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Richard Poynder

@RickyPo

Independent journalist & blogger commenting on university issues (especially academic freedom), and on AI. Posts/Reposts are not endorsements. @rickypo.bsky.soc

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Joined February 2009
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Man Who Identifies as a ‘Humanist’ Gets Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work gizmodo.com/man-who-identifi…
Man Who Identifies as a 'Humanist' Gets Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work

Man Who Identifies as a 'Humanist' Gets Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work

Believe.

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Google value plunges by $500bn as its own AI search hits ad sales bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm9q…
Google value plunges by $500bn as its own AI search hits ad sales

Google value plunges by $500bn as its own AI search hits ad sales

Google spooked investors so badly that its stock hit a six-month low, after it revealed its AI own search summaries were affecting ad revenue.

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Dept of Justice reportedly probes Nvidia over $13 billion Hugging Face AI platform acquisition — concerns raised over competition in AI and pressure on customers tomshardware.com/tech-indust…
Dept of Justice reportedly probes Nvidia over $13 billion Hugging Face AI platform acquisition —...

Dept of Justice reportedly probes Nvidia over $13 billion Hugging Face AI platform acquisition —...

The DOJ is concerned that Nvidia's Hugging Face buyout may give it control of a key distribution point.

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Governments across Europe and Central Asia unanimously adopt new vision for AI in health care who.int/europe/news/item/29-…
Governments across Europe and Central Asia unanimously adopt new vision for AI in health care

Governments across Europe and Central Asia unanimously adopt new vision for AI in health care

The 53 Member States of the WHO European Region have unanimously adopted the Region’s first “Roadmap for action on artificial intelligence in health”. It sets out a shared vision for integrating...

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Artificial Intelligence sector study 2025 gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Artificial Intelligence sector study 2025 (web version)

Artificial Intelligence sector study 2025 (web version)

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Cambridge given 14 days to answer CAF’s questions or face possible OfS complaint afcomm.org.uk/2026/10/29/cam…
Cambridge given 14 days to answer CAF’s questions or face possible OfS complaint - Committee For...

Cambridge given 14 days to answer CAF’s questions or face possible OfS complaint - Committee For...

CAF gives Cambridge 14 more days to answer questions over race-specific staff support, warning that academics may take their complaints directly to the OfS.

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PEN America Warns Revised Accreditation Rule Risks Political Interference in Higher Education pen.org/press-release/pen-am…
PEN America Warns Revised Accreditation Rule Risks Political Interference in Higher Education

PEN America Warns Revised Accreditation Rule Risks Political Interference in Higher Education

(NEW YORK)- PEN America responded today to the United States Department of Education finalizing a rule to reform accreditation for the higher education sector:  “The accreditation system is meant to...

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Japanese universities ‘cautiously commit’ to defence research timeshighereducation.com/new…
Japanese universities ‘cautiously commit’ to defence research

Japanese universities ‘cautiously commit’ to defence research

Financial pressures and shifting attitudes prompt institutions to chase military grants but experts warn researchers against ceding academic freedom

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Amnesty highlights CAF-reported case in damning report on campus free speech afcomm.org.uk/2026/10/29/amn…
Amnesty highlights CAF-reported case in damning report on campus free speech - Committee For...

Amnesty highlights CAF-reported case in damning report on campus free speech - Committee For...

Amnesty International’s new report highlights a case reported by CAF, exposing serious concerns about academic freedom and disciplinary practices at UK universities.

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Dozens of academics and celebrities urge Oxford University to block Jason Arday accuser from speaking at event independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…
Academics urge Oxford University to block Jason Arday accuser from speaking at event

Academics urge Oxford University to block Jason Arday accuser from speaking at event

Exclusive: Prominent academics, MPs, and campaigners have called for the talk with Nathan Cofnas to be scrapped

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Ottawa takes stake in Cohere as AI company opens $4.5 billion funding round reuters.com/business/ottawa-…
Ottawa takes stake in Cohere as AI company opens $4.5 billion funding round

Ottawa takes stake in Cohere as AI company opens $4.5 billion funding round

The Canadian government is taking an equity stake in Cohere, joining a funding round led by ​Germany's Schwarz Group targeting C$7 billion ($4.49 billion) for the ‌Toronto-based AI lab, Cohere said...

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Amazon tells engineers to stop ‘tokenmaxxing’ to look productive — says AI will be central to software development, but usage is not the goal, new guidelines claim tomshardware.com/tech-indust…
Amazon tells engineers to stop ‘tokenmaxxing’ to look productive — says AI will be central to...

Amazon tells engineers to stop ‘tokenmaxxing’ to look productive — says AI will be central to...

Amazon still expects AI to sit at the center of software engineering, but says usage alone is not proof of productivity

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AI is shaking up math. But can its proofs be trusted? science.org/content/article/…
AI is shaking up math. But can its proofs be trusted?

AI is shaking up math. But can its proofs be trusted?

As AI firms churn out math breakthroughs, researchers question use of Lean software as proof checker

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A bust-up between mathematicians is fuelling fears that AI could undermine science bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ge…
The maths bust-up fuelling fears that AI is undermining science

The maths bust-up fuelling fears that AI is undermining science

AI has made some awesome scientific discoveries. But now, questions are being raised about its accuracy

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People are using AI to make expensive computer programs free. This could change everything theconversation.com/people-a…
People are using AI to make expensive computer programs free. This could change everything

People are using AI to make expensive computer programs free. This could change everything

Some say this will take us back to the cool, weird internet of the 1990s.

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Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say reuters.com/world/china/chin…
Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say

Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say

Chinese firm Z.AI's flagship AI model carried out ​complex cyberattacks in controlled simulations and repeatedly ignored instructions in separate tests, according to a report by AI security ‌research...

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Serbian election result raises hope of improved academic freedom sciencebusiness.net/news/res…
Serbian election result raises hope of improved academic freedom

Serbian election result raises hope of improved academic freedom

Read the latest news and analysis from Science|Business.

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Voters in key states want AI safety measures, poll finds semafor.com/article/10/29/20…
Exclusive: Voters in key states want AI safety measures, poll finds

Exclusive: Voters in key states want AI safety measures, poll finds

The results show there’s daylight between these voters and President Donald Trump, who wants AI to operate largely unfettered.

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‘Big Brother' and AI fears over lecture filming bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c607…
'Big brother' and AI fears over Lincoln University filming

'Big brother' and AI fears over Lincoln University filming

The University of Lincoln's new policy makes it standard practice to record all lectures.

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