This Conversation Is Being Recorded. They All Are.

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Tools like Cursor hint at where AI-driven user interfaces are going. Chat is only 10%. Most of the output (and UI) is a domain-specific representation of the state of the work.In the case of AI coding, 90% of what you're looking at and thinking about is the IDE, the diffs, the… pic.twitter.com/z0nTUx4WnM— Ryan Singer (@rjs) June 13, 2025

Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits – The Markup

Mental health providers are increasingly using AI technology to record conversations, raising privacy concerns among patients and practitioners.

Something Big Is Happening

A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

AI is teaching us to speak like bots, and it’s a problem - Fast Company

AI is creeping into our everyday conversations, making us less patient and teaching us to 'prompt' others instead of talking to them.

Privacy Considerations with AI Tools

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools come in all sorts of flavors. There are notetaking and transcription tools, chatbots, device-wide agentic AI features, grammar and writing tools, translation assistants, AI summaries, and research tools, among others. As a term, “AI” may refer to features in apps, apps themselves, third-party plug-ins, or a...

Half of Americans report using AI services, with information and productivity leading use cases

New Epoch AI/Ipsos poll reveals high AI engagement, diverse use cases, and emerging workplace integration

Human–AI Collaboration at Scale: Task Criticality, Agency, and Friction Across 250,000 Conversations

Stanford University researchers analyzed nearly 250,000 real-world human-AI conversations from Claude.ai to understand collaborative dynamics, finding that over half of interactions involve...

The case against conversational interfaces

Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go "This is it! The next computing paradigm is here! We'll only use natural language going forward!". But then nothing actually changes and we continue using computers the way w

"AI" and Productivity

[I keep bringing these up on Bluesky, so I think it’s time to gather them up and make a post out of them.] This is a collection of articles...

Do You Speak ChatGPTese? Beyond Writing, AI Is Also Flattening The Way We Talk

A study of hundreds of thousands of YouTube videos and podcasts reveals that AI isn’t just changing how we write, it’s subtly altering our spoken language too, raising new concerns about cultural homogenization and who controls the words we use. A study of hundreds of thousands of lectures and podcasts reveals that AI isn’t just changing how we write, it’s subtly altering our spoken language too, raising new concerns about cultural homogenization and who controls the words we use.

Building Private Processing for AI tools on WhatsApp

We are inspired by the possibilities of AI to help people be more creative, productive, and stay closely connected on WhatsApp, so we set out to build a new technology that allows our users around …

AI Agents Will Become the New UI, and Apps Take a Backseat

For decades, screens, keyboards, and structured applications have shaped our relationship with technology. People learned how to interact with computers

Americans' Views on AI Chatbots, Smart Devices and AI's Impact

More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing tilt negative – even for younger adults.

Vintage chatbot lives in the past like an elderly relative

: Talkie's training data stops at the end of 1930, and its creators hope it'll help us better understand how AI thinks

Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot | Stanford HAI

A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies.