Literally everywhere I look, some AI-humanities initiative is being funded by Schmidt Sciences (i.e., Eric Schmidt of Google). If this isn't corporate capture of the humanities, I don't know what is.

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The landscape of news publishers’ dealings with AI companies is complex and hard to follow. We’ve added a few new features to the @towcenter.bsky.social's Deals and Disputes tracker to make it easier to see these interactions in context. 🧵 tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...

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I have my usual cranky opinions about that TV list — and ALL LISTS — but several shows shouldn't be on it at all (Queens Gambit, Baby Reindeer) & it feels like it's going to be missing a bunch of key series, especially The Good Fight, Evil and High Maintenance... plus Bojack should be higher up

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Excited to announce that I've signed a contract with @mitpress.bsky.social for a new book! It's about ImageNet, a dataset of 14 million photos. Without it, we likely wouldn't have "AI" as we currently know it. I've been thinking about this book for over 5 years, and am excited to finally write it.

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I’ve been seeing this in my classes (where I don’t allow AI, we talk about why & also why I won’t surveil students): They feel like AI is being pushed on them by aggressive uni leadership & hyped-up profs. They want something different. We owe it to fight for them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...

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