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404 Media @404media.co · 5d

New: Google removed an ICE-spotting app after calling ICE agents a vulnerable group. A immigration support group on the ground in Chicago, the current focus of ICE, said they were using the app to source tips, called Red Dot. Apple removed that app too
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Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 5d

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Workers shut down Italy again in solidarity with Palestine : Peoples Dispatch

Hundreds of thousands joined a new general strike across Italy, in solidarity with the people of Gaza and the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · 7d

Nvidia isn’t the only Western company worried about an increasingly independent PRC, but it is an important bellwether. In fact, the CEO’s lust for economic superiority and geopolitical dominance over China follows over 125 years of US meddling in the nation’s affairs.

Nvidia Is Quaking in Its Boots

In a recent podcast appearance, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agonized that China is now "nanoseconds behind" US chipmakers.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · 8d

the George Santos of his generation

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · 8d

Sorry to see you go big dog. You were somehow ahead of and behind your time by 100 years

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9d

The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.

The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · 10d

Who do I vote for if I want a party that's going to fight against things like the NDAA? Or is that just the cost of keeping real fascists out of office

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Victor Tangermann @vtanger.bsky.social · 12d

had an interesting run-in on my Spotify Release Radar this morning, wondering why Volcano Choir had released an incredibly cheap-sounding single 12 years into their hiatus
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Bon Iver Side Project's Spotify Page Features an AI Slop Song

A suspicious seemingly AI-generated track appeared on the Spotify page of Bon Iver's side project, Volcano Choir.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12d

🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. State Department says it “will revoke” Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s diplomatic visa after he joined a pro-Palestinian protest outside UN headquarters in New York during the General Assembly.

At Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Petro invoked U.S. troops’ sacrifices against…

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · 19d

For anyone curious about what's going on with the world's first AI government official in Albania, this is a fantastic rundown from Erjon Curraj:
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Albania’s Headline-Grabbing AI ‘Minister’ is a Risky Innovation

Without legal frameworks and safeguards, the decision to appoint an AI entity as a ‘minister’ entrusted with sensitive tasks is ambitious – but fraught with danger.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Aug 13

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CoreWeave stocks plummeted 16% Wednesday after the AI data center company reported a disappointing quarterly outlook for its operating income.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Aug 10

What can you even say. Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Moamen Aliwa, and Mohammed Noufal gave their lives documenting one of the most brutal military regimes of the 21st century, second only to the one that subsidized their murder. Heroes in an age of monsters.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 10

Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City

Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Aug 7

After months of warnings from researchers and journalists about the danger its software posed, OpenAI announced vague "optimizations" for GPT-4o meant to address user safety. They didn't change much.
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Nearly Two Months After OpenAI Was Warned, ChatGPT Is Still Giving Dangerous Tips on Suicide to People in Distress

New research has found that the top LLM chatbots are remarkably easy to trick into supplying information about suicide and self-harm.

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · Aug 6

In the new TMK, Ed chats with @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social to chat about the vast proliferation of AI bubbles across the US, Europe, and China—and their competing visions of the ideal global value chain for AI. soundcloud.com/thismachinek...

417. Whose AI Bubble Is It Anyways? (ft. Paris Marx, Brian Merchant)

In this episode, Ed chats with Paris Marx and Brian Merchant about artificial intelligence and the political coalitions behind its development in the United States and abroad. Are we all living in the

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Jul 23

In which we look at how tech industry figures are reacting to OpenAI investor Geoff Lewis' apparent ChatGPT-fueled mental health crisis:

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Tech Industry Figures Suddenly Very Concerned That AI Use Is Leading to Psychotic Episodes

Tech industry hotshots are speaking out after a prominent OpenAI investor appeared to have a ChatGPT-induced mental health breakdown.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · Jul 19

"The voice of an aspiring journalist, 11-year-old Lama Nasser Al-Badrasawi, was tragically silenced when an #Israeli airstrike targeted her home near #Gaza City, killing her entire family.

Lama was a contributor to the Palestine Chronicle..."

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‘The Voice of Gaza’: Aspiring Journalist, 11, among Family Killed in Gaza Airstrike

In her videos, Lama mimicked the demeanor of professional journalists, often enlisting friends of similar or younger ages to participate.

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Grumpy Rootbeer @grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social · Jul 19

Cancer of the markets metastasizing into cancer of the mind

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Jul 19

I don't even know what to make of this. It's upsetting and horrible. This man is horribly mentally ill and these systems do something to people by agreeing with everything they say. They are only made possible through unrestrained growth taking over every lever of tech

joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Jul 18

I wrote about how Geoff Lewis, one of OpenAI’s long running investors, has sparked concern among peers who believe he may be facing a public mental health episode brought on by ChatGPT.

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A Prominent OpenAI Investor May Be Suffering an ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say

Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thanks for reading hobo joe

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · Jul 18

"SCPs that got hoovered up and regurgitated by chatbots end up giving tech executives schizophrenia" is perhaps fittingly a very SCP thing to happen

Social media users were quick to note that ChatGPT's answer to Lewis' queries takes a strikingly similar form to SCP Foundation articles, a Wikipedia-style database of fictional horror stories created by users online.

"Entry ID: #RZ-43.112-KAPPA, Access Level:
| (Sealed Classification Confirmed)," the chatbot nonsensically declares in one of his screenshots, in the typical writing style of SCP fiction. "Involved Actor Designation: 'Mirrorthread, Type: Non-institutional semantic actor (unbound linguistic process; non-physical entity)."

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Jul 18

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jon mothman @jonchristian.net · Jul 18

NEW: A prominent investor in OpenAI has been making strange posts that sound as though he may be going through what's being called "ChatGPT psychosis," in which AI affirms users' unbalanced thinking and leads them down a dark mental health rabbit hole

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Headline: "A prominent OPENAI investor appears to be suffering a CHatGPT-related mental health crisis, his peers say"

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Jul 18

With many thanks to my colleague @mharrisondupre.bsky.social

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Jul 18

I wrote about how Geoff Lewis, one of OpenAI’s long running investors, has sparked concern among peers who believe he may be facing a public mental health episode brought on by ChatGPT.

futurism.com/openai-inves...

A Prominent OpenAI Investor May Be Suffering an ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say

Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.

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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hi Kim! Thanks so much for reading. Definitely interested in learning more about your work organizing around GenAI. Ill shoot you a DM

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