AI in Science - scientists use it lot, which can then be reused by the AI models.
https://ai.google/static/documents/AI-in-Science.pdf
42pp
AI in Science: Early Insights
Mihai Codreanu Alex Imas Juan Mateos-Garcia Joseph Emmens
Evalyne Muiruri Arthur Turrell Julian Jacobs Atoosa Kasirzadeh
Ana Trišović Yiyuan Chen Tanya Rodchenko Catherine Pollard
Scott Strand Daniel Rock Zanna Iscenko Fabien Curto Millet
Neil Thompson James Manyika
A Note from Your Editor Regarding the Entirely Routine Authentication of Your Humanity
by Seema Yasmin
Dear Author,
Thank you for submitting your manuscript...we require confirmation that it was written by you, a person, rather than a technology trained on books written by you without your knowledge or consent.
...we will upload it to an AI detector...to improve the technology that will eventually produce more books resembling yours.
Martyn Turner cartoon today
#irishtimes #cartoon #uspol
https://youtu.be/O2IBFZ-b8l0?is=LDz4lZZQ1jTqpJ0-
NAC Orchestra, led by Alexander Shelley, joined by early-career artists from the NACO Mentorship Program, and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, will take you on a spiritual journey that confronts questions of life, death, and what awaits us in the great beyond. with Mahler’s joyous message of rebirth and renewal: “Rise again! Yes, thou shalt rise again!”
A mysterious buying spree is unsettling Europe’s booksellers
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that tech companies are using them to train AI.
Last May Tomás Kenny of famous Galway book retailer Kennys received what he describes as a “bananas” online order for 5,000 books. But it was less the scale of the order that caught his eye and more its eclectic selection.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/10/a-mysterious-buying-spree-is-unsettling-europes-booksellers/
#ai #slurp #bookstodon
@mcmullin
"The Church of the Blessed Sacrament in the University District of Seattle is excited to announce what we hope will be an annual competition in liturgical composition.
Nearly $8,000 in total prize money
Guaranteed publication of the first-place composition
Recording of the three prize winning compositions by a fully professional choir on an album to be released on the Navona label through Parma records.
https://www.blessed-sacrament.org/composition-competition
Michael Plagerman, DMA, ChM"
🔋 MIT just published the most comprehensive EV emissions study yet, analyzing every US zip code with real driving data.
Battery EVs cut lifetime emissions 40-60% vs gas cars in most locations. Even on the dirtiest grid in the country, they still come out ahead. The study used DOE's GREET lifecycle model, which already includes battery manufacturing. So the "but what about making the batteries?" question is answered: building an EV produces 50-80% more CO2 upfront, but it pays that back over the vehicle's life.
Your driving habits matter as much as where you live. High mileage, city driving, and larger vehicles all boost the EV advantage. Cold weather cuts efficiency on a frigid night but barely dents annual savings.
The "who benefits from the doubt?" question has a paper trail. The API has run anti-EV messaging since 1967. Koch-funded groups planned $10M/year campaigns. AFPM dropped $10M+ on "Don't Ban Our Cars" ads in 2024 swing states.
https://news.mit.edu/2026/us-drivers-electric-vehicles-offer-emissions-benefits-cost-savings-0512
