#aiwashing — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/health-2g9ldae7z/-/a-9kJHfRYMQFCKpV0qQRkhWA%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0

define "AI". i bet you it's not the "make plausible sounding shit up / pretend you know the answer when you're just stringing random strings together" genAI/LLM shit that we're being told is the future and we should just get with the programme... #AI #LLM #boosters #AIwashing

"These mandates have led to extremely strange places. Several of my peers now “
'AI-wash' their work, meaning that even when they can perfectly competently execute on their jobs to the satisfaction of their management teams, said managers are unhappy if the engineers haven’t used AI in the work… so now they’re lying about using LLMs even in contexts where their professional judgement is that they aren’t the appropriate tool."

#NikhilSuresh, 2026

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/

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#AI #AIWashing

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116701458400797917

Closely related to the capex trap is the "AI washing" that we hear every time big tech fires thousands of employees.

The capital structures to fund the massive trillion dollar data center spending will make the quarterly reports real ugly. A significant drop in stock price kind of ugly.

Firing thousands of employees is a way to patch this.

But tech executives are never honest about it, like they're never honest about anything they say. Instead they attempt to placate the market with some made up excuse like, "we are reorganizing the business for the next phase of hyper-efficient, AI-driven, automated future". The mere mention of AI buys them some extra stock hype levitation, provides some shield for their own bonuses, and obscures their mismanagement of the business.

They really are obsessive, habitual liars.

#bigtech #layoffs #AIwashing

Opposition suggests she is blaming the cash registers to delay implementing a campaign promise she can't actually fund (I mean, surely the cash registers could be programmed with .00001% tax?) #AIEthics #responsibilityDiffusion #AIWashing

‘Embarrassment for Japan’: PM ...

'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/24/ai-washing-pr-firms-scrambling-rebrand

#HackerNews #AIwashing #TechRebrand #Firms #Innovation #DigitalTransformation

After #RSAC Conference 2026, every booth was screaming the same thing: AI, AI, AI. 😱

So Sean Martin & Marco Ciappelli sat back down with Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager at Stellar Cyber, to ask what was actually true on that show floor — and what was just a sticker.

Stellar Cyber has been building machine learning into its platform since 2015, long before AI became the default marketing label. Lisa pulls no punches on the AI-washing problem, the difference between a marketing label and an architectural decision, and why a "fully autonomous SOC" is exactly the part of the pitch that should set off your alarm bells.

A huge thank you to the team at Stellar Cyber for joining us on this journey — both on the floor at hashtag#RSAC2026 and in the recap. We loved sharing your story and we're looking forward to many more conversations ahead. 🙌

📍 Where are we headed next? Glad you asked: Infosecurity Europe and Black Hat USA — see you there.

🎙️ Recap: https://lnkd.in/gEs67ue3

🎙️ On Location: https://lnkd.in/g6zg4t7x

🌐 RSAC Coverage: https://lnkd.in/gW-6ZtH

🌐 Next Coverages: https://lnkd.in/gaGVUjgg

#StellarCyber #AIWashing #SOC #AgenticAI #CyberSecurity #infosec #soc #ai

Learned a new Term yesterday: #AIwashing !

What does AI-washing mean? It's similar to greenwashing. Claim that something is caused by / made because of X while in reality the reason is totally different.

2 examples:

1.) Facebook to lay off 20% of it's employees because of "AI will replace them".
Reality: Zuckerberg dumped billions USD into MetaVerse without any revenue.
It was really a dumb idea in the first place - even before AI...

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#Meta is reportedly considering #layoffs affecting 20% of its workforce to offset spending on #AIinfrastructure and #AIacquisitions. This comes amid a trend of tech companies announcing layoffs, with some suggesting these cuts are “#AIwashing” to mask other issues. Meta employed nearly 79,000 people as of December 31, according to a recent filing. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/14/meta-reportedly-considering-layoffs-that-could-affect-20-of-the-company/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Jack Dorsey's Block Accused of 'AI-Washing' to Excuse Laying Off Nearly Half Its Workforce - Slashdot

｢ Block more than tripled its employee base between 2019 and 2022, growing from 3,835 to 12,430 workers. The company's stock had fallen 40% since early 2025, creating pressure to cut costs. "This is more about the business being bloated for so long than it is about AI," ｣

https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/03/08/1110220/jack-dorseys-block-accused-of-ai-washing-to-excuse-laying-off-nearly-half-its-workforce?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

#ai #layoffs #aiwashing #jackdorsey

📌‘AI washing’: la profecía autocumplida del desempleo tecnológico
https://carabanchel.net/ai-washing-la-profecia-autocumplida-del-desempleo-tecnologico/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #AIwashing #ChatGPT #IA #inteligenciaartificial #tecnología

50,000 jobs cut in 2025 with "AI" as the reason. But most companies don't even have the AI to replace those roles.

Forrester calls it "AI-washing" - attributing financially motivated cuts to future AI that doesn't exist yet.

AI will transform work. But using it as a scapegoat for bad management? That's deception.

https://buff.ly/rQXMLul

#AI #AIWashing

#aiwashing

'#AI is more a pretext for the whims of management than it is a job-stealer. This is called “#AIwashing” in the words of Brian Merchant, who said of the mass Amazon layoffs at the end of last year that firing thirty-thousand workers because cutting-edge AI technology can replace them sounds a lot better to investors than firing workers to cut costs because the company is over-leveraging itself on #dataCenters or worried about earnings.'

https://thebaffler.com/latest/bullshit-bots-desai
#artificialIntelligence #tech

Beware "AI washing!" Companies overhyping AI capabilities to boost stock prices & justify layoffs—without the tech to back it up. https://jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2026/02/ai-washing-raises-risks-for-customers.html #AIWashing #AIhype #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics

"Fake It Till You Break It!: AI-Washing and Fraud Triangle in Digital Transformation"
https://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.396224
#AIwashing

"Fake It Till You Break It!: AI-Washing and Fraud Triangle in Digital Transformation"
https://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.396224
#AIwashing

AI washing exposed: how empty promises destroy marketing credibility: AI washing research reveals systematic exaggeration of artificial intelligence capabilities creating consumer mistrust cycles that threaten brand credibility across marketing. https://ppc.land/ai-washing-exposed-how-empty-promises-destroy-marketing-credibility/ #AIWashing #MarketingCredibility #BrandTrust #ArtificialIntelligence #ConsumerMistrust

Workado promoted its AI Content Detector as 98% accurate in detecting whether text was written by AI or a human. However, independent testing showed that the accuracy rate for general-purpose content was only 53%. The FTC alleges that Workado violated the FTC Act because the 98% claim was "false, misleading, or non-substantiated." https://nitter.net/LuizaJarovsky/status/1962973032588173449
More on the numerous problems and issues with AI detectors: https://dangerousaideas.substack.com/p/ai-detectors-in-education
#AIEd #AIDetection #EdTech #AIWashing

AI-Washing Exposed: Spotting Real AI vs. Marketing Hype https://aiorbit.app/ai-washing-exposed-spotting-real-ai-vs-marketing-hype/ #AIwashing
#ArtificialIntelligence
#TechTrends
#MarketingEthics

@zaicurity @mttaggart

I think adaption will create a mess effectively needing more people to clean it up than before.

The problem here is to force people to create #AI, even there is no real usecase.

It is a solution searching for a problem. You need the opposite.

#AIwashing is already a strateging provoked by this mess

Les Technos : Episode du 4 juin 2025

Episode 497 avec Xavier et Sébastien S.• Astradia veut remplacer votre GPS (00:02:31) : Astradia utilise les étoiles pour remplacer les GPS. (Sources : clubic.com et sodern.com) • Quand on transporte des éoliennes en avion (00:07:33) : Le plus g

https://lestechnos.be/les-technos-episode-du-4-juin-2025/

#AIWashing #Astradia #DronesProactif #nergieNuclaire #oliennes #GPS #ObsolescenceProgramme #RalitVirtuelle #SatellitesStarlink #Windrunner

700 inżynierów z Indii udawało chatboty – historia upadku Builder.ai

Builder.ai, startup z Londynu wspierany przez Microsoft i wyceniony na 1,5 miliarda dolarów, ogłosił bankructwo po ujawnieniu, że jego platforma „napędzana sztuczną inteligencją” była w rzeczywistości obsługiwana przez około 700 inżynierów z Indii udających chatboty. Sprawa ta jest obecnie określana jako jeden z największych przypadków tzw. „AI washing” w historii...

#WBiegu #AiWashing #BuilderAi #Indie #Inwestycje #Microsoft #Natasha #Scam

https://sekurak.pl/700-inzynierow-z-indii-udawalo-chatboty-historia-upadku-builder-ai/