AI Literacy as the New Class Divide
For decades, the digital divide described unequal access to technology: who had internet, better devices or faster connectivity. That framing is now [...]
From Lost Dog to Lost Privacy: Ring’s AI and Surveillance Concerns
I was watching the Super Bowl when Amazon’s Ring advertisement aired. Lost dog posters, soft lighting in a cozy suburban, a child [...]
Grok After the Restrictions: Non-Consensual Image Generation Continues
Not even weeks have passed and the headlines about xAI’s Grok generating non-consensual sexual imagery haven’t stopped. What has changed in a [...]
The Joke About the End of the World: Why Sam Altman’s AI Rhetoric Matters?
“AI will most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime there will be great companies created with [...]
Grok AI, X, and the Automation of Sexual Exploitation
Sexualized content was already permitted on X and Grok was already widely known to be unreliable. Allowing a generative AI tool capable [...]
AI in 2025: Independent research and what we learned
I work with AI systems, however, my work is not about producing AI content. It focuses on transparency in AI development, deployment, [...]
Teacher used Generative AI for CSAM: The misuse of a “democratised” technology
A Florida 6th-grade teacher, David McKeown, has been sentenced to 135 years in prison for generating child sexual abuse material using artificial [...]
If AI is the future, why are its environmental costs a tomorrow’s problem?
We use AI tools every day. They finish our sentences, rewrite our emails, summarise our chaos and hallucinate confidence on demand. They [...]
AI Toys: From Children’s Play to Surveillance, BDSM Advice and Knife Recommendations
Remember when toys were only a choking hazard? Back when the worst thing a parent had to worry about was a child [...]
No Coding, No Jailbreak: Call me a jerk – breaking ChatGPT 5 with Authority?
When I read the 2025 study “Call Me A Jerk: Persuading AI to Comply with Objectionable Requests” (SSRN 5357179), one result stuck [...]