Five Links #71
1. The Majority AI View
People worry that not being seen as mindless, uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move in the current environment of enforced conformity within tech, especially as tech leaders are collaborating with the current regime to punish free speech, fire anyone who dissents, and embolden the wealthy tycoons at the top to make ever-more-extreme statements, often at the direct expense of some of their own workers.
2. Lorem Picsum is my favorite free placeholder image service
What a great name!
The simplest way to use it is to request random images with a particular dimension (you can refresh this page to see different images being chosen at random for these examples). Want a random 1200×800 image?
https://picsum.photos/1200/800
3. Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
Key findings:
- 45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue.
- 31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems – missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions.
- 20% contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information.
- Gemini performed worst with significant issues in 76% of responses, more than double the other assistants, largely due to its poor sourcing performance.
4. FK Roman
A lovely serif I discovered this week from Florian Kasten Typefaces, the publisher of Space Grotesk.
5. These nonprofits lobbied to regulate OpenAI — then the subpoenas came
The subpoenas weren’t just an inconvenience. The OpenAI Files’ source material included confidential conversations with former OpenAI employees and other sources close to the company, and communications around the open letter included private information about its signatories.
What am I up to?
- Reminder that I’m planning to ask some designers about their design process for a new project. If this interests you: who would you want to hear from and what would you like to know?
- I have space for three design consultations each week – a great way to get design feedback without the commitment of a large project
- Unoffice Hours continue on a fortnightly schedule. The next available slot is 3 December (and currently the last slot of the year).
- I have limited availability for new projects from January.
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Dave
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