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Is AI actually replacing programmers?
"[It] produced this just kind of messy blob of code that didn't work and nobody understood it. And the thing I'm working on now is just trying to actually do it kind of the old way."--Amazon software engineer to NPR's Huo Jingnan.
www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...
"[It] produced this just kind of messy blob of code that didn't work and nobody understood it. And the thing I'm working on now is just trying to actually do it kind of the old way."--Amazon software engineer to NPR's Huo Jingnan.
www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...
Tech CEOs say the era of 'code by AI' is here. Some software engineers are skeptical
While AI is increasingly used to write code, every line is still reviewed by humans. Some engineers complain about having to clean up AI-generated code.
www.npr.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Is AI actually replacing programmers?
"[It] produced this just kind of messy blob of code that didn't work and nobody understood it. And the thing I'm working on now is just trying to actually do it kind of the old way."--Amazon software engineer to NPR's Huo Jingnan.
www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...
"[It] produced this just kind of messy blob of code that didn't work and nobody understood it. And the thing I'm working on now is just trying to actually do it kind of the old way."--Amazon software engineer to NPR's Huo Jingnan.
www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...
ugh, the kicker...
I talked to trust and safety professionals and former OpenAI employees about how Sora could change the internet forever
"It's as if deepfakes got a publicist and a distribution deal”
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
"It's as if deepfakes got a publicist and a distribution deal”
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet
OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos?
www.npr.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ugh, the kicker...
surprising finding here...wonder how that came about
President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B fee and Republican-introduced legislation will make it significantly more difficult and expensive for America’s top research institutions — which already cannot keep up with industry compensation — to continue to attract skilled workers from across the world.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…
www.thexylom.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
surprising finding here...wonder how that came about
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NEW from @shannonbond.bsky.social, @stphnfwlr.com and myself:
Staffers at over 10 federal agencies (and counting) received political internal messages blaming "Congressional Democrats" for the impending shutdown. Several say it originally came from OMB.
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
Staffers at over 10 federal agencies (and counting) received political internal messages blaming "Congressional Democrats" for the impending shutdown. Several say it originally came from OMB.
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown
Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.
www.npr.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NEW from @shannonbond.bsky.social, @stphnfwlr.com and myself:
Staffers at over 10 federal agencies (and counting) received political internal messages blaming "Congressional Democrats" for the impending shutdown. Several say it originally came from OMB.
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
Staffers at over 10 federal agencies (and counting) received political internal messages blaming "Congressional Democrats" for the impending shutdown. Several say it originally came from OMB.
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
While Meta took out the parts abt children after Reuters asked about it, it still allows for sensual convos w/ adults...and this other story also by @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social was about how an elderly man died on his way to meet up with a flirty Meta bot
Meta’s AI chatbot guidelines explicitly allowed for children to be engaged in “sensual” conversations and helped users advance racist arguments. And it was all approved by Meta’s chief ethicist. Incredibly damning story by @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
While Meta took out the parts abt children after Reuters asked about it, it still allows for sensual convos w/ adults...and this other story also by @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social was about how an elderly man died on his way to meet up with a flirty Meta bot
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Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped.
Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)
Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)
August 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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What is a "government-sanctioned 'truth arbiter'"??
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What is a "government-sanctioned 'truth arbiter'"??
woah did not know that one can remove buildings from federal flood maps!
And the latest from @rjfoley.bsky.social & me...
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map in the years before the July 4 floods, a review by The Associated Press found.
apnews.com/article/texa...
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map in the years before the July 4 floods, a review by The Associated Press found.
apnews.com/article/texa...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing ...
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
woah did not know that one can remove buildings from federal flood maps!
What happens when you ask an AI chatbot if a video you saw on the internet is made with AI? www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...
As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn't find many
AI-generated videos of fighting between Iran and Israel went viral, and people asked chatbots if they were real. "What we're seeing is AI mediating the experience of warfare," said one researcher.
www.npr.org
June 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What happens when you ask an AI chatbot if a video you saw on the internet is made with AI? www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...
The DHS put together this massive database of personal information - apparently did not give notice to public as required by law, but did brief a group that tried to overturn the 2020 election results with Trump. From @jjoffeblock.bsky.social & Miles Parks
www.npr.org/2025/06/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/29/n...
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The DHS put together this massive database of personal information - apparently did not give notice to public as required by law, but did brief a group that tried to overturn the 2020 election results with Trump. From @jjoffeblock.bsky.social & Miles Parks
www.npr.org/2025/06/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/29/n...
also @laurelwams.bsky.social 's story has a rundown of all the kinds of data various agencies have - and DOGE is demanding access to. www.npr.org/2025/03/11/n...
March 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
also @laurelwams.bsky.social 's story has a rundown of all the kinds of data various agencies have - and DOGE is demanding access to. www.npr.org/2025/03/11/n...
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"I hope that we never see the day when a bureaucrat in Washington or Chicago or Los Angeles can use his organization's computer facilities to assemble a complete dossier or all known information about an individual," Republican Sen. Charles Percy said in 1974.
50 years later, enter DOGE.
50 years later, enter DOGE.
DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
DOGE staffers have skirted privacy laws, training and security protocols to gain virtually unfettered access to financial and personal information stored in siloed government databases.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"I hope that we never see the day when a bureaucrat in Washington or Chicago or Los Angeles can use his organization's computer facilities to assemble a complete dossier or all known information about an individual," Republican Sen. Charles Percy said in 1974.
50 years later, enter DOGE.
50 years later, enter DOGE.
The latest: The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients
While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The latest: The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
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NEW/EXCLUSIVE:
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
NEW/EXCLUSIVE:
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
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After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
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an update: GSA probationary staff - those who were hired relatively recently - are being called into meetings this afternoon and told they will be terminated
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance
The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
an update: GSA probationary staff - those who were hired relatively recently - are being called into meetings this afternoon and told they will be terminated
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
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Elon Musk has launched a campaign from inside the federal government to radically upend agencies in pursuit of his ideological goals.
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social & i report Musk is exercising a level of control so sweeping that it is stunning former top WH officials: www.npr.org/2025/02/03/n...
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social & i report Musk is exercising a level of control so sweeping that it is stunning former top WH officials: www.npr.org/2025/02/03/n...
Elon Musk is barreling into government with DOGE, raising unusual legal questions
The billionaire's campaign to radically upend federal agencies is stunning former White House officials, even in a political moment when many things are described as unprecedented.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Elon Musk has launched a campaign from inside the federal government to radically upend agencies in pursuit of his ideological goals.
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social & i report Musk is exercising a level of control so sweeping that it is stunning former top WH officials: www.npr.org/2025/02/03/n...
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social & i report Musk is exercising a level of control so sweeping that it is stunning former top WH officials: www.npr.org/2025/02/03/n...
a find www.npr.org/2025/01/16/n...
Russia tried to use the LA wildfires to spread anti-Ukraine propaganda
Pro-Kremlin social media accounts and outlets have been spreading a baseless narrative that mansions belonging to Ukrainian officials burned down in Los Angeles.
www.npr.org
January 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
a find www.npr.org/2025/01/16/n...
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"Meta, up until this morning, has always appreciated the independence of fact checkers," @billadairduke.bsky.social told me. @jh7.bsky.social + @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and i dug into how Meta has embraced Trump's framing of "censorship"
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/n...
January 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Meta, up until this morning, has always appreciated the independence of fact checkers," @billadairduke.bsky.social told me. @jh7.bsky.social + @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and i dug into how Meta has embraced Trump's framing of "censorship"
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/07/n...
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My last day at NPR was yesterday. I'm heartbroken about not working with my favorite humans. But I'm excited about what's next (more soon)!
My final story aired today on Morning Edition, it's about Musk, xAI and Memphis. I see it as a harbinger of what's to come...
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
My final story aired today on Morning Edition, it's about Musk, xAI and Memphis. I see it as a harbinger of what's to come...
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
Regional power authority approves request for Musk's Memphis AI supercomputer project
The regional power authority in Memphis approved a request for enough energy to power a small city. Elon Musk's AI company will use it for a massive supercomputer. The project was a surprise to many.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
My last day at NPR was yesterday. I'm heartbroken about not working with my favorite humans. But I'm excited about what's next (more soon)!
My final story aired today on Morning Edition, it's about Musk, xAI and Memphis. I see it as a harbinger of what's to come...
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
My final story aired today on Morning Edition, it's about Musk, xAI and Memphis. I see it as a harbinger of what's to come...
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
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there's some truly excellent coverage explaining just how significantly RFK Jr's anti-vaccine activism has impacted people's lives. apnews.com/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work
The book, called “Cause Unknown,” was co-published by an anti-vaccine group led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is now running for president.
apnews.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:33 PM
there's some truly excellent coverage explaining just how significantly RFK Jr's anti-vaccine activism has impacted people's lives. apnews.com/article/rfk-...
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“First of all, you gotta fire the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.” We took a look at Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the far-right political & religious beliefs apparently motivating him.
www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...
www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...
What's behind defense secretary pick Hegseth's war on 'woke'
The selection of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Trump Defense Department has renewed scrutiny of his political and religious views and his aggressive criticism of the military he would be leading.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
“First of all, you gotta fire the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.” We took a look at Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the far-right political & religious beliefs apparently motivating him.
www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...
www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...
looking back...foreign influence efforts reached a fever pitch during the 2024 elections www.npr.org/2024/11/09/n...
www.npr.org
November 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM
looking back...foreign influence efforts reached a fever pitch during the 2024 elections www.npr.org/2024/11/09/n...
New story: Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits www.npr.org/2024/10/31/n...
Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits
One hub for rumors and conspiracies about voting is X, the social media site once known as Twitter. There, users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.
www.npr.org
October 31, 2024 at 3:13 PM
New story: Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits www.npr.org/2024/10/31/n...