Weekly Review 26 December 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):

1. AI needs well-structured data, and logical data management can help with that: https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/2025/12/17/to-unlock-ai-and-cloud-agility-start-with-logical-data-management/
2. How to compensate the artists who created the training data for AI music generators? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/16/musicians-are-deeply-concerned-about-ai-so-why-are-the-major-labels-embracing-it
3. Using AI in movies is dangerous territory, according to James Cameron: https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360914135/ai-dangerous-territory-james-cameron-says-and-doubts-it-will-create-desirable-movies
4. The energy and water demands of AI continue to climb: https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water
5. Every MAGA voter's pension is tied to the AI bubble, and Europe is about to pop it: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/17/europe-donald-trump-ai-bubble-us-economy-eu
6. Browser plugins are harvesting your interactions with AI: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/chrome_edge_privacy_extensions_quietly/
7. AI, especially grok, continues to spread misinformation: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/ai-chatbot-grok-misidentified-a-man-who-saved-lives-falsely-claimed-a-victim-staged-his-injuries/SDF6QKFR6NDA3H7HWMOQXML2TU/
8. Using AI doesn't really save workers that much time: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/most-enterprise-ai-users-save-just-an-hour-of-work-per-day
9. The rise of AI is giving more impetus to the idea of a universal basic income: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/15/universal-basic-income-ai-andrew-yang
10. More land and more energy is needed for AI data centres. Nuclear power is part of the solution: https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/2025/12/16/as-ai-scales-for-science-the-doe-turns-to-nuclear-and-federal-land/
11. We can't AI proof our classes, but we can make it harder for students to cheat with it: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/learning-assessment/2025/12/16/you-cant-ai-proof-classroom-experts-say-get
12. When the AI bubble bursts it's going to cause so much economic damage that some suggest selling your US-based shares before it happens: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/581784/should-you-sell-your-us-shares
13. Cisco now has its own AI models: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/cisco_foundation_model_indentity_intelligence/
14. Should competency with AI be a requirement to graduate? https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/purdue_require_ai_working_competency/
15. AI summaries of recipes are a danger to food bloggers:  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/15/google-ai-recipes-food-bloggers
16. There is more and more opposition to the construction of data centres for AI: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/datacenter_development_controversy/
17. People need to be adaptable to maintain job security in the age of AI: https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/ey-s-joe-depa-on-reckoning-with-ai-or-risk-falling-behind
18. Even the Catholic church sees some value in AI, as well as threats: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/16/bishop_hong_kong_ai/
19. Almost all UK artists reject an opt-out plan that would otherwise allow AI companies to use their work: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/16/boost-for-artists-in-ai-copyright-battle-as-only-3-per-cent-back-uk-active-opt-out-plan
20. Humans write more reliable code than AI: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/ai_code_bugs/