Japan Opens School Staffed Entirely by Virtual Waifus

https://futurism.com/future-society/vtuber-waifu-school-japan

#ai #education #japan #chatbots

One woman’s wedding to a chatbot reflects a quiet shift in how intimacy, commitment and companionship are starting to be redefined in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/02/13/lifestyle/japan-ai-dating-marriage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #ai #chatgpt #romance #chatbots #tech #loverse #gokikusunoki #dating #relationships

🪩 #monday #reflection - 📲 #AI #chatbots are replacing #searchengines —and in the process, they’re gutting the economics of #journalism, #reviews, and the open #internet

In this video, Boyle explores how tools like #ChatGPT, #Claude, and Google’s AI Overviews are intercepting audiences, scraping content without compensation, and threatening the viability of independent news and trusted information -

#tech #contentcreator #contentquality

Video credit Patrick Boyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MruTOrLyM

🪩 #monday #reflection - 📲 #AI #chatbots are replacing #searchengines —and in the process, they’re gutting the economics of #journalism, #reviews, and the open #internet

In this video, Boyle explores how tools like #ChatGPT, #Claude, and Google’s AI Overviews are intercepting audiences, scraping content without compensation, and threatening the viability of independent news and trusted information -

#tech #contentcreator #contentquality

Video credit Patrick Boyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MruTOrLyM

Whatever the outcome of Sunday’s Lower House election, the race will be remembered for having witnessed the full-blown debut of "AI slop" in Japanese politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/japan/politics/ai-fake-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chatgpt #ai #fakenews #democracy #tech #chatbots #misinformation #2026lowerhouseelection

Practice 👏 in 👏 exam 👏 conditions

If you’re not allowed to rely on textbooks, slides, notes, peers, #AI, #chatbots, etc. on an exam, then you haven’t finished studying for that exam until you perform well *without* such assistance.

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-digital-education-outlook-2026_062a7394-en.html

#edu #cogSci #tech

Their concerns proved prescient, the employees said. In the next few months, team members were suddenly exposed to a stream of sexually charged audio, including lewd conversations that #Tesla occupants had with the car’s #chatbot & other users’ sexual interactions with #Grok #chatbots, said one of the people, a manager. The material surfaced as the team worked to train Grok to engage in such interactions.

#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #abuse

AI-driven deepfakes, especially sexualized images of minors, have exploded into a widespread and urgent problem that lawmakers are scrambling to confront as technology races ahead of regulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/27/world/the-pre-ai-world-is-gone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #x #grok #elonmusk #ai #deepfakes #childabuse #childporn #chatbots

Web scraping to train #LLMs has surged in the past few years, overwhelming #OpenAccess infrastructures like #DOAJ with bot traffic.

DOAJ Platform Manager Brendan O'Connell discusses how we’re responding to these challenges.
🤖 #AI #OpenInfrastructure #Chatbots

https://blog.doaj.org/2026/01/26/open-access-vs-open-excess-doaj-and-ai-scraper-bots/

Web scraping to train #LLMs has surged in the past few years, overwhelming #OpenAccess infrastructures like #DOAJ with bot traffic.

DOAJ Platform Manager Brendan O'Connell discusses how we’re responding to these challenges.
🤖 #AI #OpenInfrastructure #Chatbots

https://blog.doaj.org/2026/01/26/open-access-vs-open-excess-doaj-and-ai-scraper-bots/

I was looking up the term hereditaments and came across an AI generated site of legal definitions.

I checked the result on half a dozen other sites and it contradicts them all on an important point. All those sites agreed that a hereditament is - any inheritable property - which a human can see makes sense.

But the AI site states that it only refers to land or structures on land.

Now I read that #AI #ChatBots are citing each other as sources! 🤷‍♂️

Anyone hear a bubble pop yet?

#LLMs

5 things to avoid asking AI, according to security experts.

Security experts are raising red flags about the questions people are asking their AI chatbots and agents

https://qz.com/ai-chatbot-agent-security-risks?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #AI #Chatbots #security

"Regular use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) was associated with greater levels of depressive symptoms, a survey study showed." Not proof of cause and effect, but reason for concern. https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/depression/119511

#AI #chatbots

"Regular use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) was associated with greater levels of depressive symptoms, a survey study showed." Not proof of cause and effect, but reason for concern. https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/depression/119511

#AI #chatbots

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html

#HackerNews #GivingUniversityExams #Chatbots #Education #Technology #Innovation #HigherEd

Japan has joined the growing list of countries probing X over Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok and the chatbot’s role in creating and spreading sexualized images of people without their consent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/16/tech/grok-japan-scrutiny-sexual-images/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #grok #ai #elonmusk #socialmedia #x #deepfakes #childabuse #childporn #chatbots

Malaysia suspended access to Elon Musk's chatbot Grok over AI-generated pornographic content, the country's tech regulator said on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/11/malaysia-suspended-grok-chatbot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #malaysia #elonmusk #chatbots #grok #ai #llms #malaysia

#ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in #AI continues

There’s a well-worn pattern in the development of AI #chatbots. Researchers discover a #vulnerability and #exploit it to do something bad. The platform introduces a guardrail that stops the attack from working. Then, researchers devise a simple tweak that once again imperils #chatbot users.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/chatgpt-falls-to-new-data-pilfering-attack-as-a-vicious-cycle-in-ai-continues/

#ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in #AI continues

There’s a well-worn pattern in the development of AI #chatbots. Researchers discover a #vulnerability and #exploit it to do something bad. The platform introduces a guardrail that stops the attack from working. Then, researchers devise a simple tweak that once again imperils #chatbot users.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/chatgpt-falls-to-new-data-pilfering-attack-as-a-vicious-cycle-in-ai-continues/

Japanese startups have designed chatbot-powered prescription-only apps to help treat a range of medical conditions, such as hypertension, alcohol addiction and insomnia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/japan/science-health/medical-app-chatbot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #health #apps #chatbots