Weekly Review 9 May 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):A brief history of the British AI Winter: https://spectrum.ieee.org/freddy-robot-british-ai-winterA brief description of some popular open source AI tools: https://www.kdnuggets.com/5-open-source-ai-tools-that-are-worth-your-timeAI now will lie if it allows them to accomplish their goals: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/ai_models_lie_research/On the need for governance of internal AI: https://dataconomy.com/2025/04/29/why-we-must-govern-ai-used-inside-tech-companies/The use of AI has made some tasks more efficient, but creates extra work that eats up the time saved: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/time-saved-by-ai-offset-by-new-work-created-study-suggests/So far, AI has not had a significant effect on jobs or wages: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/generative_ai_no_effect_jobs_wages/The energy demands of AI is contributing to pollution that is impacting human health: https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-centers-pollution30% of Microsoft's new code is written by AI: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_meta_autocoding/ Well, MS software was never that secure to begin with...The advantages of AI PCs: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3975373/what-is-an-ai-pc-the-power-of-artificial-intelligence-locally.htmlAvoiding ethical problems in your AI projects: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-ethics-adviceCan AI generated art ever really be art? https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-art-whitney-museumThe impact of AI on data centres: https://www.informationweek.com/it-infrastructure/how-ai-is-transforming-data-centersAI is using more and more energy. Can improvements in efficiency offset this growth? https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-energyThe security risks of AI: https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/04/25/three-ways-ai-can-weaken-your-cybersecurity/Don't use AI write your job application: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360664623/thinking-using-ai-write-your-job-application-think-againReasoning AI don't reason all that well at the moment: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/new-study-shows-why-simulated-reasoning-ai-models-dont-yet-live-up-to-their-billing/Designing university curricula in the age of AI: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/04/30/three-laws-curriculum-design-ai-age-opinionGoogle's search AI will make things up rather than admit it doesn't know the answer: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/google-searchs-made-up-ai-explanations-for-sayings-no-one-ever-said-explained/AI generated code is not safe! https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/ai-generated-code-could-be-a-disaster-for-the-software-supply-chain-heres-why/You'd think a lawyer would know better than to use AI to write a legal brief: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/mypillow-ceos-lawyers-used-ai-in-brief-citing-fictional-cases-judge-says/AI driven writing suggestions run the risk of making us all sound the same: https://dataconomy.com/2025/05/01/is-ai-making-us-all-write-the-same/Software quality assurance with AI: https://www.datasciencecentral.com/how-generative-ai-is-reshaping-traditional-qa-strategies/How to help IT workers avoid burnout in the age of AI: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3854464/how-to-keep-tech-workers-engaged-in-the-age-of-ai.htmlWorkers are more keen on AI than consumers are, according to a survey: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-kpmg-ai-survey/

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