#AIFRAUD

#aifraud | The Ministry of Finance of Bolivia released a vibecoded website probably using a shitty LLM while scanning government data. The credits list under the captions "A.I."

Michael StricklenMichael Stricklen • 3rd+Premium • 3rd+ Robot Whisperer A million H100 equivalents of Colossus compute, pointed at a coding model, with Cursor's telemetry as the training signal. … The 10 billion break fee is the number worth sitting with. That is not a consolation prize. That is xAI pricing the distribution channel to expert software engineers as a strategic asset on the order of a mid-cap acquisition, whether they close or not. The IDE layer is done consolidating. Anthropic has Claude Code. OpenAI absorbed Windsurf. xAI now has Cursor on a leash. The thesis that a neutral, model-agnostic IDE could own the developer surface as an independent category is over at the frontier. For PE diligence on developer tools, the moat question has moved. It is no longer which IDE wins. It is which distribution channel to working engineers is still independently ownable, and that answer set is getting thin. The part that actually matters commercially is the bet underneath the headline. Colossus plus Cursor telemetry is a specific wager that code generation is still training-scale-limited rather than architecture-limited or evaluation-limited. Anthropic has gotten a lot of mileage out of the opposite assumption. One of those two theses is going to look obviously right in eighteen months, and capital allocators who are indexed to the wrong one are going to feel it. Cursor as a standalone product has a harder problem. The value proposition was best-in-class UX with genuine model routing parity. When the parent is a frontier lab, the incentive to keep that parity honest degrades on a timeline, no matter what today's announcement says about openness. Builders who depend on Cursor should be planning for the world where it is Grok's coding surface by default, and pricing optionality accordingly. Humans do not outsource judgment to the machines. Capital allocators do not outsource thesis selection …

Do people really talk like this? Clanker wrote it?

It all dances around the fact that none of this is useful to anybody, least of all "expert software engineers" who are all being hazed out by managers sucking on the dreck-teat, anyway.

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Isaiah N. GranetIsaiah N. Granet • 3rd+Verified • 3rd+ Co Founder @ BlandCo Founder @ Bland 17h • 17 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow SpaceX is effectively buying Cursor, but only if the partnership works. That is the entire story. The terms are: Cursor builds on SpaceX compute. If the result is good enough, SpaceX buys Cursor for $60 billion. If not, Cursor keeps $10 billion for the joint work and walks away. This is not a standard tech deal. Most acquisitions are binary: buy or don't buy. This is staged, with the acquisition price set so high that it functions as a reward for success rather than a typical purchase. The $60 billion figure also makes it difficult for any other buyer to compete, which protects the partnership from disruption. The $10 billion walkaway clause is unusual in size. It means Cursor is paid even if the deal collapses, which suggests both sides see real risk in the integration. Building AI on a supercomputer is different from building it on cloud infrastructure. The tools, the workflows, the debugging, all of it changes when you leave the standard stack. What this means is that Cursor is no longer just a coding tool company. It is now an experiment in whether elite software product design can survive inside a company whose core competence is rockets and satellites. If it works, the result is a new kind of AI company. If it does not, Cursor's founders walk away with $10 billion and the knowledge that they tried. The rest of the industry is now watching to see which outcome happens.

Blah blah blah blah blah

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Thomas J ThompsonThomas J Thompson • 3rd+Influencer • 3rd+ Chief Economist @ Havas | Entrepreneur in Residence @ HarvardChief Economist @ Havas | Entrepreneur in Residence @ Harvard 17h • 17 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow SpaceX’s Cursor Deal Signals Shift in Control of AI Workflows Bloomberg News reports that SpaceX may acquire the AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion or invest $10 billion to deepen the partnership. The companies say they are working together to build “the world’s best coding and knowledge work AI.” This follows SpaceX’s combination with xAI, bringing AI models and compute into closer alignment with its infrastructure capabilities. Cursor is not an infrastructure company. It does not own data centers or generate compute. It sits at the application layer, shaping how developers actually work with AI. That detail matters because it reframes the move. This is not simply an expansion into software. It is a step toward controlling the interface where work is produced. For most of the past decade, progress in AI has been measured by improvements in models and access to compute. Those remain essential, but they are becoming more widely available. As that happens, differentiation starts to shift. The question becomes less about who has access to AI and more about how that access is structured and used in practice. That is where this fits. Bringing infrastructure, models, and applications closer together does not just improve performance. It can change how quickly capabilities are deployed and how consistently they are used. Over time, that can influence where value accumulates, particularly if the interface becomes the point where output is defined and measured. There is also a practical constraint running underneath this. Scaling AI requires significant compute, and compute requires energy. …

There is also a practical constraint running underneath this. Scaling AI requires significant compute, and compute requires energy. As demand increases, the ability to support that demand becomes part of the equation. Tesla, Inc. operates upstream in energy generation and storage. It is too early to draw firm conclusions about how that might connect, but it illustrates how the AI stack is extending beyond software into physical infrastructure. The reason this stands out to me is that it shifts the conversation away from what AI can do to how it is organized. That is where economic value tends to be determined. If the companies building infrastructure, models, and applications begin to align those layers more tightly, it has implications for how work scales and who ultimately captures the benefit of that scale. This is not just about one transaction. It is an example of how the next phase of AI may be taking shape, which is why it is worth paying attention to now rather than later. https://lnkd.in/gDb9sazU

On and on and on forever, just litres of #Claudorrhea dribbling from the mouths of the worst people

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Suraj NaikSuraj Naik • 3rd+Premium • 3rd+ Founder - AutoNurture.AI | StudentAI.app | TeacherAI.app | Third Dimension Fitness | Board Member NYSE: GNS | Member of Microsoft for Startups | Strategic Leadership, Marketing, OperationsFounder - AutoNurture.AI | StudentAI.app | TeacherAI.app | Third Dimension Fitness | Board Member NYSE: GNS | Member of Microsoft for Startups | Strategic Leadership, Marketing, Operations 6h • 6 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow A rocket company putting $60 billion on the table for a code editor is not something I expected this year. But here we are. SpaceX partnering with Cursor, with an option to acquire them for $60B, or commit $10B to what they are building together. Cursor’s rise alone is hard to ignore. $2.5B in Jan 2025 $9B by May $29.3B by Nov $60B option in April 2026 For me, this one is personal. I have used Cursor a lot while building StudentAI.app and TeacherAI.app. It is not just a code editor. It genuinely changes how fast you can build and iterate. That said, I am also a bit cautious. OpenAI and Anthropic with Claude are both moving fast across the same stack, with Claude pushing further into design and build workflows just last week. Everyone is consolidating. So the question is not just how big this deal is. It is whether SpaceX and Cursor can win in a space where multiple giants are building tightly integrated ecosystems. What is clear though is this. Value is moving fast. And everything from compute to developer tools is starting to connect. hashtag#AI hashtag#SpaceX hashtag#Cursor hashtag#Startups hashtag#AIcoding

Michael StricklenMichael Stricklen • 3rd+Premium • 3rd+ Robot WhispererRobot Whisperer 16h • 16 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow A million H100 equivalents of Colossus compute, pointed at a coding model, with Cursor's telemetry as the training signal. That is what SpaceX announced today when it revealed the option to acquire Cursor for 60 billion dollars later this year, or pay 10 billion to keep the partnership alive. The 10 billion break fee is the number worth sitting with. That is not a consolation prize. That is xAI pricing the distribution channel to expert software engineers as a strategic asset on the order of a mid-cap acquisition, whether they close or not. The IDE layer is done consolidating. Anthropic has Claude Code. OpenAI absorbed Windsurf. xAI now has Cursor on a leash. The thesis that a neutral, model-agnostic IDE could own the developer surface as an independent category is over at the frontier. For PE diligence on developer tools, the moat question has moved. It is no longer which IDE wins. It is which distribution channel to working engineers is still independently ownable, and that answer set is getting thin. The part that actually matters commercially is the bet underneath the headline. Colossus plus Cursor telemetry is a specific wager that code generation is still training-scale-limited rather than architecture-limited or evaluation-limited. Anthropic has gotten a lot of mileage out of the opposite assumption. One of those two theses is going to look obviously right in eighteen months, and capital allocators who are indexed to the wrong one are going to feel it. Cursor as a standalone product has a harder problem. The value proposition was best-in-class UX with genuine model routing parity. When the parent is a frontier lab, the incentive to keep that parity honest degrades on a timeline, no matter what today's announcement says about openness. …

Tim HaldorssonTim Haldorsson • 3rd+Premium • 3rd+ AI systems for marketing and BD teams → Founder of Espressio AI and Lunar StrategyAI systems for marketing and BD teams → Founder of Espressio AI and Lunar Strategy Book an appointment 5h • 5 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow Cursor just got a $60 billion price tag from spacex. and it instantly changes the code editor war. right now there are two clear leaders. claude code from anthropic. codex from openai. elon just made it three. here is why it matters. > cursor is powerful but it has no real-time awareness. grok does. it lives on X and sees every breaking API change, every security patch, every new model drop the second it lands. claude code is deep. codex is fast. but neither owns the real-time information layer. grok does. and it is about to be inside the tool most AI builders use every day. three way race. and the new competitor just showed up with the biggest information advantage in the game. have you tried Grok yet?

Word salad as a Service

these guys' brains are cooked

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Screenshot of linkedin article: Updated 2 hours ago SpaceX inks pact with AI coding darling Cursor for $60B Share Edited by Megan McDonough, Editor at LinkedIn News SpaceX has agreed to buy artificial intelligence startup Cursor for $60 billion, or pay $10 billion for their collaborative efforts. A tech darling, Cursor is one of Silicon Valley's fastest-growing AI startups and could strengthen the reusable rocket maker's AI coding tools as it prepares for a potential record-breaking public debut. It could also give SpaceX's subsidiary xAI stronger footing against industry rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. "We think together we can scale up our model efforts," said Cursor president Oskar Schulz. … see more Top perspectives Storyline feed updates View Carmen Arroyo Nieto’s graphic link Carmen Arroyo NietoCarmen Arroyo Nieto • 3rd+Premium • 3rd+ Reporter at Bloomberg News. signal: arroyonieto.93Reporter at Bloomberg News. signal: arroyonieto.93 17h • 17 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow SpaceX said it has an agreement to either acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year or pay $10 billion for its work together, as it works to catch up to rivals in AI coding. SpaceX announced the deal in a post on X, saying the companies are “now working closely together to create the world’s best coding and knowledge work AI.” SpaceX, which is planning an initial public offering later this year, recently merged with xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company. The deal comes shortly after Musk said that xAI is behind on coding tools compared with its peers and vowed to rebuild the company from the ground up. In March, he ordered a round of layoffs. He’s also been seeking engineering talent, and has previously hired from Cursor. https://lnkd.in/e3UicqJT

Meanwhile, in the pig trough

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#aifraud #spacex

Beware of the "Deepfake." AI-generated voice and video fraud are the new frontiers of corporate theft. Always verify wire transfer requests via a secondary, known channel. #AIFraud #Deepfake #CyberCrime

real breath of fresh air
tech bros have forgotten how anything works
or that anything exists
other than their deadly bubble
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The fraud charges against ILEARNINGENGINES' ex-leadership reveal a critical problem: the AI market's aggressive demand for growth often bypasses basic financial scrutiny. Why did nobody look closer, and what does this mean for…

https://www.tpp.blog/129zn69

#technology #ilearningengines #aifraud

📡 UPDATE: U.S. seniors lose billions yearly to AI-powered scams as fraudsters exploit tech advances #Scams #AIFraud

They are being willingly "manipulated." The truth is out there

They CAN'T release it to the public because it's shit for efficiency and cost.
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Everyone’s Panicking About Mythos -- except Cal Newport. #AIFRAUD

Rob Montz and Cal Newport
Apr 15, 2026

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Screenshot of Procore web site: Who We Serve Why Procore Resources Support Pricing (877) 268-2511 Log In Request a Demo Related Articles article-image 2026 Forecast: 5 Construction Trends That Will Lead to True Tech Transformation article-image The 5 Key Types of Construction Contracts article-image Time and Materials (T&M) Contracts in Construction: Guide for Contractors & Project Owners article-image Invitation to Tender (ITT) Explained for Construction Library Agentic AI as a Capacity Multiplier: Why Construction Leaders Are Hiring “Digital Employees” — 5 min read Agentic AI as a Capacity Multiplier: Why Construction Leaders Are Hiring “Digital Employees” Joely Ho By Joely Ho Last Updated Feb 4, 2026 Three contractors in high visibility jackets look at a smart tablet. It’s not every day you see Procore, CMiC, and EllisDon sharing the same stage. But frankly, the topic demanded it. In a recent webinar hosted by On-Site Magazine, we joined leaders from these firms and Platform Insurance for a candid discussion on the next evolution of our industry’s technology: Agentic AI. Canadian contractors are currently facing a perfect storm: a retiring workforce, tightening schedules, and demanding QA/QC requirements. The panel moved past the hype of "chatbots" to explore how a new class of digital employees is delivering immediate, practical value on Canadian project sites. If you missed the live discussion, here is how the industry is shifting from thinking about AI to putting it to work.

Screenshot, rest of article: The Core Shift: From "Helping" to "Doing" In recent years, the conversation around artificial intelligence has mostly been about Generative AI --tools that summarize emails or draft reports. While useful, these are passive tools that wait for a prompt. As a result, they are limited in their ability to drive productivity. The shift in focus right now is to Agentic AI, which monitors workflows continuously. It enforces process, follows through, escalates risk, and takes routine execution work off people's plates. It's a simple distinction: Generative helps people think; Agentic AI helps people actually get work done. This matters right now because construction doesn't have a knowledge problem -- we've got a capacity and consistency problem. More projects, more regulation, fewer experienced people. The use cases that are practical and quick are anything where the work is repetitive, time is sensitive, and risk is high if follow-up slips. Agentic AI helps scale execution without scaling headcount. This is about protecting time, preserving experience, not replacing people. Nolan Frazier Head of Sales, Canada Procore

Good luck, dumbasses

#aifraud #agentic #claudeswallop

This is exactly what Canada is doing: it's a scam coordinated at the highest levels

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I'm ordering 🍿🍿🍿

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Censure a symbolic sham
many dirty hands skim Sam's scam

#openai #aifraud

Screenshot of BlueSky with failed-loading feed perfect angel ‪@shiningangelx.bsky.social‬ Follow i simply find it a little hard to believe that shortly after every website implemented ai code and fired a bunch of engineers they all started breaking constantly every single day but its not related to the ai code or the skeleton crew 1:19 PM · Apr 16, 2026 Everybody can reply [below: replies are greyed out placeholders, not loading]

Nobody* could have predicted it would go this way

#aifraud #claudeswallop #slop

Is Microsoft prepared for a shift in how people think about Microsoft IDEs

#slop #aifraud #nopilot

Everyone’s Panicking About Mythos -- except Cal Newport. #AIFRAUD

Rob Montz and Cal Newport
Apr 15, 2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPjU...

Everyone’s Panicking About Mythos -- except Cal Newport. #AIFRAUD

Rob Montz and Cal Newport
Apr 15, 2026

"erodes trust in any image or text"

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This genocidist government is garbage from top to bottom.

#cdnpoli
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The machines are not, in fact, fine. - Boxo Barks "Claude, write me a viral debut blog post using these three sources, make no mistakes."

Along with many others, I accidentally promoted Claudeswallop.

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RIP Aaron

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Screenshot from LinkedIn: Matt Hicks • 1st Software Architect / Fractional CTO 16h • It's a trap! I've spent a lot more time with Claude Code recently on a few projects. For basic things, it's highly productive. I can get it to make some code changes much faster than I could myself. However, looking back on my coding sessions, I'm seeing a very concerning pattern: 1.) The more I use Claude Code, the more I default to using it instead of writing code myself - it's just so much easier than thinking for myself 2.) Easy wins give me a false sense of security 3.) Reading through the tasks I've completed and the time it is taking to do them, almost without fail, it would have taken me less time to do them by hand without AI assistance at all! The problem: I'm lazy! It's just so convenient to turn my brain off and tell my worker bee to do the work for me. I can, disturbingly quickly, convince myself that I can do a lot more with many agents than I can if I were tackling these items one by one. The reality: Even though there's a lot of concurrent work going on, the quality sucks, and results take so many iterations that I would have saved time doing them one by one by hand.

#linkedin #aifraud

"It's a trap! ...looking back on my coding sessions, I'm seeing a very concerning pattern: ...
The reality: Even though there's a lot of concurrent work going on, the quality sucks, and results take so many iterations that I would have saved time doing them one by one by hand."

"Coding LLMs…make the harder things harder while filling codebases [with] masses of /unintentional/ code"

UNINTENTIONAL:
A polite, precise and sufficiently damning adjective.
#aifraud #claudefraud #claudorrhea

Screenshot of thread: Why ‪@why.bsky.team‬ Follow New Claude found zero-day's in OpenBSD, ffmpeg, Linux and FreeBSD. Claude Mythos Preview \ red.anthropic.com red.anthropic.com 3:24 PM · Apr 7, 2026 Everybody can reply 29 reposts 19 quotes 214 likes 10 saves 17 48 Write your reply ‪Why‬ ‪@why.bsky.team‬ · 1h Looking forward to what the "ai sucks ackshoeally" crowd has to say about this one. 22 6 ‪jess m.‬ ‪@jametc.bsky.social‬ · 1h this is the weird antagonism we keep pointing to in regards to bsky staff and their userbase. it's weird. it's very twitter-y

These people are ridiculous, absolute clowns

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#whythedumbshit

ASIC BEING KEPT "VERY BUSY" TAKING DOWN THOUSANDS OF AI SCAM AND FRAUD SITES https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/asic-warning-ai-supercharging-scams/106538526

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@dianedee.bsky.social @brisbanetimes.bsky.social @crikey.com.au #AIfraud #AIscams

AI is now both fighting fraud and causing it.

According to Experian, the same AI used by financial institutions is being weaponised by fraudsters.
Fraud cost consumers $12.5 billion in 2024, and losses are rising.

#regulatingai #cybersecurity #aifake #aifraud

The New Yorker has written about Altman before

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This Sleazy GLP-1 Prescription Site Is Using Deepfaked "Before-and-After" Photos of Fake Patients, and Running Ads Showing AI-Generated Ozempic Boxes "MEDVi," a sketchy online market for GLP-1 drugs, is using AI to spin up terrible ads — and, insidiously, to deepfake pictures of "patients."

And now for some great journalism by @mharrisondupre.bsky.social exposing #Medvi 's sleazy tactics

Unlike The New York Times which seems to writing fluff pieces about #AI scammers

#Futurism 1 vs NYT 0

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#AIfraud #AIscam