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Passionate about making tech more responsible, notably via my v own https://bettertech.blog. And sharing memes ofc

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01.03.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anthropic has now successfully stood up to Trump, who called them a "radical left, woke" company. Congrats. But let’s not forget its safety backtracking πŸ‘‡πŸ»; nor its ongoing total environmental opacity (even OpenAI is more transparent). TL;DR: fully responsible big tech companies do not exist. Amen…

28.02.2026 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keep it classy, AI…

25.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract.

Clearly too little, too late: apnews.com/article/anth...

Step 3 will be Anthropic dropping its trousers (watch this space)

25.02.2026 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge In an abrupt shift, the companyΒ may release future AI models without ironclad safety guarantees

Precisely why Anthropic walked back on its biggest responsibility promise just before: clearly not enough πŸ™„ time.com/7380854/excl...

25.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Good news at last!

25.02.2026 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge In an abrupt shift, the companyΒ may release future AI models without ironclad safety guarantees

AI’s "don’t be evil is dead" SHOCKER. Anthropic, the least irresponsible AI giant, has dropped its 2023 pledge to never train an AI system unless it could guarantee that safety measures are adequate. No relation with being barred from bidding for Pentagon work, ofc time.com/7380854/excl...

25.02.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œHow many people in this room have deployed agentic AI?”
(About 1/3 of hands go up)
β€œWho thinks we have adequate safety systems for agentic?”
(None go up)
…so why deploy it?!
W/ AI safety specialists at #IASEAI @unesco.bsky.social, incl @yoshuabengio.bsky.social. More soon! cc @sashamtl.bsky.social

24.02.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why more Responsible AI is both necessary, and possible The generative AI revolution began with the fastest-adopted technology product in history: ChatGPT. Three years later, this revolution continues at a pace that leaves little room to step back and r…

Enough is enough. After 3+ years of moving (too) fast and breaking (a lot of) things, it's time for truly #ResponsibleAI. How? By focusing on the 3 pillars of CSR: People, Planet and Profit.

More on the thinking behind my β€œResponsible AI” training course here: bettertech.blog/2026/02/24/w...

24.02.2026 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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F**k off, Meta! This now pops up whenever I search for anything on my iPhone. Feeling like a duck being force-fed to make foie gras rn 🀬🀬🀬 cc @designersethiques.bsky.social

23.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The same argument as a ridiculous Nature paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) that was shot to shit ages ago. Altman, your delusion level is now beyond worrying.

Also: the crowd laughing in agreement at what he says should also be slapped around the chops

21.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ford’s $5.8B Kentucky Battery Plant Goes Quiet Just Months After Opening, 1,600 Jobs Lost Four months after it opened with fanfare and promises of stable, high paying jobs, a $5.8 billion battery plant backed by Ford Motor Company and South Korea’s SK On is now sitting idle in Glendale, .....

Sickening. A $5bn EV battery plant has been left idle by Ford, effectively cutting 1600 local jobs. Why? Trump. On his watch, EV sales projections have gone from 45% of cars by 2030 to 9-18%. Petrol cars are the no1 source of consumer emissions. This is literally killing the planet flip.it/CEacVe

17.02.2026 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIndia’s focus is on use-case led adoption (to) leapfrog the country ahead,” said Kapoor. β€œAnd if that entrenches Big Tech in the process, then that isn’t, in my view, immediately problematized.” TL;DR: India has cut its AI budget in half & hopes big tech will pay the rest. Result: zero sovereignty

16.02.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joining OpenAI, Altman says OpenClaw, the open source AI agent that's surged in popularity in recent weeks, will live within OpenAI, according to a post on X from Sam Altman.

The creator of OpenClaw has just been hired by OpenAI. Lesson: conceive an AI platform that is riddled with security flaws and consumes immeasurable quantities of energy by allowing agentic bots to go crazy... get called a "genius" by Sam Altman & make πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’°. I despair www.cnbc.com/2026/02/15/o...

16.02.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My new favourite person on the internets πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

12.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Convincingly French πŸ‘ŒπŸ»

12.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stellantis shocking announcement leads to huge stock decline Investors are not happy with what new Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa just revealed.

After tech firms blaming AI for job cuts (it’s actually because they over-hired post covid), car firms are blaming steep shift-to-electric costs for poor results. Had they thought of the planet a bit sooner, would they still be in this mess?
PS: the Model T Ford was nearly electric
flip.it/1aZzPs

06.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A brilliant interview. Thanks again @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @alixdunn.com. Inspiring stuff πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

04.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Data Rich The 2026 AI Impact Summit in India is the latest iteration of an event that has become a bellwether for global discourse around the AI industry, especially the question of whether, and how, it can be ...

β€œThe one-size-fits-all model of AI development is inherently so problematic and colonial” - Karen Hao drills down on her β€œEmpire of AI" stance in this must-read essay for AINow Institute. Instead, we need "small, specialized models controlled by each community" πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»
ainowinstitute.org/publications...

04.02.2026 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We tried the carrot. Here’s the stick.

#ICE is ramping up attacks against immigrants and American citizensβ€” and #Palantir is their surveillance backbone.

Go to www.purgepalantir.com/the-palantir-payroll/ for the list of dirty politicians trading our rights for Palantir $$$ β€” then call them out.

29.01.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 31
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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the β€˜cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🀯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

28.01.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1690    πŸ” 1167    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 176

"I’m just going to go to Sam Altman’s house, take all of his things, and then see if he wants to opt out." @karaswisher.bsky.social’s excellent quote perfectly sums up big AI’s robber baron approach to IP. Especially now we know Anthropic hid plans to "destructively scan" all the world’s books" πŸ₯Ά

27.01.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, as a climate person, I was excited to play Daybreak. We sat down with friends and set it up. Tried to play. Gave up after an hour. It’s way too complicated for adults who aren’t board game freaks to understand. I should try again one day. But it should be way more accessible πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

27.01.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers

ChatGPT is now using Grokipedia as a source. For 9 questions out of 12, re. Guardian. ICYMI, Grokipedia questions whether Jan 6, 2021 was an "insurrection". Yet another reason to get tf off big AI, rn!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

27.01.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super cool. And about time. God bless you DuckDuckGo πŸ¦†
noaiduckduckgo.com

26.01.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why the β€œbig AI” bubble could burst in 2026… and why this might be a good thing We’re only now starting to see serious cracks in three years’ worth of AI hype. The level of investment in generative AI has been so huge that seven AI companies currently account for m…

AI is too big to not burst. It’s running out of energy (Musk admitted that). It doesn’t have enough clients (Nadella admitted that). πŸ’°-wise, it’s doomed (re. @edzitron.com). The wreckage, however, could be beautiful, re. Cory Doctorow. More: bettertech.blog/2026/01/23/w... cc @sashamtl.bsky.social

26.01.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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40% of workers say AI saves them NO time. Hardly any C-levels do. When will these blinkered leaders accept that most people don’t want this? Another WSJ-cited survey talks of "AI tax", or how LLMs make some tasks longer by adding errors. Wake the f’up, C-levels! www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...

25.01.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TL;DR: AI is not slowing down junior hiring after all. Rising interest rates are. Ergo that narrative was also part of the hype

23.01.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The AI Shift: What millions of job ads reveal about AI displacement A close inspection suggests all is not what it seems

Our analysis of job postings data shows no clear evidence that AI is behind the slowdown in early-career employment… & indeed casts doubt on many of the assumptions underlying this narrative, with simpler, non-AI explanations better fitting the data www.ft.com/content/7fbc...

23.01.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0