Weekly Review 13 March 2026

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

1. Is using AI to counsel schoolkids really a good idea? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/03/schools-student-ai-counselor
2. Anxiety around AI is making people sick: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4138046/people-are-getting-sick-of-ai-literally.html
3. The impact of AI on teaching high school English: https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/mar/03/cheating-machine-or-powerful-assistant-the-ai-anxieties-of-a-trainee-teacher
4. New Zealand is not prepared for the use of AI in electioneering: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/588398/ai-is-already-creeping-into-election-campaigns-nz-s-rules-aren-t-ready
5. It seems that people with mental illness are particularly endangered by AI: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/lawsuit-google-gemini-sent-man-on-violent-missions-set-suicide-countdown/
6. If you have to push your employees to use AI, maybe AI isn't the solution to the problems you are having: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/gartner_ai_hr_help/
7. How to prepare data for LLM AI: https://www.kdnuggets.com/data-engineering-for-the-llm-age
8. The message here is pretty clear - let Whiskey Pete play with your AI or have your company destroyed: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360947571/pentagon-says-it-labeling-ai-company-anthropic-supply-c
9. Successfully rolling-out AI requires careful preparation: https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/architecting-for-ai-driven-growth
10. Physicists are using AI to comb through LHC data and propose new theories: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-new-physics
11. Hiding behind pseudonyms online is no longer possible thanks to AI: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/llms-can-unmask-pseudonymous-users-at-scale-with-surprising-accuracy/
12. More and more executives are letting AI do the thinking for them: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/execs_rely_on_ai/
13. Even if it is AI, having even a virtual corpse speaking would scare the hell out of me: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/ai-may-change-face-anatomy-dissection-expert
14. Even AI-powered browsers can have security flaws in them: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-perplexity-comet-browser-vulnerability-local-files/
15. Some pretty serious privacy concerns around Meta's AI glasses: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360946373/zuckerbergs-ai-glasses-spy-people-toilet
16. AI data centres can reduce their power demands and still get work done: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/demo_shows_datacenters_can_reduce/
17. Another way of reducing the carbon impact of AI-combining floating wind turbines with data centres: https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-center-floating-wind-turbine
18. Deploying AI too quickly is causing issues with compliance and risk management: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/cios_say_ai_adoption_too_fast/
19. Finding groups of gene functions using AI: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/large-genome-model-open-source-ai-trained-on-trillions-of-bases/
20. A mouse robot that uses AI to detect abnormalities within the LHC: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/robot_mice_lhc/
21. Combining quantum computing and AI to do better chemistry: https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-chemistry
22. The problem with putting AI in charge of prescriptions is that they are easily influenced: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/ai_doctor_easily_swayed/
23. AI companies still need to rely on chipmakers: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/broadcom_q1_2026/
24. AI are helping mathematicians verify proofs: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-proof-verification
25. Even in in-person classes, students are using AI to cheat : https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2026/03/05/person-classes-arent-safe-ai-cheating-boom
26. The consistent problem with using AI to spot shoplifters and trespassers is that people are lazy and will not verify what the machine tells them: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/588911/bunnings-to-trial-facial-recognition-tech-in-hamilton-stores
27. A description of some of the terms used in agentic AI: https://www.kdnuggets.com/10-agentic-ai-concepts-explained-in-under-10-minutes
28. Old AI never die, they just become bloggers: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/anthropics-former-flagship-ai-model-spends-its-retirement-blogging
29. Yet another AI coding agent: https://dataconomy.com/2026/03/05/openai-launches-standalone-codex-coding-app-for-windows/