Palantir's CEO published a manifesto arguing Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance, that AI weapons are inevitable, and that "some cultures are dysfunctional." This isn't just a regularly evil tech or defence contractor, it’s a fascist political project.
Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
'Amodei says he suspects open-source models and Chinese developers will be able to replicate Mythos’s capabilities within six to 12 months.'
www.ft.com/content/9e0e...
'Trump has since marveled at the ease with which the strait was closed. A guy with a drone can shut it down, Trump has said to people, expressing belated irritation that the key waterway was so vulnerable.'
'When one adviser later asked him about it, he said he came up with the [Praise be to] Allah idea himself. He said he wanted to seem as unstable & insulting as possible, believing it could bring the Iranians to the table,'
www.wsj.com/politics...
if they need more money they should make more of those t-shirts. I tried to buyy one but was rejected--i assume for not being based in the US
this is according to a recent i/v with the COO @rose.bsky.team on the Mixed Signal podcast
by enabling creators & developers to monetize through subscriptions & developer services. They then take take a fraction of creator revenue.
they are prioritisng this approach before going straight into the traditional advertising model
'Overall then, we have been served up Enron-level creative financing that is designed to tell the Americans we’re spending far more than we were on defence, combined with wilful blindness about a changed America that has become politically and materially unreliable.'
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
It's also surprisingly hard to find online. No ebook?
Those doodles
You should keep us those scribbles of yours
互联网起码在最初被默认为必然带来自由和解放，而现在美国人做的AI压根连不作恶都懒得标榜，所以不需用26年，现在就可以是威权主义者手里的反乌托邦噩梦
HOT TAKE: The PRC didn’t nail jello to the wall, it just has better ways to stop people eating it.
HOWEVER: this is still funny
This is a pretty extraordinary thing to argue after twenty plus years of seeing supposedly liberating technologies be harnessed by authoritarians to discipline their critics and defend their power and wealth.
The West: *creates the internet* “Try nailing THAT jello to the wall.”
CCP: *nails it*
The West: *creates LLMs* “Alright, try nailing THIS.”
CCP: *picks up hammer*
Almost one year ago, I was denied entry to the West Bank by Israeli authorities, alongside my fellow Labour MP, Abtisam Mohamed. Later that year Dr Simon Opher had the same experience. Since then, the three of us have carried on campaigning on human rights in Palestine in Parliament.
Musk is launching his XChat app in China. Huh.
'Zhihu discussions note...the app will likely remain inaccessible. Beyond China’s stringent platform regulations, XChat requires an X account to log in, meaning users cannot get past registration.'
i feel bad for our country but this is tremendous content
Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!"
The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]
It's nice to wake up to good news every now and then.
This is a totally different congresswoman and detention center than the Wasserman Schultz/Alligator Alcatraz piece from earlier
'In this ideologically complex security environment, Australia faces difficult choices as it seeks to ensure its security, its sovereignty and the integrity of its democratic political system,' write @bethanyallen.bsky.social, @nathanattrill.bsky.social and @fergus.bsky.social.
Sorry, I meant the link to your review
broken link
What are you now?
