Ben Winters

This is, of course, always where this was headed. It will only get worse.

CDT President & CEO @alexreevegivens.bsky.social: “This executive order is designed to chill state-level action to provide oversight and accountability for the developers and deployers of #AI systems, while doing nothing to address the real and documented harms these systems can create.”

The Chandler City Council has voted unanimously to reject this AI data center that Kyrsten Sinema was paid to lobby for.

*6 months later*

Altman: I'm so sorry Creepy Princess Timeᵀᴹ is being sued by grieving parents upset that she told their kids to drink bleach. Even though I am not legally liable for this due to our thick contract I feel your pain.

Disney: Do not worry brother, our lawyers are powerful.

Trump’s immigration data dragnet The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year

NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.

Time person of the year cover for 2025

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Trump signs order to fight state AI laws President Trump signed Thursday night an executive order to impose a national AI standard, a move that would limit states’ efforts to enact their own AI laws. “We have to be unified. Chin…

Donald Trump and David Sacks aren't making policy – they're running a con. This executive order does little to protect innovation or the interests of Americans.

California will continue building a nation-leading innovation economy while implementing common sense safeguards.

Two things about this EO are true:

1) it is a despicable, sloppy, and unacceptable act that reflects Trumps well documented affinity for his tech buddies

2) it does nothing by itself — CNN and the NYTimes get it BIG wrong here, giving Trump the headline he wants to scare states and create apathy

it’s a scary and bad document but it does not block states from doing anything

CNN, read the EO

Section 1 of the executive order is like "in order for this to mean anything, Congress must act." The rest of it is like "X department shall convene a task force to provide a list of recommendations etc. etc." It's completely toothless and this "blocking states" headline is brain-dead stenography.

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Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

This EO sucks. The efforts at prohibiting state AI regs have repeatedly failed b/c it is an unpopular, undemocratic, and dangerous idea. This Executive Order is a last-ditch effort to prop up the tech donors propping up the White House with their checkbook

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Well done comrades

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

congrats!!

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trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol

this is so cool

Remember Car Talk, where you call two guys with your car problems and get advice to fix it? Me and Max Miller are starting a show that's like a "Car Talk" for the messed up economy.

First? SURVEILLANCE AT WORK. We got the best expert for it. Submit questions by next Thursday!

disturbing opening words from the conflicted Gottheimer

I hope this commission changes course - no preemption period - no carve out, no negotiation

And voters overwhelmingly agree and want regulation not the opposite — congress should pick people over AI stocks

Big Tech’s PR work around AI has been a masterclass in how not to communicate with the public about technology

this is a choice from the companies - it's disgusting and should drive lawmakers to regulate them with new laws and enforce the existing laws to the greatest extent

when people advocate for the moratorium or prioritize "innovation," they want more of this

No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.

I saw a clip yesterday where Alex Karp said he wanted drones to dump fentanyl laced piss on people, and I gotta say…that doesn’t really help to assuage my AI skepticism.

2025: The year tech embraced fakeness This year, powerful people, companies, and institutions welcomed digital deception like never before. The rest of us faced the consequences.

I've been investigating digital deception for ~15yrs and 2025 was the worst year.

VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat:

indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...

holy

My interview with OJ Simpson

We’re at the desperation stage. Altman on Fallon, Huang on Rogan. They have no idea what to do anymore

This is disastrous

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.