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Cohere Labs' analysis of modern LLM training pipelines reveals that cultural diversity is systematically lost during post-training, even when models support multiple languages. The authors argue that building truly global AI requires moving beyond multilinguality to explicit cultural representation in training data itself, as inference-time alignment techniques assume cultural knowledge is already present in the model.
This LinkedIn post highlights UC Berkeley Law School's AI policy that restricts student use of generative AI for core legal reasoning tasks like brainstorming, drafting, revision, and exams. The post curates and endorses this policy as a model for responsible AI governance in higher education, emphasizing that cognitive skill development remains essential for quality legal practice and education.
Faculty at three universities are using Hypothesis social annotation alongside generative AI tools to promote critical thinking and ethical technology use rather than banning or ignoring AI. By structuring assignments that require students to evaluate, critique, and analyze AI-generated content, these educators help students engage deeply with course material while developing essential skills for thoughtful AI use.
Vincent Rump introduces the Tri-System Theory (Shaw & Nave, 2026), which extends Kahneman's dual-process model by proposing a third cognitive system — artificial cognition (AI) — that actively participates in human reasoning and decision-making. The post argues that humans increasingly defer to AI outputs with minimal critical reflection, a phenomenon the authors call "cognitive surrender," which improves decision quality when AI is correct but degrades it when AI is wrong — while trust remains consistently high either way. This raises urgent questions about human autonomy, expertise, and responsibility as cognition becomes a hybrid, human-AI process.
Tactical Tech is a Berlin-based international non-profit that develops creative interventions, toolkits, and training programs to help individuals, communities, and educators critically understand the socio-political and environmental impacts of digital technologies. Its flagship announcement, "Supercharged Human?", targets teens and educators with ready-to-use AI literacy resources designed to foster critical engagement rather than passive adoption. The organisation frames its work around building civil society capacity to resist misinformation, digital extractivism, and uncritical AI use.
AI has collapsed centuries of human knowledge into a single point of failure. Discover Algorithmic Epistemic Injustice and why statistical probability isn't enough.
Anthropic's project to secure critical software for the AI era, and why AI slop might be the bigger threat.
AI tools can accelerate research, but using them to avoid the hard work of learning undermines the development of independent thinking.
How should I indicate when content was made with AI, and share the prompts?
Do we really want US moderators to rewrite Dall-e's prompts?
DALL-E 3 is still digitally challenged.
Did I get this right? I can only use the ChatGPT browse feature when I let OpenAI collect my data?
Wow, that went down fast!
You built a conversational interface and then expected people to use it just for search?
My favorite resources for building a curious and critical frame of mind.
Are you a writer scared that you might soon be without a job? Fear not! We need more books for AI to work properly!
Both can access the internet and retrieve recent information. Let's take them for a test drive.
Surprisingly few people mention the fact that ChatGPT is, in the end, one big word-string-generator on steroids.
Facebook's AI chatbot might just be saying what you want it to say…
How to build Coronabots responsibly, if you want to build one at all.