Michael Zelenko

Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.

We are not letting this go

If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.

by @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social

India gives Musk 72 hours as X floods with obscene images generated using Grok France and Malaysia have also launched probes into the viral Grok bikini trend.

"India’s IT ministry issued a 72-hour ultimatum to X over its artificial intelligence chatbot generating “obscene” content."

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Sources detail how Tiger Global fueled the COVID-era unicorn bubble that burst ahead of the AI boom; the firm recently shared its $12.7B 2021 fund is now up 16% (Issie Lapowsky/Rest of World)

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Big bets and broken unicorns: Tiger Global’s rise and reckoning The fast-money pandemic era helped build billion-dollar startups around the world — then brought many down just as quickly. Will the AI boom be a repeat?

The fast-money pandemic era created a glut of unicorns around the world — then brought many down just as quickly.

For @restofworld.org, I wrote about the role that Tiger Global played in fueling this hype cycle and what it can teach us about the current AI boom. restofworld.org/2025/tiger-g...

"Too much money fucked us, basically."

FANTASTIC feature from @issielapowsky.bsky.social on how Tiger Global flooded the startup market with capital, and the wreckage it left behind.

Great data viz from @hazelgandhi.bsky.social & stunning art from Nicolas Ortega

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Analysis: of the 8,808 global data centers in October 2025, ~7,000 are in areas outside the optimal 18C to 27C temperature range; 600 are in areas above 27C (Rest of World)

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This morning @restofworld.org published a visual investigation mapping the hottest data centers around the world.

We found that in 21 countries, ALL data centers are located in a climate that's simply too hot.

Read more here: restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...

The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.

PSA: Next time a techbro says "we need to teach humanitarian NGOs to be like startups" I'll throw hands restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
Thank you to @restofworld.org for the amazing work they do

This is one of the most important stories we've told at
@restofworld.org, and I hope you get a chance to read and share it.

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For this stunning feature, Mohammed R. Mhawish and Aseel Mousa chronicled the organization's fate, speaking to team members who have fled, and those still in Gaza.

Their stories are stunning.

2 days after October 7, the GSG office and the surrounding neighborhood were obliterated in an Israeli bombing campaign. The team was scattered. In the 2 years since, many have been forced to leave Gaza. Some live among the ruins. Others have been killed.

The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.

This morning @restofworld.org published the incredibly heart-breaking story of Gaza Sky Geeks, the vibrant Gaza-based tech hub that was the darling of international press through the 2010s 🧵

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The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.

For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks was a model for how tech could transform Gaza. Just days after October 7, its office was blown to pieces by an Israeli airstrike. Now, with a tentative ceasefire in place, it’s trying to rebuild.

Read our new feature from @mohamhawish.bsky.social & Aseel Mousa:

The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.

For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.

Very glad to see my story on AI and medicine printed in the Guardian this week!

If you haven’t read it: restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

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by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.

Assad is out. Startups are in. Syria’s tech industry was put on hold by 14 years of devastating civil war and crippling economic sanctions. Now it’s roaring back to life as tech founders try to rebuild the country. @emilywither.bsky.social for @restofworld.org
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The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.

“India is the world’s third-largest producer of e-waste, having generated approximately 1.75 million metric tons in the fiscal year ending 2024, an increase of nearly 75% over the last five years.” restofworld.org/2025/india-e...

this is a really important project, and I can't think of anyone better than @damonberes.com to be leading it

My mom and Dr. DeepSeek In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.

Interesting deep dive into DeepSeek providing medical advice to a kidney patient - @violazhou.bsky.social mother!

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Feat @melhoenig.bsky.social and @kidneyboy.bsky.social

#NephSky #AI #LLM

My mom and Dr. DeepSeek In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.

“DeepSeek is so much better than doctors.” @violazhou.bsky.social is unsettled by the way her mother, a kidney transplant patient in eastern China, relies on an AI chatbot for health advice. But she also recognizes that the bigger problem is a systemic one. restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...

“DeepSeek is more humane,” my mother told me in May. “Doctors are more like machines.”

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The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.

“Our forefathers did this. … No one else can do it,” he continued. “If someone tried, he will be beaten black and blue.”

The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry
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A reporter details how her mother, a kidney transplant patient who lives in China, bonded with DeepSeek's chatbot as her AI doctor, calling it "more humane" (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)

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My mom and Dr. DeepSeek In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.

Good listen. restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...

My mom and Dr. DeepSeek In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.

Not long after DeepSeek R1 launched, I discovered that my mother had started using the chatbot as her virtual doctor.

I worried about her reliance on AI. But over time, I realized Dr. DeepSeek was offering something no human in her life could.

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My mom and Dr. DeepSeek In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.

In this personal essay (my first for @restofworld.org), I explore patients’ relationship with AI, why chatbots can’t yet replace doctors, the caretaking burden on my one-child generation, and the tech industry that promises to ease our struggles.

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My mom and Dr. DeepSeek In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.

When her mom, a kidney transplant patient in a small Chinese city, turned to DeepSeek for medical advice @violazhou.bsky.social asked doctors to review the chat logs. They said the AI bot was giving flawed advice. Read the firsthand account on @restofworld.org
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My mom and Dr. DeepSeek In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.

When her mom became smitten with Dr. DeepSeek, @violazhou.bsky.social asked human doctors to review the chat logs. They said the AI bot is giving alarmingly flawed advice. But maybe her mom is after something more than just medical help.

Read our new feature: restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...