Reposted by Carla HustedtDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 26/02/2025Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... 12332921301
Reposted by Carla HustedtPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 19/02/2025That’s how you write a headline, people. 540306628003
Carla Hustedt @carlahustedt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025🤔Help needed: I've seen many studies examining hallucinations, biases in #genAI when it comes to political content. But are there any studies on how people actually use it for political information (across different demographics?) 020
Reposted by Carla HustedtDarby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science. 12652769415654
Reposted by Carla HustedtPeter Jelinek @peterjelinek.eurosky.social · 30/01/2025"Die Naziherrschaft baute sich ja über Jahre auf. Sie hatte Steigbügelhalter und Mitläufer. Und sie nutzte demokratische Mittel, um an die Macht zu kommen. Danach war es zu spät." Eine klare Mahnung in der gestrigen heute journal-Sendung des ZDF - die Friedrich Merz hörten sollte. 522745818
Reposted by Carla HustedtAnne Roth @anneroth.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Es gibt übrigens diese sehr komfortable App 'Openvibe', mit der Ihr gleichzeitig bei Bluesky und Mastodon posten könnt (und Threads und Nostr und Discord und sogar, dings). openvibe.socialopenvibe.socialOpenvibe — Town Square for Open Social MediaInteract With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline. 75422
Reposted by Carla HustedtMathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Meta has "no plans to end fact-checking in the EU", the company clarified and "will review its EU content moderation obligations before making changes" www.politico.eu/article/mark...politico.euZuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking programMeta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform. The content moderation changes won’t be rolled out in the EU for now. 33303140
Reposted by Carla HustedtMIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 02/01/2025Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. Check out the latest edition: bit.ly/3DE471j 2174
Reposted by Carla HustedtFelix Kartte @kartte.bsky.social · 20/12/2024This is what foreign interference looks like now 39806214
Reposted by Carla HustedtAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/12/2024Spent the day talking to Europeans, and nobody can think of any precedent for what Musk just did to the US Congress. There is no businessman with that much power, the power to stop a routine spending bill, anywhere else in the democratic world. 29354271732
Reposted by Carla HustedtFrederike Kaltheuner @frederike.bsky.social · 19/12/2024New monthly column for MIT Technology Review Germany! On how the merger of Silicon Valley's power with state authority could become the ultimate test for Europe’s digital future. frederike.substack.com/p/trump-musk... 1162
Carla Hustedt @carlahustedt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024A thought that might resonate with the community here: I think #Reddit is a totally understudied network. As a silent user I frequently think about the many things it can teach is about netiquette and decentralised governance. 🧐Any recommendations on what to read on the topic? 020
Carla Hustedt @carlahustedt.bsky.social · 24/10/2023Hallo BkueSky Community! Zum Einstieg ne interessierte Frage zum Medium: Nutzt ihr das hier anders als das Twitter von früher, wenn ja wie? (Geht nicht um Tipps, wie man Reichweite erhöht. Eher soziologisches Interesse) 130