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An interview with Gaia Marcus, director of the UK-based think tank Ada Lovelace Institute, on AI regulation in the UK and Europe, AI safety, bias, and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Ada Lovelace Institute’s Gaia Marcus: regulation would increase people’s comfort with AI
The head of the UK-based think-tank talks about her hopes and fears for future oversight of AI

I wish it was coming. They will simply show it in a video.
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Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again (Elena Schneider/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/03/dems-are-quietly-forming-a-think-tank-to-help-them-win-again-00381601
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“TNC is where it all comes to life.”

In this video message, our CEO Lise Fuhr shares excitement ahead of her very first TNC, and why this global gathering matters so much to our Research & Education community.

Watch her personal welcome message below, as we all get ready for next week’s #TNC25 in Brighton 🇬🇧

And if you’re not coming in person, don’t forget to g…

Germany reportedly mulls $29 billion tank, vehicle order to deter Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/04/germany-reportedly-mulls-billion-tank.html

"So let’s get one thing out of the way: I think “AI literacy” is a dangerous device of neoliberal education and it deserves to be dismissed out of hand."
"Using AI is not about communicating. It’s about avoiding communicating. It’s about not reading, not writing, not drawing, not seeing. It’s about ceding our powers of expression and comprehension to digital apps that will cushion us from fully participating in our own lives."

Against AI literacy: have we actually found a way to reverse learning?
So let’s get one thing out of the way: I think “AI literacy” is a dangerous device of neoliberal education and it deserves to be dismissed out of hand.

Interdependence Themes for Independence Day https://muz4now.com/2023/interdependence-themes-for-independence-day/

Interdependence Themes for Independence Day
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

🦜 Gossip, redefined: Research shows the surprising power of positive talk in teams
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Gossip, redefined: Research shows the surprising power of positive talk in teams
Mean Girls and pop culture has taught us to fear gossip as toxic and cruel, the whispered fuel of cliques and drama. But what if we've been getting gossip all wrong? New research from UNM's organizational behavior team suggests that some gossip might actually help teams thrive.

Sources: Apple may announce new features for AirPods at WWDC, including iPhone camera control, new head gestures, and sleep detection for pausing playback (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/04/exclusive-airpods-ios-26-wwdc-features/…

Exclusive: AirPods to get camera control, sleep detection, new gestures - 9to5Mac
Today, we are sharing a five previously unreported AirPods features that may be announced as early as Monday, during the WWDC25 keynote.

Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on "a 50% chance" of AGI in the next five to 10 years, bad actors and technical risks, AI regulation, jobs, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmin

Google DeepMind’s CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish
Demis Hassabis says that systems as smart as humans are almost here, and we’ll need to radically change how we think and behave.