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@coridauber.bsky.social
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Professor of Communication (and Peace, War, and Defense) UNC-Chapel Hill, I study terrorist use of visual propaganda.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oil Risk Premiums Are BACK! 🤯 open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Oil Risk Premiums Are BACK! 🤯
The money is scared.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UNC cleared the mess. Now Bill Belichick has to prove he can actually coach there www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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UNC cleared the mess. Now Bill Belichick has to prove he can actually coach there
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Pete Hegseth’s Magic Marker
The secretary of defense strikes another blow against military preparedness.
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congress should investigate the purge that shut down my former office at the State Department, which fought information manipulation by Russia, China, and terrorist organizations. thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Political Cartoonists are the best. deAdder rocks it every time he sits down and draws his next masterpiece.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the bright side, the UK still has counterterrorism police.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Major Social Media Platforms Reportedly Rejected Ads for Musk
YouTube, TikTok, Meta, and (sigh) X don’t want the smoke.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Russian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian Culture (Gift Article)
A publisher whose warehouse was hit twice said Moscow “thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment.”
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/a...
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How ‘The Sopranos’ Influenced the Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (Gift Article)
Our poll of the best shows of the 21st century explores how TV built on, and moved on from, one of the last great shows of the 20th.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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ICE Mistakenly Detains U.S. Citizen in Chicago Area, Leaving Him Injured (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security said agents released the man after he identified himself. He was taken to a hospital with head and neck injuries, local police said.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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White House Still Bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico Despite Court Blocking Trump’s Ban (Gift Article)
A federal court ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on the three news outlets, but reporters were denied access on Thursday. Their lawyers asked the judge to intervene; he ordered the administr...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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$1 Billion Donation to University of Oregon Makes History (Gift Article)
The gift from Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder, is the largest known donation to a flagship university. It will fund a new engineering college.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | What Pete Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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Court Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico (Gift Article)
Judge Timothy J. Kelly issued a temporary restraining order and told the White House to immediately restore the press credentials for the employees of the three news outlets.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/09/2026
@samsteindc.bsky.social reacts to Sen. Tommy Tuberville taking to the Senate floor to warn that airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the "furry community." "There's not a furry epidemic in our airplanes. Folks, get a grip."
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks newrepublic.com/article/2157... via @newrepublic.com
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Using AI in many cases means sending your most sensitive and intimate thoughts to a server where they can be exploited as training data, sold to ad brokers, or even handed to law enforcement. So I assembled this guide to using AI with your privacy intact. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Man Shot by ICE Agent Says His Car Was Struck Twice Before He Was Shot (Gift Article)
A Venezuelan immigrant, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, was shot in Austin, Texas, on Sunday after a traffic stop. The shooting prompted calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb (Gift Article)
In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Trump Faces the Sting of a Media Boycott After Press Pool Withdrawal (Gift Article)
A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | America Is Blundering Toward War With China (Gift Article)
The U.S. has long misunderstood Beijing, and Trump’s mixed signals aren’t helping.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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White House Removes CNN From TV Pool Duties (Gift Article)
The move was an escalation of President Trump’s clashes with the news media and left uncertain which network would cover his visit to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the interview I was responding to earlier today when I lost my temper.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
F.A.A. to Roll Out New A.I. Tool for Washington Airports www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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F.A.A. to Roll Out New A.I. Tool for Washington Airports
The tool, called SMART, will crunch scheduling and weather data to predict and avoid delays. It will be deployed in the Washington region’s three major airports next week.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump just kicked @cnn.com out. Why are they carrying his insane press conference? Seriously.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mark Wayne Mullin: they’ve arrested 2,150 terrorists. *Terrorists.* Cool. WE WANT NAMES. NAMES.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m watching @cnn.com Mark Wayne Mullin is a lying fuck. Just saying.
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CNN @cnn.com · 18/09/2026
A woman from a low-income family in China crossed over into Hong Kong to get to a concert she had spent months saving up for. It was a trip that Beijing’s vast surveillance apparatus didn’t miss. Now her family faces the prospect of losing their government benefits.
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A Chinese woman crossed the border for a concert. It could cost her family their welfare | CNN
A woman from a low-income family in China crossed over into Hong Kong to get to a concert she had spent months saving up for.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“You Are Not Alone” — Pope Leo XIV Sends the U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chief to Joliet open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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“You Are Not Alone” — Pope Leo XIV Sends the U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chief to Joliet
Bishop Brendan Cahill, the U.S. bishops’ migration chairman, inherits a see vacant since February; Cardinal Cupich hailed his “migrant justice.” Three of Leo’s first four U.S. bishops were immigrants.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Hidden Human Cost of Kim Jong-un’s New Power www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
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The Hidden Human Cost of Kim Jong-un’s New Power
The North Korean leader’s financial and diplomatic leverage rests on the brutal exploitation of his own people, from coal miners to diplomats, at home and abroad.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When I Look at the Picture Bo French Hates www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Opinion | When I Look at the Picture Bo French Hates
Watching bigots erupt.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
U.S. Health Officials Move Quickly to Deploy Medical A.I. Despite Concerns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/h...
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Trump Administration Moves to Integrate A.I. Into Medical Care Despite Concerns
Federal projects are rolling out A.I. agents that offer therapy and prescribe medicine, raising concerns about safety and the influence of venture capital investors.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social plays at least a few seconds of the first Tower coming down, @ shows stills of Ground Zero before it was cleared, & good for them.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump wanted to speak in NYC & wasn’t allowed. Apparently his solution was to give the same speech at the pentagon in front of people he’s somewhat ignoring, in terms of content. It’s just weird.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If 100million Americans have no memory of the attacks there’s one thing the media can do that will make a difference: less yapping, add SOME OF THE FOOTAGE. THIS AINT ROCKET SCIENCE. SHOW IT.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social Coverage of 9/11 commemoration you don’t want that woman indicating Saudi Arabia’s role on your air? SAY SO don’t just dial down her volume & your anchor say “personal statements” in that benign anchor tone. At least #disrespect at most #censorship.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Inside the Battle to Save One Pioneering General From Hegseth’s Purge www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
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The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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