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TechCrunch: Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it<\/a><\/p>\n Meta’s newly formed Applied AI unit \u2014 roughly 6,500 employees “drafted” with no real choice \u2014 generates puzzles and coding problems to train models, and many call the work a “gulag” and soul-crushing. Wired<\/em> reports simmering rage, including a livestreamed meltdown at a staff presentation; Zuckerberg justified drafting employees over third-party contractors on the grounds that they are smarter.<\/p>\n Politico: 5 things to know about the EU’s air passenger rights reform deal<\/a><\/p>\n EU countries approved a compromise on air passenger rights reform that, from the second half of 2027, will change the rules on baggage (a trolley bag must be included in the base fare), seating (no fees to seat parents next to their children) and compensation for cancelled or delayed flights. Only Spain and Latvia voted against.<\/p>\n LSM: Historical experience and upbringing shape the values of Latvia’s voters. A conversation with political scientist M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Hir\u0161s<\/a><\/p>\n A conversation with political scientist M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Hir\u0161s about a Friedrich Ebert Foundation study of Latvian voters’ values and ideological spectrum: the Soviet legacy still drives the older generation’s desire for a “stronger hand,” while young women are significantly more liberal than the rest of society.<\/p>\n