A new paper in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence proposes computational hermeneutics — evaluating generative AI as a cultural technology, not a calculator. Benchmarks, the authors argue, miss situatedness, plurality, and ambiguity, where culture actually lives.

Reading in context. California's AB 2013 takes effect, putting training-data lineage into the public record. Tech Policy Press warns the field is scaling synthetic data without shared standards, while Invisible Technologies argues the most capable models still anchor in human truth — the same problem, from opposite sides of the room.

Keeping what stands. IUCN, with Holcim and ARUP, names circular construction as the most powerful urban biodiversity lever. The Bio-Based Materials Collective targets the spec sheet itself, and ...