFAS.

Hacker with ‘political agenda’ stole data from Columbia, university says https://therecord.media/hacker-political-agenda-columbia-cyberattack

Schade. Das wäre guter Stoff für eine Black-Mirror-Folge gewesen. Jetzt ist es keine Dystopie mehr.
https://www.golem.de/news/kundenfang-am-unfallort-hacker-verkauft-daten-aus-notrufsystem-an-bestatter-2507-197…

The July average of atmospheric CO₂ at Mauna Loa was ~2.3-2.4 ppm higher than last year: based on daily values, it was around 427.9 ppm.
#co2

Trends in CO2 - NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
GML conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing:
"if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?"
Did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
https://bsky.app/prof…