Riccardo
@chospo.bsky.social
Tech, economics,(geo) politics, and books.
Ripple effects of misused AI www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral
Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages?
www.technologyreview.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ripple effects of misused AI www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
Great site
crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/a...
crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/a...
Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site, Techmeme, has never been hotter.
Journalism is getting battered now. But thanks to the AI boom, Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site Techmeme has never been hotter. Media companies should take notes.
crazystupidtech.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Great site
crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/a...
crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/a...
Oh, these people are so nice. What a surprise
Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say
In the alleged scheme, Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money.
www.reuters.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Oh, these people are so nice. What a surprise
Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Great summary by the @financialtimes.com ‘It’s our South Africa moment’: the growing global boycott of Israel - on.ft.com/48qLNWG
‘It’s our South Africa moment’: the growing global boycott of Israel
Calls to shun Israel over its war in Gaza are gaining traction in sport, the arts and academia
on.ft.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Great summary by the @financialtimes.com ‘It’s our South Africa moment’: the growing global boycott of Israel - on.ft.com/48qLNWG
Maybe time will fix today's injustices.
How Israel is losing America
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From @economist.com
How Israel is losing America
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From @economist.com
How Israel is losing America
Public opinion is souring even in Israel’s strongest ally. Israelis should worry
www.economist.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Maybe time will fix today's injustices.
How Israel is losing America
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From @economist.com
How Israel is losing America
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From @economist.com
Great stuff from Europe.
AI model predicts susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases - on.ft.com/47HSjrP via @financialtimes.com
AI model predicts susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases - on.ft.com/47HSjrP via @financialtimes.com
New AI model predicts susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases
European scientists have created system trained on large-scale health records
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Great stuff from Europe.
AI model predicts susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases - on.ft.com/47HSjrP via @financialtimes.com
AI model predicts susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases - on.ft.com/47HSjrP via @financialtimes.com
This is an odd one
Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption - www.reuters.com/technology/a...
Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption - www.reuters.com/technology/a...
Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption
A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to curry favour. That is because Diella, as she is called, is an AI-generated bot.
www.reuters.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This is an odd one
Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption - www.reuters.com/technology/a...
Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption - www.reuters.com/technology/a...
Another self-inflicted loss by the US US ends international push to combat fake news from hostile states - on.ft.com/4pcN0XJ via @FT
US ends international push to combat fake news from hostile states
Washington terminates agreements with European countries to fight disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
on.ft.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Another self-inflicted loss by the US US ends international push to combat fake news from hostile states - on.ft.com/4pcN0XJ via @FT
Super interesting podcast episode
www.ft.com/content/b952...
www.ft.com/content/b952...
Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today
Why the ‘unmixing of peoples’ is a dangerous idea
www.ft.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Super interesting podcast episode
www.ft.com/content/b952...
www.ft.com/content/b952...
A very popular leader
September 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A very popular leader
Another "easy" war that Russia is not winning.
Putin’s botched African adventure
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
From The Economist
Putin’s botched African adventure
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
From The Economist
Putin’s botched African adventure
Two years after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death, the Wagner Group is in meltdown in Mali
www.economist.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Another "easy" war that Russia is not winning.
Putin’s botched African adventure
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
From The Economist
Putin’s botched African adventure
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
From The Economist
A shameless defense posture by a company owned by a despicable ceo, overselling its products and technical capabilities. That is costing people's lives. Sad. Even worse, Trump put him and Doge in charge of critical public offices for months. Disastrous.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.
The key evidence was presented last month to a jury, which found the company partially liable for the 2019 crash in Key Largo, Florida.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A shameless defense posture by a company owned by a despicable ceo, overselling its products and technical capabilities. That is costing people's lives. Sad. Even worse, Trump put him and Doge in charge of critical public offices for months. Disastrous.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
It's called karma: Tesla rejected $60 million settlement before losing $243 million Autopilot verdict - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Tesla rejected $60 million settlement before losing $243 million Autopilot verdict
Billionaire Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla rejected a $60 million settlement proposal in a lawsuit over the 2019 fatal crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S before a jury this month awarded a $243 million verdict in the case.
www.reuters.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It's called karma: Tesla rejected $60 million settlement before losing $243 million Autopilot verdict - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Some people are literally losing it.
Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. - www.reuters.com/technology/m...
Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. - www.reuters.com/technology/m...
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Metaâs AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Some people are literally losing it.
Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. - www.reuters.com/technology/m...
Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. - www.reuters.com/technology/m...
Interesting digital marketing niche www.wsj.com/tech/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Clippers’ Cashing In on Your Social-Media Feeds
One of the hottest corners of marketing is ‘clipping’—flooding TikTok and Instagram with bite-size videos until they are almost impossible to miss.
www.wsj.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Interesting digital marketing niche www.wsj.com/tech/meet-th...
To be fairit makes sense. You need this type of enforcement if you want the restrictions to work
Exclusive: US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say
- www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say
- www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say
U.S. authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk of illegal diversion to China.
www.reuters.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
To be fairit makes sense. You need this type of enforcement if you want the restrictions to work
Exclusive: US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say
- www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say
- www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Some good news www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1...
Humanlike “teeth” have been grown in mini pigs
The toothlike structures represent a step toward bioengineered replacements for dental implants, say researchers behind the work.
www.technologyreview.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Some good news www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1...
Nice piece showing the difference between political BS in migration economics and real-life economics. Wage growth is down, unemployment is up, rents are up. Well done.
Politicians slashed migration. Now they face the consequences
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
Politicians slashed migration. Now they face the consequences
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
Politicians slashed migration. Now they face the consequences
Across the West the number of new arrivals is plummeting
www.economist.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Nice piece showing the difference between political BS in migration economics and real-life economics. Wage growth is down, unemployment is up, rents are up. Well done.
Politicians slashed migration. Now they face the consequences
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
Politicians slashed migration. Now they face the consequences
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
The Chinese and Russian version of "friendship with no limits"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...
China Unleashes Hackers Against Its Friend Russia, Seeking War Secrets
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Chinese and Russian version of "friendship with no limits"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...
Some more interesting data, proving similar points from different research perspectives
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Some more interesting data, proving similar points from different research perspectives
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
When you cannot win in the free market, sue them. www.wsj.com/business/med...
X’s Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We’ll Sue
Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform.
www.wsj.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
When you cannot win in the free market, sue them. www.wsj.com/business/med...
The Beijing-based company has been in talks with Switzerland’s PostAuto to launch its Apollo Go robotaxi service in the country. Baidu plans to set up a local entity in Switzerland in the coming months and start testing the technology by the end of this year.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Baidu Eyes European Debut for Driverless Taxi
The Chinese internet giant is preparing to test its driverless ride-hailing service for the first time in Europe.
www.wsj.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Beijing-based company has been in talks with Switzerland’s PostAuto to launch its Apollo Go robotaxi service in the country. Baidu plans to set up a local entity in Switzerland in the coming months and start testing the technology by the end of this year.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
www.wsj.com/business/aut...