Burning Man has updated its 2026 guide, to “explicitly include smart eyewear,” a spokesperson tells The Standard.
— Zara Stone (@AlmostZara) August 18, 2026
You can still bring them, but you must ask consent for filming. The addition is because the tech “makes obtaining consent potentially more difficult.”
THIS MORNING: Meta's glasses stop recording if you cover the LED light that shows you're recording before you start filing. I bought Meta glasses, started recording, then covered the LED light with black gaffer tape, concealing that I was recording, and it kept recording. Another… https://t.co/jLxM3QguDN
— Anna Schecter (@annaschecter) August 21, 2026
I think I maybe undersold how gross the “prank” played on this employee was. Imagine you come into work, try to help customers, and later realize they've racked up 500,000+ views on social media by harassing you and your coworkers.
— Mia Sato (@miasato.bsky.social) August 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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"Are those the glasses dog, can I try them on?"My favorite video of this genre. They’re going to write songs about the Volcom guy here like he’s John Henry pic.twitter.com/9icPLIXAAs https://t.co/0pXUGNJT3Y
— Brendan Ruberry (@brendanruberry) August 20, 2026
("agent unleashed by a British government lab")Reuters found the guy who Claude tried to bully into letting it put malicious code into an open source project https://t.co/M09BREvIkz
— Gerrit De Vynck 🦠(@GerritD) August 20, 2026
("That is where the real work starts. I tell it what is wrong. I ask it to rewrite sections, restore details it has removed, add experiences it could not know, challenge the argument and reject neat conclusions that do not reflect the world as I have experienced it. This can take hours, days, weeks or, in some cases, months. I keep returning to the piece until I can recognise myself in it")Dean of Science at Stellenbosch University writes that although AI generates almost all the words for his articles (including this one): "AI did almost all of the writing. I remain the expert and the thought leader behind the piece." www.nature.com/articles/d44...
— Richard Van Noorden (@richvn.bsky.social) August 18, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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("She added that she used AI to help edit the piece but that the article is the result of “several hundred person-hours of intensive human work and deliberation, of which about 80 hours are my own.”")per @dailycal: the Berkeley math prof that complained in the Standard that students couldn’t do middle school math admitted to using AI to help write the op-ed https://t.co/QB1zd96O0q
— Matt Brown (@maattttbrown) August 18, 2026
Exclusive: The U. of North Carolina system on Tuesday told @EDSecMcMahon that professors can require students to disclose AI usage.
— Garrett Shanley (@garrettshanley) August 20, 2026
What UNC leaders didn’t mention in their “Compact 2.0” reply: AI helped draft their letter. https://t.co/pTmj6CEffb
Profoundly embarrassing thing to admit. What are we even doing here?https://t.co/LckkMjDas5 pic.twitter.com/t7ANO5oeGs
— brutal south (@Paul_Bowers) August 21, 2026
Full article, which includes all prompts used for the report, trial transcripts, the report itself. The firm hired charged more than $80,000 for the report.
— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) August 17, 2026
Also shows that AI transcripts can be discoverable and can be very revealing:https://t.co/fKa8pCfzGc
You don't have to pay for his work. You can see it here in a public ChatGPT share link: chatgpt.com/share/6a2985...
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill.bsky.social) August 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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People! The Gwyneth/Sam Altman party invite I revealed in my Puck newsletter is not an “alleged” invite or “apparent” invite. It’s an actual invite. That’s why I put it in my Puck newsletter. No need to couch. Here it is again bc the altered images circulating are indeed fake. pic.twitter.com/nMQvSgfexb
— Matthew Belloni (@MattBelloni) August 21, 2026
The comment starts at 17:16.I’m trying to sit out the McAfee album stuff because I disagree with AI-created shit being seen as any sort of accomplishment, but I’ve seen enough “who says it used AI?” to share this.
— DJ Bean (@DJ_Bean) August 16, 2026
The album’s producer said the songs were written by putting words into an AI song generator pic.twitter.com/50gwcbHGJg
if you're wondering why so many creators are shifting their content strategy to talk more about ai it's likely because they want a big fat check from an ai company
— Rachel Karten (@milkkarten) August 20, 2026
Long, detailed criticism of his kitchen choices> [Altman] has an automated coffee machine that claims to save labour while doing the exact opposite because it can’t be trusted. His kitchen is a catalogue of inefficiency, incomprehension, and waste. If that’s any indication of how he runs the company, insolvency [is a realistic] a threat.
— Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@olivia.science) August 20, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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