So Iran now has, perhaps for the first time, information about the location of our most sensitive covert sites in the region.
A completely foreseeable, unnecessary consequence of unnecessary war with Iran.
Love to the pilots shot down by Kuwait friendly fire. NOT their fault. Yet costs:
(Total 3 Jets) |
| ~$120,000,000 |
| Aircraft (Replacement Value) | ~$280,000,000 – $350,000,000 |
| Training (Value of Lives Saved) | ~$60,000,000 |
| Munitions/Fuel (Lost in Flight) | $1,000,000+ |
BREAKING: The UN's nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says inspectors have not found evidence of a coordinated Iranian program to build nuclear weapons, despite Israeli and US claims.
LIVE updates: aje.news/dp8prb
So many good quotes: "Hegseth is not behaving like a normal political actor. He is indulging in ego, intimidation, and dickwaving theatrics"
This girl is who I wanted to be in my 20s.. "Now I am no national security expert, but neither is Pete Hegseth"... Important read on the Anthropic kerfuffle... Jasmine, hats off.
Same girl! I am obsessed with this Antrhopic vs Pentagon debacle. Last night I woke up and wrote my 20 year old son a manifesto on the topic for no apparent reason. In my 50's, I should not be so diabolically enthralled with this topic yet I am. SO much is riding on this that most don't understand.
For anyone AI-curious.. great read
This is old but if you're wanting to get caught up on the AI ecosphere recommend reading this: situational-awareness.ai?ref=forourpo...
What's crazy is that Anthropic ceo Amodei was OpenAI's VP.. but they parted ways on ethics. I mean if you really delve into it, the people that own these foundational models are the new titans in our future world. We really need to pay attention to that. ALL the other AI stuff stems from them.
That's Microsoft. But the "Foundational" models are OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The others (Copilot, Meta, Groc etc) came after.
You have a choice with these foundational models that literally ALL other AI is built from... I'm just suggesting that the owner of the data is the power lord. Trust that lord to someone with a more altruistic path.
Anthropic (Claude) was started by people who left OpenAI because they wanted to focus more on safety and ethics. They built something called a 'Constitutional AI.' It has a literal set of values it follows so it doesn't go off the rails.
Gemini is powered by Google DeepMind. These are the scientists who actually solved how proteins fold to cure diseases. They aren't just 'tech bros'; they are deep researchers. Because it's Google, it’s already integrated into the tools we use—and they have th emoney.
I’m going to be honest about my bias here. While OpenAI gets all the headlines, I’ve moved my 'brain' over to Gemini (Google) and Claude (Anthropic).
“He flopped onto the floor next to him, pulling out his phone to gawk over an online auction for a watch once worn by the actor Pierce Brosnan, who played James Bond.”
This is all I need to read to understand this man.
How is Kristi Noem paying $270 million for these luxury jets, one of them including a bedroom, full kitchen, and bar? Using YOUR tax dollars.
Instead of dodging questions, Kristi Noem should give the American people an explanation immediately as to why she’s wasting your money.
The complete idiot Kaitlan is interviewing here is … {checks notes} … a United States Senator
WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin?
NOEM: Yes
WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that?
NOEM: No.
Could we have sane Republicans actually pushing back now?
🙏🙏🙏
Could they have anticipated this to hurt oil flow to China and securing their AI lead with UAE who is pivoting from oil based economy to compute? Too much? 🤷♀️
Ugh the worst. It’s still about some rigged election for him.
Ugh I hate seeing him with foreign leaders. He always looks pompous and bored. Zero respect, diplomacy or decorum. Just pure evil superiority.
She would have been such a fun president.
Later today, my awesome colleagues (w/ some number crunching from yours truly) are going to release a product that compares various costs associated w/ the Iran War so far to what those dollars could have been used for instead, under a more humane budget that prioritized human life. Look out for it!
I cringe when I hear “The TLDR”… what is so hard about just saying “in summary”…?
Great article. I can’t help but think the whole thing was orchestrated in advance and is oligarchy at its finest. Why did Brockman donate $25m? Why did UAE buy 49% stake in Trump’s crypto co? Why did they agree to sell them chips? Why is OpenAI datacenter there? Why is Ellison the plumbing behind it
Via Barchart: The U.S. will owe an additional $700 million in interest each month it delays paying tariff refunds.
#EconSky
To think Amodei’s whole reason for Anthropic’s AI putting up guardrails and following a Constitution was because he didn’t want his AI running amuck in Authoritarian hands. He just didn’t realize the US would be that.
