Brian Schmidt
@briancschmidt.bsky.social
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[Profilbild: Olivia Hennings. Banner: Manuel Presti / Nonesuch]
[Profilbild: Olivia Hennings. Banner: Manuel Presti / Nonesuch]
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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Passive-aggressive headline by FT feels like a clear sign the AI party is close to over.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Passive-aggressive headline by FT feels like a clear sign the AI party is close to over.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Heute ist der Internationale Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen. #OrangeTheWorld
Für viele Frauen und Mädchen gehört Gewalt zu ihrem Alltag – und damit Angst und Ohnmacht. Was mit einer kleinen Demütigung beginnt, endet im schlimmsten Fall mit dem Mord an einer Frau. 1️⃣
Für viele Frauen und Mädchen gehört Gewalt zu ihrem Alltag – und damit Angst und Ohnmacht. Was mit einer kleinen Demütigung beginnt, endet im schlimmsten Fall mit dem Mord an einer Frau. 1️⃣
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Heute ist der Internationale Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen. #OrangeTheWorld
Für viele Frauen und Mädchen gehört Gewalt zu ihrem Alltag – und damit Angst und Ohnmacht. Was mit einer kleinen Demütigung beginnt, endet im schlimmsten Fall mit dem Mord an einer Frau. 1️⃣
Für viele Frauen und Mädchen gehört Gewalt zu ihrem Alltag – und damit Angst und Ohnmacht. Was mit einer kleinen Demütigung beginnt, endet im schlimmsten Fall mit dem Mord an einer Frau. 1️⃣
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I don’t understand why Weiss thinks the desired outcome of CBS News coverage is debate.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don’t understand why Weiss thinks the desired outcome of CBS News coverage is debate.
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Love to watch the news to find out what's going on in the world ... or maybe isn't going on in the world, you decide for yourself.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Love to watch the news to find out what's going on in the world ... or maybe isn't going on in the world, you decide for yourself.
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dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
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Heute startet die Kampagne #orangetheworld und damit die 16 Tage gegen Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen. Weltweit erstrahlen bis 10. Dezember unzählige Gebäude in Orange als starkes Zeichen in Solidarität mit den Opfern von geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Heute startet die Kampagne #orangetheworld und damit die 16 Tage gegen Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen. Weltweit erstrahlen bis 10. Dezember unzählige Gebäude in Orange als starkes Zeichen in Solidarität mit den Opfern von geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt.
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Heute ist der internationale Tag gegen Gewalt gegen Frauen. Geht auf die Straße, seid laut, seid solidarisch.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Heute ist der internationale Tag gegen Gewalt gegen Frauen. Geht auf die Straße, seid laut, seid solidarisch.
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A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Män
Das hört nie auf. Mir erklären Männer immer noch gerne die Filme von Frauen, auf die ich mich offensichtlich in meiner Arbeit beziehe. Und auch sehr gerne, wie man Haneke verstehen muss, ich hab 3 Jahre bei ihm studiert...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Män
Jobidee:
Der zweite Buslenker ist nachgeordnet, verfügt weder über eine eigenständige Lenkungsbefugnis noch eine eigenständige Beschleunigungsbefugnis und vertritt den Bus nicht nach außen.
Der zweite Buslenker ist nachgeordnet, verfügt weder über eine eigenständige Lenkungsbefugnis noch eine eigenständige Beschleunigungsbefugnis und vertritt den Bus nicht nach außen.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Jobidee:
Der zweite Buslenker ist nachgeordnet, verfügt weder über eine eigenständige Lenkungsbefugnis noch eine eigenständige Beschleunigungsbefugnis und vertritt den Bus nicht nach außen.
Der zweite Buslenker ist nachgeordnet, verfügt weder über eine eigenständige Lenkungsbefugnis noch eine eigenständige Beschleunigungsbefugnis und vertritt den Bus nicht nach außen.
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Before today, I'd have said "sure NVIDIA ships out GPUs before they're paid, they seem to be getting paid on time, that's fine," but then I read that NVIDIA "recognizes revenue upon shipping a product and deeming collectability probable" and I can't stop thinking about what "probable" could mean?
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Before today, I'd have said "sure NVIDIA ships out GPUs before they're paid, they seem to be getting paid on time, that's fine," but then I read that NVIDIA "recognizes revenue upon shipping a product and deeming collectability probable" and I can't stop thinking about what "probable" could mean?
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Why is the largest company on the stock market arguing with random points in this memo? why is it written in the most defensive tone possible? This feels like 3 accountants and 4 lawyers tried to stop Jensen Huang from posting it and got overruled
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Why is the largest company on the stock market arguing with random points in this memo? why is it written in the most defensive tone possible? This feels like 3 accountants and 4 lawyers tried to stop Jensen Huang from posting it and got overruled
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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see also 'if your AI hit a kid and dragged them 500 feet in your self driving car we're treating it as if your CEO was personally behind the wheel and texting during it'
maybe we just say 'if your AI said it we're treating it as if your CEO said it to their face' for the purposes of liability
The fact that the bot told this kid that rope is “the most classic” method for hanging yourself is insane
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
see also 'if your AI hit a kid and dragged them 500 feet in your self driving car we're treating it as if your CEO was personally behind the wheel and texting during it'
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really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
glastisch, aber wie plastisch oder drastisch ausgesprochen
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
glastisch, aber wie plastisch oder drastisch ausgesprochen