Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialAaron D'Souza @aarondsouza.bsky.social · 3h👑💔nytimes.comMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 062
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialf the new york times @fnyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi (Gift Article) f the nytnytimes.comIndia Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi (Gift Article)Public anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government. 001
subaltern.bsky.social @subaltern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026thehindu.comInstagram blocks ‘Stop Vizag Data Centers’ account for users in IndiaThe 'Stop Vizag Data Centers' Instagram account faces restrictions in India, sparking concerns over censorship and transparency. 000
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position 412684560
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialHeraty Law @heratylaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Google Pushed AI Into Schools—and Even Students Say It’s Gone Too Far The risks of cognitive and emotional dependence, along with falling test scores, are fueling a backlash” the 15-year-old said: “When I was in a test and I couldn’t use AI, it was hard to think.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/goog...wsj.comGoogle Pushed AI Into Schools—and Even Students Say It’s Gone Too FarThe risks of cognitive and emotional dependence, along with falling test scores, are fueling a backlash. 268
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bank of England and the British financial system were deeply involved in the enslavement and trafficking of millions of African people. Slavery and colonialism is part of British history. It should be part of school curriculum, so that we can recognize ourselves and do better.theguardian.comSlave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research findsDozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans 36572230
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialNYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Can LLMs introspect? Anthropic said yes. However, CDS PhD student Shashwat Singh, CDS Associate Professor Tal Linzen (@tallinzen.bsky.social) & CDS Faculty Fellow Shauli Ravfogel (@shauli.bsky.social) found the evidence falls short. nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-research...nyudatascience.medium.comCDS Researchers Challenge Anthropic’s Evidence That Language Models Can IntrospectIn 2025, Anthropic reported that its Claude models could detect when researchers injected a concept directly into their neural activity… 13516
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJ. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026>> The only effective, lasting, far-reaching solution is the political, legal, economic & cultural equality of women. This requires the liberation of men from the kind of misogynistic male supremacy Sanday describes in the fraternities @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca SolnitPublic outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women 083
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A public scandal involving the mishandling of voter records by the Election Commission of India highlights the fallacy of depending on a centralized system for the friction and realities of human democracy, writes Amber Sinha, contributing editor at Tech Policy Press.buff.lyA Misguided Tech Solution is Putting India's Electoral Integrity at RiskIndia’s elections must pivot away from a blind faith in techno-solutionism or risk losing the guaranteed right to vote, writes Amber Sinha. 022
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2026> Capitalist elites hate workers and despise worker expertise. [I] have decades of experience, sitting in rooms with (mostly) men who [...] hated that a wage servant possessed technical expertise they needed, but were too lazy, arrogant or stupid to grasp. — @cloudquistador.eurosky.socialmonroelab.comThe Tech Industry: An AutopsyThe tech Industry, and the fields that grew from it, are dead. The Industry, which, as Yasha Levine details in his book, ‘Surveillance Valley’, was always a tool of oppression, and never R… 59037
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialMark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If anyone ever decides to puts charges against OpenAI, this will be key evidence of negligence at the very top www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...nytimes.comOpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Gift Article)Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen. 072
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialwbnyc.bsky.social @wbnyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Excellent piece. 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...nytimes.comOpinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians (Gift Article)The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs. 002
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...404media.coHumans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're HorrifiedHuman contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI... 14668348
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/09/2026More details in the article belownytimes.comDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 2458
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A helpful and comprehensive overview of Alpha School’s high school boot camp activities and the fallout from the student tweets. (One correction: students aren’t learning from an “AI tutor” when using the TimeBack/2 Hour Learning software.) www.the74million.org/article/insi...the74million.orgInside Alpha School’s ‘Bootcamp’: Heart Monitors, Unpaid Labor & Many, Many TweetsStudents at the AI-powered private school are chronicling grueling tests of composure, endurance and grit. 1196
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hoe vinden Meta-medewerkers hun eigen Meta-bril? (Samen met @bitsoffreedom.eurosky.social) 691933906
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialamethyst888.bsky.social @amethyst888.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/c...nytimes.comE.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Data Centers (Gift Article)Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects. 113
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialvirginia1cheung.bsky.social @virginia1cheung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...nytimes.comBattle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher (Gift Article)The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care. 022
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Just as providers are using sophisticated A.I. tools to say their patients are sicker, insurance companies have been accused of using the tools to delay or deny care.... But as more hospitals and doctors use A.I., costs will continue to rise."nytimes.comBattle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs HigherThe use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care. 54222
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialPema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In destroying the Voting Rights Act and gutting the 14th and 15th amendments, the Roberts court is recycling legal arguments once advanced by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction. From me and @ariberman.bsky.socialmotherjones.comJim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past. 14803352
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026Dyson is experiencing some problems with their surveillance toothbrush.wired.comDyson Won’t Say What’s Wrong With Its CameraJet ToothbrushDespite admitting to a “component issue,” the company refuses to say what went wrong, how many units are affected in how many countries, and why it won’t recall its $500 AI toothbrush. 10335
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJohn Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW @pewresearch.org survey (n=10,548) shows increasingly negative views about data centers in the US. Just since January, there have been big attitudinal shifts across the demographic and political spectrum. Full analysis: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 212348
subaltern.bsky.social @subaltern.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust managed to overwrite a maternity database spanning more than a decade after someone forgot to change a setting in a reused set of computer instructions.nuh.nhs.ukStatement: NUH data loss | Latest news 000
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialRyan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine. Today's @wsj.com cites Veronica Paternolli and my paper on liability for agentic AI. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-l...wsj.comAI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability LandminePlus, Anthropic delays its IPO, and AI agents have trust issues. 074
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialRani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Congratulations, you're a manager now! But there's no promotion — or a raise. www.businessinsider.com/workers-mana...businessinsider.comBossing around teams of AI bots is becoming a new job skill — without boss payWorkers are now spending their time managing AI agents, supervising their work, and fixing mistakes. Many aren't getting manager promotions or raises. 041
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026'The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London.' Leaps and bounds forward in our understanding of the histories of the British enslaved. #Skystorianstheguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 113586
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026SCOOP: Meta execs announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. In reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media learned.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." 40480230
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialTim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"In terms of public opinion, unions are popular. AI is not. “Using negotiations to establish boundaries, labor leaders hope [will] direct AI from the ground up. As workers & employers try to make sense of the AI economy, these contracts could help shape policy." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/b...nytimes.comHow Unions Are Confronting A.I. Threats in the WorkplaceThe machinists union shows how workers are negotiating for a say in the ways artificial intelligence is used in their workplaces. 001
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialCharles Hill @charleswlhill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I would be deeply suspicious of any “educational” institution associated with Marc Andreessen given that he is a card carrying techno fascist. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...wsj.comExclusive | The Tech Elite Is Funding an Alternative to CollegeThe venture-capital firm is spending $35 million to back the two-year academy, with other Bay Area tech giants on board. 011
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New: OpenAI has thousands of contractors improving its AI, including reading ChatGPT users' prompts We've found many of those contractors have been fired for themselves using AI to train the AI. People using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time" www.404media.co/people-train...404media.coPeople Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AIOpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI. 20367131
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...technologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 1259
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialregular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 21/09/2026link here if u want it:nytimes.comThe A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side (Gift Article)Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record. 414729
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.social💙🇺🇦 🚫🧊 @kaysid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...nytimes.comWall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom (Gift Article)Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities. 001
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"AI-related spending accounts for about half the growth in US gross domestic product, by some estimates.... Those gains have been built on the assumption that AI will keep growing at breakneck speed for years and years to come." 🎁 53214
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialDr. Chinasa T. Okolo @chinasa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“Economists in China — even those closest to the state — have openly warned that the government is pouring too many resources into a technology that creates relatively few jobs, while doing too little to save the broader economy.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/b...nytimes.comIn China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind (Gift Article)As Xi Jinping arrives in the United States this week for a state visit, China’s advances in artificial intelligence will be in the air. Less discussed: China’s economy in its worst shape in decades. 064
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialblueskyredhawk @blueskyredhawk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"they were having side conversations while I'm sitting there testifying about the worst day and the worst moment of my life Outside of the hearing, she recognized two tech lobbyists pulling lawmakers aside one by one" (And... please support @npr.org)npr.orgHow Google is drafting AI chatbot laws around the countryAs states push to regulate chatbots, tech companies are trying to write safety rules in ways that exempt some of their key products. 024
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialNathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 17/09/2026So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...techpolicy.pressWhat Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AINathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs? 15420223
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialSarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 27/10/2025Who the fuck is this dude who rolled in saying what women researchers have been saying for years? He came on my thread here once to tell me I was wrong about something — I wasn’t. I responded, he said nothing, and disappeared. @alexhanna.bsky.social @safiyanoble.bsky.socialwired.comEd Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AIHe’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention. 1519444
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I would like to thank @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social and @danieldrucker.bsky.social for this incredibly concise encapsulation of how "superintelligence" discourse diverts energy and attention from the real, actual harms: >> 318548
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681409
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialKrishna Karra @krishnakarra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NEW: Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 🎁: bloomberg.com/graphics/202... 064
subaltern.bsky.social @subaltern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Audiences paying premium prices for live shows expect to be wowed by perfect vocals and choreography, and tend to complain on social media when they are not. [...] As a result, truly live vocals have become more scarce."nytimes.comThe Mic Is On. So Is Live Auto-Tune. (Gift Article)As audiences demand perfection from live performances, pitch correction technology has become an increasingly common way for singers to deliver. 000
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.social atj15 @atriverside.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Climate change is happening. It doesn’t recognize boundaries.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/c...nytimes.comScientists Warn of Flood Risks to 8 Himalayan Countries after Nepal Disaster (Gift Article)The catastrophe set off alarms in a region with thousands of glaciers spanning eight nations. Better monitoring and cooperation between the countries could save lives, experts say. 001
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialdebra-mathews.bsky.social @debra-mathews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“As OpenAI was forging ahead with its work, Microsoft employees debated whether what OpenAI was doing represented the “largest theft of labor in human history” and could create a “doom loop” that could ultimately threaten the quality of the large language models they were building.” 🎁nytimes.comMicrosoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History (Gift Article)Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems. 111
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialBrian Gratwicke @briangratwicke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Seems like the fox is in charge of the henhouse when it comes to climate accounting www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Latest Corporate Climate Ruse (Gift Article)Making deforestation look climate-friendly will encourage a lot more deforestation. 012
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1 4253902351
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026Remember folks, take notes here: ✅ When your company hacking another one helps with marketing, its "OMG rogue models gone wild hacking other companies." 😱 ❌ When a hacking incident doesn't raise your valuation but shows you to be massive thieves, it's an internal "ah nice" 4396130
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A brilliant @philipcball.bsky.social review, with a sensitive discussion of how hard it is to talk honestly about Hawking www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comHawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of geniusA biography of the physicist recognises his achievements, but also reveals the selfish narcissist underneath 24821
Reposted by @subaltern.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“If Universal opts against releasing the movie, it would mark an extraordinary reversal at a moment when media companies are already under scrutiny for bowing to political pressure.”hollywoodreporter.comUniversal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted. 21365124