The "news coverage" thing is appalling, but the minutes proposal is frightening, as those are the legal record of the meeting.
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I continue to see a) local "news coverage" that is generated from recordings of public meetings, and b) suggestions that minutes could be generated in a similar fashion. And then I continue to see these:
Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם)Someone gave me a "summary" that some AI had produced of a panel I was on, including pull quotes. The quotes were all invented -- no one on the panel said that stuff -- even though the AI was given an audio recording of the whole thing. I told them to trash it and did the transcription myself.
"Branding tattoos are among the most visible signs of sex trafficking." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/w...
They Were Tattooed and Trafficked. Dermatologists Are Removing the Scars. (Gift Article)People who are sex trafficked are often branded with names and symbols. Free removal programs are helping them move on.www.nytimes.com
I was at a presentation this summer that used this as an example, and boy, howdy.
samuel mehrmy university's Concur subscription now includes an AI-assisted tool where you upload receipts and it populates the expense report on the one hand, this is less busywork than it was before; on the other, what could go wrong???
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"This will open up one of the largest free-flowing sections of the river," said Lisa Kumpf with the Charles River Watershed Association. "About three to five years, you'll have a pretty typical river channel. You may not even have known that the dam was ever here." on.nbcboston.com/67TJhdv
Demolition of aging Natick dam changing course of Charles RiverAfter years of debate, the South Natick Dam is coming down, reverting the Massachusetts river to its natural course for the first time in decades.on.nbcboston.com“The commuter rail's free summer Friday promotion is not getting an extension due to "high seasonal ridership during the fall," but the freebie will continue through August as planned.” We’re looking at you, Salem in October!
Nik DeCosta-KlipaThe MBTA is extending half-off monthly commuter rail passes through November — and piloting three other fare discounts this fall. Details in this morning's newsletter: www.wbur.org/news/2026/07... @wbur.org
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“The town says the roosters run afoul of local codes governing signage.” Well done, Maine Public Radio. www.mainepublic.org/arts-and-cul...
Ogunquit's spat over six-foot-tall roosters gets national attentionDave and Sara LeBlanc have been issued fines for installing six-foot tin roosters in front of their home, which the town says is a violation of local code governing signage. The LeBlancs say the roost...www.mainepublic.org
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"TikTok is just AI slop, teenagers dancing, and political misinformation" SKILL ISSUE. MY TikTok feed is 100% the guy structuring an elephant puppet around a toddler carrier and using it to invade Italy via Hannibal Barca's 218BC route through the Alps. vm.tiktok.com/ZN8JcuTJd/
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NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in ThereA trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.futurism.comAnd note that this Senate effort is bipartisan.
Tracy O’Connell Novick"The legislation would block the department from transferring special education and functions of the offices of Elementary and Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education and Indian Education to other federal agencies." www.politico.com/newsletters/...
