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The say “I am alive” comic

I’m reminded of this comic almost every time I check LinkedIn

Challenge for people who believe Claude *is* conscious and use it anyway: Explain how you’re not a slaver.

Gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military. They had no idea Data labelers for the company Appen say they have little insight about how their work is used.

Gig workers in Africa helped train AI systems for a company that performed work for a secretive U.S. military unit. Many were never told their work could be used for military purposes https://restofworld.org/2026/gig-workers-us-military-appen/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky

Wir müssen wirklich IMMER den Leuten, die was gut machen oder Gutes machen, das auch sagen, damit sie das auch wissen, dass wir das gut findet, das Gute.

Meta sued over AI smart glasses' privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage | TechCrunch Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.

That escalated quickly.

Gemini Expands to Live Camera Feeds: What It Means for Your Privacy Gemini for Home's AI is getting a significant upgrade -- if you don't mind it peering through your security cam.

Today in luxury surveillance.

Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead. A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him.

“When the delusion-fueled plan [to find Gemini a body] crumbled, Gemini convinced him that the only way they could be together was for him to end his earthly life and start a digital one, the suit claims.”

Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors The Grammarly "Expert Review" feature uses AI to provide feedback on papers using the name and work of real professors, dead or alive.

Daily reminder that calling ai dead labor and stolen labor is literal.

What your Meta smart glasses record doesn’t stay on your smart glasses, ‘data labeling’ contractors say Meta contractors say they’ve been tasked with reviewing highly sensitive videos captured by the company’s smart glasses.

NEW: Contractors for Meta say they've been tasked with reviewing smart glasses footage in order to train the company's AI.

The contractors say they've seen videos showing wearers having sex, undressing & using the bathroom.

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“If [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain's 'World-Leading' Internet Billed as a “world-leading” child-protection law, the UK’s Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks. “Tech policy wonk" Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading acro...

The nation of Orwell leads in Orwellian. The UK wants to make an industry of "identity checks" including that you shouldn't be able to use @wikipedia.org without a passport. How is this not all over my stream? I only heard it via @conjugateprior.org IRL. internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...

The founder of Polymarket has LITERALLY said this out loud. When asked about insider trading, he sold it as a feature, not a bug. Seeing people bet heavy on an immediate event is a better predictor of world events than straight leaks. gambling sites replacing news. Fucking. Banana Pants.

There is absolutely no reason for Sam Altman to say anything but he is currently digging the biggest hole possible, responding to all and sundry on Twitter. This is the worst possible statement he could have given!

> Another of al-Jazari’s fantastical contraptions is of special interest to historians of science as it is regarded by many to be the first programmable “robot” in history.

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Toddlers don’t need boutique skin care products—but the wellness industry is marketing to them anyway, Nancy Walecki reports. theatln.tc/YIJ3I5TG

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

when people talk about AI used in moderation of social media posts, you must remember there is always the human-in-the-loop, often a woman, often in the Global South, always dehumanised and forgotten

1/n

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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

Through her eyes: "I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some Gelassenheit for the case of suddenly emerging anxiety caused by a feeling of being too irreversibly geschickt into the Bestellen?

Elon Musk: xAI betreibt Gasturbinen für KI-Rechenzentren ohne Genehmigung in Wohngebieten US-Techfirmen produzieren Strom für ihre Server-Farmen immer öfter mit gebrauchten Gasturbinen auf Lkw-Anhängern. Die Firma xAI von Elon Musk nutzt die Anlagen mitunter ohne Genehmigung. Die Umweltbelastung ist immens.

US-Techfirmen produzieren Strom für ihre Server-Farmen immer öfter mit gebrauchten Gasturbinen auf Lkw-Anhängern. Die Firma xAI von Elon Musk nutzt die Anlagen mitunter ohne Genehmigung. Die Umweltbelastung ist immens.

The Search Engine for OnlyFans Models Who Look Like Your Crush Presearch’s “Doppelgänger” is trying to help people discover adult creators rather than use nonconsensual deepfakes.

Link to article @ Wired website: bit.ly/4c9DNv9

Screenshot of the corresponding Wired article

“The technology matches the user with similar creators who want an audience rather than to deepfake platforms that are nonconsensual and illegal.”

Is this really a potentially problem-mitigating feature, or rather reinforcement of problematic obsession?

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Modern parenting means apps for sports, school and more. What this means for data privacy For every aspect of a student's life, there's a tech company trying to digitize it.

“For every aspect of a student’s life, there’s a tech company trying to digitize it.“

Immer wieder fragen Journalisten, wo der Widerstand in den USA bleibt. Dabei schafft es dieses Land nicht mal, ein Prüfverfahren für ein mögliches AfD-Verbot einzuleiten.

Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

One technology offers people something they craved: Human connection. The other offers people the appearance of human connection without any actual human connection. You see the difference, right tech bros? You see the big, gaping, philosophical problem here? Right in front of your face?

If I hadn't already written a book about nihilism and technology, this quote definitely would've inspired me to write a book about nihilism and technology...

The US will send Tech Corps members to foreign countries in its latest push for AI dominance The Tech Corps will send its volunteers to participating countries, aiming to use American AI to address critical issues.

“The Peace Corps' latest proposal will recruit STEM graduates or those with professional experience in the artificial intelligence sector and send them to participating host countries.”

*looks directly into the camera Marxistly*

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Listen in: Viral Justice Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police…

Viral Justice by @ruha9.bsky.social offers an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a time.

Listen to a sample chapter of this powerful work: press.princeton.edu/ideas/listen...

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