Not (A.) I.

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you? Artificial intelligence is more than Trump deepfakes of Tilly the actor. It’s used in smartphones, customer service, healthcare – even legal cases. Is it possible to avoid?

Fuck yeah you should.

My name is Sakher, and this is my new account — after my old one was suddenly taken down.
For the past 4 days, I’ve been silent… not because I wanted to, but because I lost my only voice — the place where I used to speak to the world.
More talk in the comments….
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@citizenlab.ca has an archive dedicated to their research on NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.
citizenlab.ca/tag/pegasus/

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

For over a decade, we @citizenlab.ca have documented extensive abuse of NSO Group's spyware, including being used to target political opposition, journalists, activists, human rights defenders and US govt officials.

*This sale should not be permitted*

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I think sometimes we are all Sherman.

The state leader to tech bro pipeline. Eric Adams is well on his way too.

OSINT Field Notes #1 - DIY Power Grid Map, Great Firewall Leak & Birds Eye View Tool Technical teardown on how to make a custom KML for power grids. Plus: tracking tiny ships, detailed aerial views and a case file on the Geedge leaks. Read time: 8 min.

I made a newsletter. I went overboard with detail, but I love sharing #OSINT tips and tricks.

I've covered:
- Innovations & resources.
- Free detailed aerial imagery tool.
- DIY power grid map.
- Analysis of leaked data on mass censorship & surveillance.
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AI’s shortcut to cheating: Why Google’s “homework help” button crossed the line - BCIT When Google quietly tested a “homework help” button inside its Chrome browser earlier this month, the company likely expected little more than quiet adoption. Instead, the experiment provoked outrage ...

BCIT interviewed me. I’m proud to work here. www.bcit.ca/news/stories...

“Some people say AI is inevitable and we should give up,” Ian reflected. “But we can’t. This is exactly the moment to fight for an ethical future.”

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

It’s wild that there are people who are like “I’m scared my professor is anti-fascist”

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"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

"[Ford] is currently trying to pass Bill 40, the Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, which includes amendments to the Electricity Act that would give the province the power to be picky about which data centres they allow to connect to the power grid." wtfffffffffffff

What will the AI data centre boom mean for Canada? | The Narwhal Sprawling AI data centres, like Kevin O’Leary’s plans for Wonder Valley in Alberta, are hungry for land, water and power

thenarwhal.ca/ai-data-cent...

Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets as Madagascar protesters rally March comes after 'Gen Z' anti-government protesters reject President Andry Rajoelina's attempts to defuse tensions.

“Organised by “Gen Z Madagascar”, which describes itself as a “peaceful, civic movement”, the protests were first sparked by frustration over water and power cuts but soon expanded to include anger over allegations of corruption and nepotism.”

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

what does Timothee Chalamet have in common with a proposal for the world's largest data centre? @savannahridley.bsky.social has the answer:

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America 404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

Help us investigate book bans across the USA.

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

🔗 www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

An entire generation of kids growing up in the 80s was messed up hard by The Exorcist that was aired on television. Allergic to horror, I did not tune in. I can still remember the drawn faces of my friends at school the day after it aired, which was enough to mess me up by secondary effect.

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Poster for a talk at city college NY that reads, “Stripmining History: How the 'Al' Industry Extracts the Past & What Scholars in the Humanities Can Do to Stop It IN-PERSON & VIA ZOOM OCTOBER 16 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM | NAC 6/316 Universities and museums have recently begun partnering with technology firms like Google, Microsoft, and Meta, who have promised that their Al products will enhance both historical research and accessibility to historical collections. These promises, however, are not supported by the reality of what computer vision-a foundational branch of Al-can achieve. This talk provides an introduction to computer vision's origins in military surveillance, an overview of its development under late capitalist regimes of exploitative micro-labor, and an orientation to how computer vision works. This vision has relied on extracting history, and Drimmer argues that it is the responsibility of scholars in the humanities to be knowledgeable about the forms this extraction takes. Sonja Drimmer Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst”

Next week in NY! Would love to see folks come out. www.ccny.cuny.edu/calendar/rif...

Join us in one hour's time as we discuss the role of universities and the open source research community in tackling misinformation discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

My name is Olfat, a mother from Gaza.
I am trying to keep my family alive under the endless bombing, hunger, and fear.
I am sick and under treatment, but I still do everything I can to protect and care for my children.😔
More comments don't skip🥹

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Experts say Ottawa’s new AI task force is skewed towards industry OTTAWA - The Liberal government has given its new AI "task force" until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy — a plan

““There are no experts in labour and employment issues (which are top of mind for many Canadians these days), nor is there representation from those with expertise in the environmental issues we already know are raised by AI innovation,” she wrote.“

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Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

If you wanted to script a scenario to perfectly vindicate the work of Jean Baudrillard, it would be Trump II.

A simulacra of a president running a simulation of a presidency, based on simulacra of news broadcast by simulations of news media.

Baudrillard is to Trump II what Foucault was to GWB.

YouTube video by WIRED Where ICE Takes People—And Where They Send Them Next | On The Grid | WIRED

WIRED reporter Vittoria Elliott tracked where the most migrants are being arrested, where exactly ICE is taking them, and where they're deported to. This is Immigration & Customs Enforcement, On The Grid.

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Pacific Palisades fire suspect snared by ChatGPT image, say investigators Investigators say evidence collected from the 29-year-old's devices showed an AI image of a burning city.

New form of "evidence" just dropped. In so many ways, GenAI is reshaping, but mostly destroying, the evidentiary. A status traditionally founded on a high degree of certainty.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal--the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was alarming. 1/

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war