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Today's topics:

AI-generated evidence in policing - Derbyshire Police and the CPS are probing allegations of AI being used to fabricate criminal evidence, raising urgent questions about chain-of-custody, disclosure, and due process in an AI era.

AI upcoding and hospital billing - A PwC report suggests AI documentation tools may drive higher billing codes—"coding intensity" and possible upcoding—pushing healthcare costs upward without clear changes in care delivered.

Meta Applied AI morale crisis - A disrupted internal Meta meeting spotlighted backlash inside its large Applied AI unit, with reports of chaotic staffing, demoralizing work, and surveillance concerns amid restructuring.

Cutting costs for AI coding - A practical strategy is emerging for home AI-assisted development: mix frontier LLM subscriptions for high-value reasoning with cheaper open-model APIs for routine tasks to control spend and avoid lock-in.

AI reshapes advice and books - Tim Ferriss argues chatbots are eroding demand for prescriptive nonfiction and other how-to content, signaling an "interface shift" where users ask LLMs instead of buying advice products.

AI-written op-eds and trust - City AM editors say AI-generated opinion submissions are increasingly common, creating deadline risk and undermining authenticity, voice, and reader trust in commentary.

Generative AI toys for kids - Researchers warn conversational AI toys can foster misplaced intimacy, compulsive engagement, and privacy risks for very young children, intensifying calls for safer design and regulation.

-Derbyshire officer investigated over alleged AI-generated evidence in multiple cases
-Three Cost-Effective Strategies for AI Coding at Home
-PwC Report: Hospital AI Tools Are Driving Higher Medical Bills Through More Intense Coding
-Meta’s Applied AI Team Faces Backlash Amid Chaotic AI Restructuring
-Encurtador.dev Redirection Page Highlights Link-Safety Checks and URL Shortener Features
-Tim Ferriss Says AI Is Collapsing How-To Nonfiction Sales
-City AM editor warns of growing wave of AI-written op-ed pitches
-Researchers Warn AI Chat Toys Could Harm Kids’ Privacy and Social Deve