The theme this week is rage against the machine, with news on backlash against AI. BBC reports on a growing backlash against AI “slop”, as consumers and creatives push back against cheap synthetic content. Bloomberg finds that AI-polished résumés are driving employers back to tests and referrals. The Chicago Maroon reports that the University of Chicago’s Social Sciences Core will ban AI and introduce technology-free classrooms this fall. Axios reports that Texas Governor Greg Abbott says AI data-center developers have “dug their own grave” amid growing public resistance to their expansion. On a note of dissent, Dr. Dre is embracing AI as a creative tool, saying those who see it as a threat are people who “have trouble creating,” according to Variety.