Like an American backpacker in Europe with a 🇨🇦 patch on their pack
06.03.2026 22:36
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Like an American backpacker in Europe with a 🇨🇦 patch on their pack
Across social media and the Al industry, people immediately began to challenge Altman's claim. Why, they asked, would the Pentagon suddenly agree to the red lines that it had said — in no uncertain terms — that it would never do so? The answer, sources told The Verge, is that the Pentagon didn't budge. OpenAl agreed to follow laws that have allowed for mass surveillance in the past, while insisting they protect its red lines. One source familiar with the Pentagon's negotiations with Al companies confirmed that OpenAl's deal is much softer than the one Anthropic was pushing for, thanks largely to three words: "any lawful use." In negotiations, the person said, the Pentagon wouldn't back down on its desire to collect and analyze bulk data on Americans. If you look line-by-line at the OpenAl terms, the source said, every aspect of it boils down to: If it's technically legal, then the US military can use OpenAl's technology to carry it out. And over the past decades, the US government has stretched the definition of "technically legal" to cover sweeping mass surveillance programs - and more.
Sam Altman got played and spun it like a win - @haydenfield.bsky.social has the scoop from a weekend’s worth of reporting from inside the Pentagon AI negotiations. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Why I'm quitting OpenAI is the new why I'm leaving NY, except more noble.
LOL! What an an analogy! And... yeah.
More buzzwords and bullshit
Leaving aside that I doubt we really need robots to be human-shaped, I can't think of a company I'd trust less to give me a safe one than Tesla.
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Godspeed
This week on Uncanny Valley, we tell you everything there is to know about carrying your devices over the U.S. border -- and whether you even should. As a bonus, you can hear all about my recent vacation!
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Hundreds gathered in the rain today at the intersection of Wolcott Avenue/Route 9D and Main Street in Beacon Saturday afternoon to protest the sweeping federal cuts being imposed by the Trump administration. The demonstration was one of hundreds happening simultaneously nationwide.
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
Make no mistake that the people doing this to our educational system under the pretense of fighting antisemitism will be busily deploying antisemitism a week or two from now to deflect blame for the global economic crash they just caused.
Protection racket
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
Reminded of this for no particular reason... Over the past few years, banks have been fined $2B bc employees used Whatsapp, etc.. instead of official channels.
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
Already did!
🙋 am one of them
Awesome! I'll be there!
There's obviously not enough to worry about right now, so I thought, hey why not drop an episode about deepfakes...
Fortunately, what @samgregory.bsky.social told me did make feel better. We discuss what technologists can do to help protect our shared reality:
open.spotify.com/episode/6HE6...
Here's a fun new thing I'm doing!
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Gerrymandering too. Not much accountability when nearly all reps have zero incentive to compromise on anything.
Yes. Or if Mark Zuckerberg enjoyed little league as a kid. In a long ago profile Zuck said how fortunate it was that he found computers bc he hated little league. I've long fantasized about a Quantum Leap intervention wherein Sam teaches him how to hit.
The Shitler Youth
Ha! You're bringing me right back to my PC Jr. and my days of staying up too late because I needed to deliver more coal to Antwerp, steel to Brussels, and mail to Paris. RR Tycoon was my jam!
(And, as I look back on it, probably an early sign I might be a product mgr)
This was a valuable PSA. You just saved me some money as I downgraded my Google account. Shady stuff here. Enshittification knows no bounds.
Really awesome reporting here
Great reporting. Really liked this piece and the effort behind it.
