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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was great speaking to Sam on this, and really demonstrates in practice how the doomerism narrative really does distract from concrete and current-day AI risks. I suppose faulty and unreliable models (the reality) just isn't as alluring as an AGI god (the fiction).
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 29/09/2026
I wrote about something that was making me feel nuts: After weeks of discourse around hypothetical existential threats from AI triggered global calls for government intervention, we learned a faulty AI system almost triggered a US-China war. And no one really cared. theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...
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AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care
The tech world is too busy dreaming up imaginary doomsday scenarios to focus on a very real one that flared up between nuclear powers.
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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At a certain level, only God-given talent could produce this type of answer. It just can't be taught.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 22/09/2026
Candystand derailed my middle school education
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 22/09/2026
Policenauts on the other hand has been an unexpected treat
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Noah Hurowitz @noahhurowitz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A disturbing new form of family separation: An Iranian couple fled their homeland after twice being arrested for converting to Christianity. Liam was granted asylum in the U.S., but his wife Hannaneh was denied, and has been locked up ever since theintercept.com/2026/09/21/a...
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Immigration Roulette: Husband Granted Asylum, Wife Locked Up Awaiting Deportation
An Iranian couple seeking refuge in the United States faces a cruel new form of family separation.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 21/09/2026
I’m a big MGS stan and the MGS4 remaster was one of my most anticipated games in a long time, having not played it since it came out when I was in college, and boy am I not having very much fun.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 11/09/2026
Osama Bin Laden Won theintercept.com/2026/09/11/b...
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Osama Bin Laden Won
The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true.
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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Recently obtained contracts between Big Tech companies & the Pentagon reveal their efforts to game the risk assessment process in AI weapons contracts. AI Now's @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social explains to @sambiddle.com why it’s crucial that risk assessments be independent: theintercept.com/2026/09/08/m...
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AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal
The Intercept sued to obtain records that reveal an intimate relationship between the military and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The Department of Defense asked OpenAI to provide the U.S. military with a special version of its artificial intelligence technology designed to turn down the military commands as infrequently as possible, according to documents obtained by The Intercept."
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The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No
The U.S. military’s desire for an AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” was revealed through a FOIA lawsuit filed by The Intercept.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 09/09/2026
Records I reviewed show police are searching tens of thousands of Flock cameras to investigate the horrendous violent crime of standing around in public. theintercept.com/2026/09/09/f...
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Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around
Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/09/2026
The military wanted a version of OpenAI's models that would not refuse directives from military officials, a metric called the "minimal refusal rates." This kind of stuff is extremely dangerous. theintercept.com/2026/09/08/p... archive.ph/iKdbn
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The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No
The U.S. military’s desire for an AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” was revealed through a FOIA lawsuit filed by The Intercept.
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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I spoke to the @theintercept.com on how we're entering very dangerous and anti-democratic territory when AI companies, in seeking to deploy their technology in US military, are put in a position to self-report and determine the risks of their very own products.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 08/09/2026
Contract documents I obtained show that OpenAI and Google aren't simply selling a product, but working hand in hand with the Pentagon, advising the U.S. military on AI usage and risks, military AI strategy, and even receiving briefings on "operational missions." theintercept.com/2026/09/08/m...
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AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal
The Intercept sued to obtain records that reveal an intimate relationship between the military and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 08/09/2026
The documents I obtained include an OpenAI contract with the Pentagon requiring that the military AI it sold to Hegseth would maximally comply with the military's commands. The story behind this doc became very strange (thread) theintercept.com/2026/09/08/p...
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The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No
The U.S. military’s desire for an AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” was revealed through a FOIA lawsuit filed by The Intercept.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 08/09/2026
Exclusive: I obtained hundreds of pages of contract documents from the OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/xAI Pentagon deal. It includes a (redacted) copy of OpenAI's classified deployment agreement signed during the DOD/Anthropic showdown. theintercept.com/2026/09/08/m...
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AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal
The Intercept sued to obtain records that reveal an intimate relationship between the military and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 03/09/2026
To answer the many many people who have texted me this in recent days—no I did not sue Disney
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There's a lot of weirdness and bluster in the DoD one-year update on the boat bombing, including: --it was on background --only metrics are supposed reduced "illicit maritime activity" in certain areas, number of strikes, and bodycount --invokes COIN-esque objectives www.war.gov/News/News-St...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 01/09/2026
I can't remember the last time I called a friend outside of trying to locate them in a crowded place. Meanwhile my mom and her friends still call each other just to chat and it seems really lovely. Ah well
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 01/09/2026
$500 toothbrush is an incredible idiot tax
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lookcaitlin @lookcaitlin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Robert Evans #1984 h1.nu/1xgBj
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Striking-yet-difficult-to-parse Cold War report graphic of the day — "Time History of Biological Response to Ionizing Radiation" (US Naval Radiological Laboratory, 1965)
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’d like to believe the parachuting pilot was drawn in later at an editors request
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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
More donut shrimp in the lower left illustration here. www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
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From the massachusetts community on Reddit: AI Menu at the 99
Explore this post and more from the massachusetts community
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 24/08/2026
Jess's reporting literally got someone off death row last year and now BuzzFeed laid her off.
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Max Read @maxread.info · 24/08/2026
took my 5 y/o to a big hannaford today and he was completely one-shotted by the grocery store bullshit. worlds biggest mark. i refused to get him a dumpling toy and he screamed WE'RE ONLY GETTING THINGS YOU WANT. yeah man i really "want" "daves killer bread"
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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’m at a Oaxacan festival and a taco stand has an AI sign too and it’s terrible
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 23/08/2026
The death of folk graphic design in favor of AI slop across our country's delis is leading to some incredibly Lovecraftian food horrors
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
On UnCertainty… borders, genders, crises, duckrabbits and other sites of doubt and dangerous certainty… out from @versobooks.bsky.social on Oct 13. Or for pre-order now! Or if you are interested in covering the book in some way, lmk and we’ll get you a copy! www.versobooks.com/products/321...
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 20/08/2026
Join me and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social in LA while we discuss some topics that keep us up at night
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 20/08/2026
Join 404 Media co-founder Jason Koebler and Intercept reporters Akela Lacy and Sam Biddle for a live discussion on how the U.S. government weaponizes private data to surveil and kill abroad and at home. RSVP: interc.pt/465umIR
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 11/08/2026
Fortnitification continues
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 07/08/2026
Congressional democrats like Amy Klobuchar and Mark Warner are backing a bill that would expand ICE's power in the name of fighting shoplifting theintercept.com/2026/08/07/c...
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Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters
A bill intended to halt the supposed threat of “organized retail crime” would put ICE in charge of the federal response.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 05/08/2026
This page cites the Iran war the U.S. is currently fighting as an example of Trump "Ending Wars and Fostering Peace"
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 28/07/2026
This should be the only kind of video game that's legally allowed by the state. Drawing peaceful scenes very slowly. Antisocial behavior would plummet
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 28/07/2026
This post made me so nostalgic
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 27/07/2026
I stumbled into watching this sort of by accident, having never heard of it, and it's turned out to be one of the best and most moving things I've seen in a very long time mubi.com/en/us/series...
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The New Years | MUBI
Madrid, New Year’s Eve. Ana and Óscar meet for the first time on the night they both turn thirty. That night, their worlds collide in an unexpected romance that will unfold over an entire decade of Ne...
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 20/07/2026
Google is censoring reviews of ICE detention facilities that describe poor conditions, lack of translators, inability to reach prisoners, and other problems, because they are "off-topic" and "unhelpful." theintercept.com/2026/07/20/g...
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Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers
In the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE jails, a new study found.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 18/07/2026
Virtually no one who cites a need to "beat China" in the "AI race" ever bothers to explain what any of that actually means: what the stakes are, where the finish line is, why we're racing in the first place, what "winning" looks like, etc. Largely vibes-based techno-nationalism.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 13/07/2026
The government is investigating Havana Syndrome using the surveillance services of a company that once boasted how it could spy on the movements of CIA personnel, according materials I obtained via FOIA theintercept.com/2026/07/12/a...
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Company That Bragged It Could Track U.S. Spies Hired to Investigate “Havana Syndrome”
American phone-tracking firm Anomaly 6 boasts its technology can pinpoint CIA and NSA officials. Now it’s part of a government “Havana syndrome” task force.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 09/07/2026
I've decided it's time for me to get into Michael Haneke, I started with The Seventh Continent last night (quite an intro!), what should I watch next?
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 27/06/2026
they're cultivating real Tom Clancy's The Division 2 vibes in my hometown
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 26/06/2026
​"'Nobody is laughing at us anymore!' declared Trump, like a school shooter explaining himself." open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
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Bad Fascist Party
At the Great American State Fair, a celebration of death.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 25/06/2026
I think this makes a lot of sense, "Russia hacked our democracy" discourse was largely an off-ramp from meaningful political action
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 18/06/2026
I think it might be helpful to divorce the question of "should little kids be on social media?" from "should keeping kids off social media be enforced via surveillance?"
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 18/06/2026
NEW: The Israeli has regularly asked Meta to censor Iran war-related posts/accounts on Facebook and Instagram, according to internal records I obtained. The company granted some of these requests, but will not say how many. theintercept.com/2026/06/18/i...
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Israel Asked Facebook to Censor Iran War Content, Internal Documents Show
Company records reviewed by The Intercept show Israel urged Facebook and Instagram to take down posts supportive of Iran.
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