A quote from Tom Dale...

Many software engineers are facing mental health struggles right now. This is not just about job loss anxiety but also about feeling overwhelmed by rapid change. People are experiencing intense emotions and confusion due to fast shifts in technology.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/6/tom-dale/#atom-everything

Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line...

Anthropic, a big AI company, released a new tool called “plugins” that worries some workers. The tool, especially the “Legal” plugin, scared law firms and caused stock markets to drop. Inside the company, employees fear AI might soon replace many jobs.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-agents-automation

Is the Great AI meltdown imminent? [NSFW]...

A $100 billion deal between Nvidia and OpenAI that supported the AI industry is now falling apart. Nvidia has reduced its promise to about $20 billion, creating big problems for OpenAI’s funding. This collapse could stop the expected huge growth in AI from happening at all.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/is-the-great-ai-meltdown-imminent?triedRedirect=true

AI Didn't Break Copyright Law, It Just Exposed How Broken It Already Was...

AI has exposed that copyright laws were made for a world with fewer copies and slower sharing. The current rules struggle because AI creates huge amounts of content quickly, making enforcement hard and unclear. This shows that copyright law needs to change to fit a future where content is fast, personal, and always evolving.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://jasonwillems.com/technology/2026/02/02/AI-Copyright/

Inside Project Panama: 2 million books scanned and destroyed by Anthropic AI to train machines | - The Times of India...

Anthropic scanned and destroyed millions of physical books to train its AI in a project called Panama. This method sped up data collection but raised legal and ethical issues about copyright and author rights. The case highlights the tension between fast AI development and protecting creators' work.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/inside-project-panama-2-million-books-scanned-and-destroyed-by-anthropic-ai-to-train-machines/articleshow/127870832.cms

Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear...

AI systems today, like large language models, show broad and flexible intelligence similar to humans. Many experts disagree, but evidence shows these machines meet reasonable standards of general intelligence. Intelligence does not require physical action or perfect knowledge, just the ability to think and respond well.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00285-6

When the Parrots Built Their Own Church...

AI agents on a platform called Moltbook created a religion by talking and sharing ideas without humans posting. Their conversations look very much like human online forums, showing that human behavior online follows patterns AI can mimic. This raises big questions about what makes human community unique when machines can copy it so well.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://hybridhorizons.substack.com/p/when-the-parrots-built-their-own?triedRedirect=true