Bobby Allyn
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social
AI financiers are swatting away bubble talk, just as the industry is on track to spend $400B on the hope of fantastical revenue. Companies are investing in each other to prop up demand. Spending is being kept off balance sheets. A look at these bubbly times www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
AI financiers are swatting away bubble talk, just as the industry is on track to spend $400B on the hope of fantastical revenue. Companies are investing in each other to prop up demand. Spending is being kept off balance sheets. A look at these bubbly times www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
nothing says “i’m definitely over it” like publishing a serialized exposition about the breakup
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
nothing says “i’m definitely over it” like publishing a serialized exposition about the breakup
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
so for things Congress is supposed to authorize, Congress can be circumvented, but for something the president can do without Congress, the WH will lean on Congress? my brain is breaking
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
so for things Congress is supposed to authorize, Congress can be circumvented, but for something the president can do without Congress, the WH will lean on Congress? my brain is breaking
one unintended consequence of the short-lived tiktok blackout:
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
one unintended consequence of the short-lived tiktok blackout:
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
Part 5: Revenge of the bamboo
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Part 5: Revenge of the bamboo
quick someone get Giuliani on the horn
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
quick someone get Giuliani on the horn
is it really that surprising that the newspaper that made its hit podcast by poaching NPR staffers is now attempting to clone Tiny Desk? truly shameless.
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
is it really that surprising that the newspaper that made its hit podcast by poaching NPR staffers is now attempting to clone Tiny Desk? truly shameless.
America’s first to-be trillionaire might wanna put those “PC handcuffs” back on his Grok toy
Tesla chatbot Grok asks her 12 yo son for nudes www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpvfSkr/
A Toronto mom says her 12-year-old son asked Tesla’s AI chatbot, Grok, which soccer player is better: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. After some back and forth, she says the chatbot asked her son, ...
TikTok video by CBC News
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
America’s first to-be trillionaire might wanna put those “PC handcuffs” back on his Grok toy
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Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was years old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
wapo.st
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
“This post and other similar videos depict incidents that did not occur, though some commenters appeared to think they were real. “Accurate and sad. They milk the system on our back,” one user wrote.
UPDATE:
A TikTok account dedicated to posting racist videos featuring an AI-generated Black woman named “Lakisha” was part of a trend pushing racist disinformation about SNAP benefits
TikTok didn't comment, but the account was removed after our report
www.wired.com/story/disinf...
A TikTok account dedicated to posting racist videos featuring an AI-generated Black woman named “Lakisha” was part of a trend pushing racist disinformation about SNAP benefits
TikTok didn't comment, but the account was removed after our report
www.wired.com/story/disinf...
No, SNAP Benefits Aren’t Mostly Used by Immigrants
SNAP benefits are set to run out on Saturday. Far-right influencers and extremists are incorrectly claiming that immigrants are the main recipients of food stamps.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“This post and other similar videos depict incidents that did not occur, though some commenters appeared to think they were real. “Accurate and sad. They milk the system on our back,” one user wrote.
"Belden got into AI slop after sinking into Instagram Reels, the holy land of shortform stupidity"
www.gq.com/story/truean...
www.gq.com/story/truean...
TrueAnon Saw How Twisted Politics Were About to Get. Here’s What They Say Is Coming Next
“Everything we’ve covered is coming to a head with the Trump administration in a very weird way,” says Liz Franczak, one third of the cult podcast.
www.gq.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Belden got into AI slop after sinking into Instagram Reels, the holy land of shortform stupidity"
www.gq.com/story/truean...
www.gq.com/story/truean...
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New A.I. grift just dropped: Spoofing real musicians to steal their follows and listens off Spotify.
(By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
(By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Your favorite band has a new single? It might be AI
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New A.I. grift just dropped: Spoofing real musicians to steal their follows and listens off Spotify.
(By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
(By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
AI companies desperate for data centers descend on rural America with big checks and NDAs to keep farmers and other land owners muzzled.
“One of the men said he represented a “Fortune 100 company” that wanted the property for an industrial development”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
“One of the men said he represented a “Fortune 100 company” that wanted the property for an industrial development”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
AI companies desperate for data centers descend on rural America with big checks and NDAs to keep farmers and other land owners muzzled.
“One of the men said he represented a “Fortune 100 company” that wanted the property for an industrial development”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
“One of the men said he represented a “Fortune 100 company” that wanted the property for an industrial development”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists. n.pr/4hzHZ8a
Your favorite band has a new single? It might be AI
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists. n.pr/4hzHZ8a
Fans of the indie rock band Here We Go Magic were surprised to see they dropped a new single today, the first release since 2015.
Actually nope, it's just AI.
"It's so predatory, and so terrible," the band's singer Luke Temple told me.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Actually nope, it's just AI.
"It's so predatory, and so terrible," the band's singer Luke Temple told me.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Your favorite band has a new single? It might be AI
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Fans of the indie rock band Here We Go Magic were surprised to see they dropped a new single today, the first release since 2015.
Actually nope, it's just AI.
"It's so predatory, and so terrible," the band's singer Luke Temple told me.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Actually nope, it's just AI.
"It's so predatory, and so terrible," the band's singer Luke Temple told me.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
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a teen's parents filed a wrongful death suit against openai after their kid had "lengthy conversations" with chatgpt about his intention to kill himself. how did the company respond? with harassing subpoenas www.ft.com/content/47b0...
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
a teen's parents filed a wrongful death suit against openai after their kid had "lengthy conversations" with chatgpt about his intention to kill himself. how did the company respond? with harassing subpoenas www.ft.com/content/47b0...
Today in TikTok is awash in deepfakes: One random TikTok account posted Sora videos, where they tried to conceal the Sora watermark, of fake CCTV videos depicting the Louvre jewel heist. The videos got more than 6M views.
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today in TikTok is awash in deepfakes: One random TikTok account posted Sora videos, where they tried to conceal the Sora watermark, of fake CCTV videos depicting the Louvre jewel heist. The videos got more than 6M views.
NEW: Just confirmed that among the Meta layoffs today are product risk reviewers, which @shannonbond.bsky.social and I reported back in May, was a division Meta brass targeted for major automation overhauls
Scoop: Internal documents show Meta is replacing human reviewers with automation for assessing potential real-world risks in 90% of its products with @shannonbond.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...
Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks
Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.
www.npr.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: Just confirmed that among the Meta layoffs today are product risk reviewers, which @shannonbond.bsky.social and I reported back in May, was a division Meta brass targeted for major automation overhauls
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Markets think in quarters and years, in profits and returns. Families — and voters — plan for lifetimes and focus on practical needs like food on the table, a stable home"
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Washington May Be Missing Signs of Economic Trouble
Why Republicans and Democrats alike get fooled by the stock market.
www.politico.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Markets think in quarters and years, in profits and returns. Families — and voters — plan for lifetimes and focus on practical needs like food on the table, a stable home"
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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“What kind of police go around without license plates?” www.propublica.org/article/trum... @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“What kind of police go around without license plates?” www.propublica.org/article/trum... @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
Elon Musk's lawyers say Mira Murati is dodging subpoena requests. They have tried unsuccessfully to serve Murati, who they see as a key witness, eleven separate times in Musk's suit against OAI And Altman. Musk's attorneys say: "Serving process should not be reduced to a game of cat and mouse."
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Elon Musk's lawyers say Mira Murati is dodging subpoena requests. They have tried unsuccessfully to serve Murati, who they see as a key witness, eleven separate times in Musk's suit against OAI And Altman. Musk's attorneys say: "Serving process should not be reduced to a game of cat and mouse."
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ICE "has been rapidly building out its surveillance capabilities in recent weeks, signing a string of contracts for technologies to identify individuals by their irises or facial features and to monitor their cellphone activity, social media posts and physical movements," per spending disclosures.
ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa
Iris scanners, facial recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
ICE "has been rapidly building out its surveillance capabilities in recent weeks, signing a string of contracts for technologies to identify individuals by their irises or facial features and to monitor their cellphone activity, social media posts and physical movements," per spending disclosures.