🪖 US general admits using ChatGPT for military calls

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• 📉 Wikipedia traffic drops as AI eats its audience

• 🧑‍🏫 Big Tech funds AI training for US teachers

• 🪖 US general admits using ChatGPT for military calls

• 🖥️ Windows 11 gets hands-free “Hey Copilot” upgrade

• 🚗 Uber turns its app into an AI training hub

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📉 Wikipedia traffic drops as AI eats its audience ↗️LINK

• What: The Wikimedia Foundation reports an 8% decline in human pageviews since 2024, blaming generative AI and search engines that summarize Wikipedia’s content without sending visitors to its site. AI chatbots and search results increasingly reuse Wikipedia data while bypassing its pages.

• Why: As users get instant AI-generated answers, fewer click through to the source, reducing volunteers and donations that sustain Wikipedia.

• Impact: Wikipedia warns of a “sustainability risk” for human-created knowledge. It’s tightening bot policies, seeking fair attribution, and expanding outreach on TikTok, YouTube, and Roblox to stay relevant.

🧑‍🏫 Big Tech funds AI training for US teachers ↗️LINK

• What: Teachers unions are partnering with Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to train educators in AI use. The American Federation of Teachers will receive over $23M to build AI training hubs, aiming to train 400,000 teachers in five years. The NEA also joined with Microsoft for online “microcredential” courses.

• Why: With AI spreading fast in schools, unions say teachers must adapt or risk falling behind. Tech firms see education as a key market for future users and data.

• Impact: While partnerships boost AI literacy, critics warn Big Tech’s influence could shape how U.S. classrooms—and future workers—think about AI itself.

🪖 US general admits using ChatGPT for military calls ↗️LINK

• What: Major General William “Hank” Taylor, a top US Army officer in South Korea, revealed he uses ChatGPT to assist in making military decisions. He described being “really close” with the AI, using it to model and improve command timing for strategic advantage.

• Why: Taylor believes AI will soon determine who wins battles, as decisions move from “human speed” to “machine speed.” He sees ChatGPT as a tool for faster, more precise leadership.

• Impact: While Taylor praises AI’s potential, others warn of risks like data leaks and foreign influence, raising urgent concerns about security and ethics in military AI use.

🖥️ Windows 11 gets hands-free “Hey Copilot” upgrade ↗️LINK

• What: Microsoft is testing Copilot Actions, a new Windows 11 feature that lets users perform tasks like booking restaurants or ordering groceries entirely through voice commands by saying “Hey Copilot.” The update also expands Copilot Vision, which can read and interpret on-screen content, to all global markets.

• Why: Microsoft aims to make PCs more intuitive and hands-free, deepening everyday AI integration across Windows.

• Impact: This marks a major step toward a fully proactive desktop assistant—raising both convenience and privacy questions as AI becomes the center of the Windows experience.

🚗 Uber turns its app into an AI training hub ↗️LINK

• What: Uber has launched a new program in the U.S. that lets drivers and couriers make extra money by completing small AI tasks. These include recording short voice clips, uploading photos, or translating text. Each task can pay up to one dollar.

• Why: Uber wants to grow its role in flexible work and build its own AI data labeling business while competing with companies like Scale AI and Amazon Mechanical Turk.

• Impact: This could give drivers new income options, but some worry the pay is too low and that Uber is turning gig workers into cheap AI trainers.

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Yesterday’s Poll Result:

Do you use ChatGPT every day?

• A) Yes – It’s part of my routine now - 82% 🏆

• B) No – Just when I need a quick answer - 18%

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