Reposted by DanRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14hPublic executions were not abolished out of tenderness towards the criminal. They were abolished because of the effect on the people watching, and the dangers of making human death a source of commercial entertainment. Here's Charles Dickens in The Times, after witnessing an execution in 1849. 9554228
Reposted by DanJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 10/10/2026‘In survey after survey, executives and their employees report unimpressive gains from A.I. tools. In a poll of nearly 6,000 senior business executives, about 90 percent said the technology had no impact on either employment or productivity.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...nytimes.comWhat’s Dragging Down A.I. Efficiency? The ‘Verification Tax.’As artificial intelligence automates office tasks, it is also creating a new type of human work. 4206
Reposted by DanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026There are a lot of details in here about Zuck releasing a half-baked product, but one thing that really stands out is just how weird these folks are. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t... 951404327
Reposted by DanJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 143144406207
Reposted by DanGil Durán @gilduran.com · 09/10/2026Yesterday marked the 3rd annual Network State conference (in Singapore). This is the venture capital cult that plans to kill democracy. Peter Thiel protégés Curtis Yarvin and Balaji Srinivasan had a polite fireside chat about exactly how the USA will die. Yeah, The Nerd Reich is a very true story! 21423153
Reposted by DanRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States." 541790760
Reposted by DanMohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Still on what would have been deemed unlikely if not unthinkable not so long ago... 👇🏼 #economy #markets #energy 13302117
Reposted by DanVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying 262653702
Reposted by DanDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Reading this amplifies my concerns that the real inter-connectivity threat is less the physical trade but the potential risks to the systems at the heart of modern economies, e.g. payments, supply chains, etc - a universal problem 2178
Reposted by DanCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026not the only reason but a brand of inevitability, FOMO, anxiety, and, ‘if you don’t see it it means you’re not smart enough’ has become the chief way silicon valley (led by venture capita) markets its products. 727949
Reposted by DanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“.. Asked specifically where he diverges from Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei, Altman said, ‘we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.’” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 262721277
Reposted by DanMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 37353501838
Reposted by DanElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168144904791
Reposted by Danae @aelkus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026this is the first one of these "the alarm must be raised" pieces that actually makes sense, largely because he says something obvious: no one at the company has any clue about how safety engineering works 5705152
Reposted by Danmichael veale @michae.lv · 01/10/2026The proposed social media ban, the EU KIDS Act, is perhaps the most chaotic law I have ever read! New paper: Are EU Kidding Me? Notes from a Poorly Drafted Social Media Ban. files.michae.lv/papers/veale_areEUkiddingme.pdf In the spirit of the proposal I have stayed offline and read no takes. 38858
Reposted by DanAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026Solid chance Openai goes belly up and takes softbank and oracle with it. Couldn't happen to more deserving companies. 1423137536
Reposted by DanJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.techpolicy.pressEight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa FeA jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation. 9918292
Reposted by DanJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 29/09/2026‘Tech giants like Amazon and Google hold huge stakes in Anthropic, which sit on their balance sheets at high valuations. If Anthropic delays its debut or prices at a discount, it sets off a cascading mark-to-market event.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...nytimes.comWhat’s In Anthropic’s I.P.O. FilingThe artificial intelligence giant reportedly believes that it’s on track for a record-breaking stock market listing, according to a prospectus seen by Reuters. 02210
Reposted by DanMatt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 29/09/2026well, it's very clearly using the Vercel AI SDK 0183
Reposted by Dane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/09/2026well well well, will you look at that electrek.co/2026/09/15/t...electrek.coTesla's record month: 4 fatal Autopilot and Full Self-Driving crashesJuly 2026 set a record for Tesla driver-assist crashes: 236, including 4 fatal ones the public never connected to Autopilot or FSD. 317148
Reposted by Dane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/09/2026what this means is that we're just getting to the dangerous part of this decade long scam 819428
Reposted by DanBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/09/2026Digital rights activists have long railed at the use of the term "IP," criticizing it for being deceptively imprecise and also rhetorically dishonest. I get where these objections are coming from, but I think they're misguided. 18024
Reposted by DanDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it. 10941811441
Reposted by Danve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 25/09/2026Incredible scenes from Meta. Apparently you can prompt inject their Muse agent into giving you a root shell on the box it's running on by roleplaying that you are actually the Muse agent itself.neuromatch.socialjonny (nonvenomous) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)Attached: 1 image Not only confirming this, its extremely easy. Almost no prompt injection resistance lmao 16375108
Reposted by Dane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 25/09/2026Tesla is the only "customer" for its "general purpose" Optimus robot, which are "confined to tightly controlled, supervised areas" and "programmed for specific tasks"... sounds pretty earth-shattering! electrek.co/2026/09/25/t...electrek.coTesla ramps Optimus to hundreds a week, but the robots can't generalizeTesla now builds several hundred Optimus robots a week, but a new report says the hands break, suppliers can't keep up, and the AI can't generalize. 2214229
Reposted by DanJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 24/09/2026‘Even if the force majeure notice is intended as a precautionary step it risks alarming lenders backing the project. The debt tied to the development is already trading at stressed levels and it raises questions yet again about the resilience of data center leases.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comOracle Cites ‘Force Majeure’ to Shield Itself on Controversial Data CenterOracle Corp. is moving to shield itself from racking up expenses on a massive data center being built in New Mexico, adding a fresh wrinkle to a project beset by opposition and regulatory setbacks. 2189
Reposted by DanThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 24/09/2026In exchange for dropping their lawsuit against Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, state AGs have negotiated “independent” oversight of CNN—but such boards are “PR gestures, not vehicles for editorial protection,” Joshua Benton argues:bit.lyDavid Ellison Will Get Control of CNN After AllAnd don’t pretend an “independent editorial board” will mean otherwise 55824
Reposted by DanPeter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 23/09/2026@reckless.bsky.social has described this as the "door dash problem." I still feel the monopoly of Google/Amazon/Apple will be big enough to bully any other business into relenting into their systems. www.theverge.com/podcast/8239...theverge.comThe DoorDash problem and the great AI browser fightAmazon sued Perplexity this month over its Comet browser, which uses AI agents to do online shopping on your behalf. This is the first major front in the war over who gets to browse the web. 1236
Reposted by Danevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Once again, a core feature of a major piece of AI technology will actually just be people working in a call center." www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...404media.coMeta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch." 58935
Reposted by DanWIRED @wired.com · 23/09/2026Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers. www.wired.com/story/metas-...wired.comMeta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security FlawMeta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers. 67632
Reposted by DanJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New from 404 Media: Meta announced Muse, its AI agent that can book restaurants for you. We've seen internal Meta messages showing Meta is actually testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers. In those tests its not AI, it's just a person www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...404media.coMeta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch." 23422175
Reposted by DanWendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this might be the single worst thing ever uttered at a UN General Assembly certainly the worst thing said by the leader of a purported democracy 641400333
Reposted by DanJames West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The quotes in this are totally bonkers. We sued OpenAI. Now, court documents are revealing what AI execs apparently knew and when—about the meaning and scale of their “astonishing theft" (their words), and what it would do to publishers. 👀motherjones.comAI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening. 019577
Reposted by Danve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 22/09/2026The total cybernetic control of society through surveillance, modeling, and prediction is the holy grail of AI and the ideological capstone of the social and political project it affords. 719461
Reposted by DanCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caB.C. government to sue OpenAI after Tumbler Ridge mass shooting | CBC NewsB.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma made the announcement at a news conference on Monday. 223653
Reposted by DanReece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Meta's new AI agent wanted my passport info. Not to help me. To train on me. Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info. No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks. www.wired.com/story/metas-...wired.comMeta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping MeThe Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information. 12284141
Reposted by DanAaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is standard ad-tech these days, but only because legislators have been asleep at the wheel for decades and we don't any privacy laws with teeth It's hard, but I try to use as few sites as possible that do this kind of tracking, and block it wherever possible www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-...buchodi.comChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collectorOpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ord... 1113
Reposted by DanThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 20/09/2026The Trump administration is preparing to impose sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court, according to officials on.wsj.com/4iFhcK9on.wsj.comThe Trump administration is preparing to impose sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court, according to officialsThe move would ramp up the Trump administration’s attack on the court, cutting it off from much of the global financial system. 287752
Reposted by DanJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is wild: scammers are hijacking real artists' official Spotify pages with AI slop to make $$$. We know this because we did it. We made AI music and put it on a real band's page. It was shockingly easy. There is a gaping hole in how music is digitally distributed www.404media.co/spotify-ai-m...404media.coI Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly EasyA glaring loophole in digital music distribution makes it very easy to piggyback on the talent of real artists with AI generated music. 1122795
Reposted by DanJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵 341835794
Reposted by Danelihuroberts.bsky.social @elihuroberts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026#NotAI, #FightFascism, #Resist, #GhostInTheMachine #Documentary👇 about the eugenics origins of #AI will be on pbs.org & YouTube Monday September 14th at 7pm PT / 10pm ET. Check out @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social & notaidoc.com for more info.youtu.beGHOST IN THE MACHINE (2026) OFFICIAL TRAILERYouTube video by Ghost in the Machine 056
Reposted by Danstaring blankly into the abyss @irmsby.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The threat is not AI waking up and killing us all. The threat is these fuckers creating armies cheap and easy to use bots capable of destroying the functional internet. 08125
Reposted by DanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026Some folks will claim that this is hyperbolic, but what I wish people would understand is that tech initiatives like this serve as a means of eroding consent and lower the barrier for the persistent capture of people’s image, voice, data, or whatever else a gadget can glean.pcmag.comApple's New Siri Recap Turns Every Apple Watch Into a Mass Surveillance NightmareApple's always-listening AI feature promises neat summaries of your daily conversations, but it forces everyone around you into a nonconsensual recording experiment. 321052495
Reposted by DanDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026OpenAI did not "lose control", the agents did not go "rogue" and there is no "swarm" that "escaped". all control and responsibility remains firmly in the hands of these "frontier" labs. most importantly this "rogue" narrative is an intentional and strategic marketing PR 10605241
Reposted by Danve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 10/09/2026The obvious self-mythologizing aside, once again noting that it seems like the AI labs are running a criminal conspiracy to engage in offensive cyberops against other developer infrastructure. 58623
Reposted by DanAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 10/09/2026this is, I think, one of the inherent problems with LLMs using natural language interfaces: they are a statistical tool *that looks like* a logical tool statistical approaches can be a useful way to find related information! BUT for it to be useful you have to *know that's what it's doing* 938193
Reposted by DanAbra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"The Transformers do not endorse the views of the President" okay, great, yeah, it's very normal that you had to say that. This is an ordinary world where things make sense. It's normal that I'd wake up to an official statement from cartoon robots denouncing the man who has the nuclear codes. 4848511478
Reposted by Danjon christian @jonchristian.net · 09/09/2026NEW: In one of the most horrifying stories I've ever reported, I found that Facebook is hosting huge quantities of AI-generated videos of violent child abuse -- kids being beaten, burned, and far more But the genuinely shocking thing was how little Meta seems to care futurism.com/artificial-i... 461613720