Field Notes on Trust and AI

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An independent publication on trust signals, media incentives, and AI-native behavior.

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AI financial advice needs someone responsible when it is wrong

The same ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini account used for work and dinner ideas is now answering questions about savings and stocks. From my brokerage experience, that leaves open questions about the customer record, risk tolerance, supervision and who is responsible for the recommendation.

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GM should have asked drivers before selling OnStar data for insurance use

GM has ended Smart Driver and accepted twenty years of oversight. I want drivers to see what the car collects, decide where it goes and reach someone who can correct a bad report.

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Hugging Face needed an open-weight model when frontier APIs refused its security work

Open weights gave Hugging Face a way to investigate an attack on its own systems. Smaller organizations still need usable models, compute and help before an emergency.

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Open-weight AI rules should preserve access for smaller organizations

Washington should measure dangerous AI capabilities without making local model access a privilege reserved for the largest companies.

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