Brian Penny 🍿
@brianpenny.bsky.social
Meta is evil, exhibit 26383920550473
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Meta is evil, exhibit 26383920550473
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
“learn how to use AI.”
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“learn how to use AI.”
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
This clip lives rent free in my head every time there’s a debate over AI.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This clip lives rent free in my head every time there’s a debate over AI.
This is your reminder that Mark Cuban is just as clueless and evil as every other tech bro billionaire.
Mark Cuban: AI-skilled kids are more likely to become successful adults—they'll 'be best equipped to lead'
Mark Cuban and fellow entrepreneur Emma Grede are ambassadors for a Samsung initiative providing free AI training resources to public schools across the U.S.
www.cnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is your reminder that Mark Cuban is just as clueless and evil as every other tech bro billionaire.
Caltrans (the cutesy name of California’s state Department of Transportation) told everyone that the drone dogs they bought from Boston Dynamics for nearly $150,000 solved a crime.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
AI hype? Caltrans robot dog gets credit for solving a crime that never happened
Reports of the robot’s crime-fighting appear to have been exaggerated.
www.sacbee.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Caltrans (the cutesy name of California’s state Department of Transportation) told everyone that the drone dogs they bought from Boston Dynamics for nearly $150,000 solved a crime.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
“Let’s circle back”
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
The most overused email jargon — and why it has to go
Professionals are getting sick of these corporate-speak phrases. Artificial intelligence isn't helping the problem
qz.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Let’s circle back”
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
What can possibly be worse than NFTs and AI, you ask?
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What can possibly be worse than NFTs and AI, you ask?
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Great deep dive into Common Crawl and how AI companies are leveraging internet archives to train their models on paywalled content.
The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers
“You shouldn’t have put your content on the internet if you didn’t want it to be on the internet,” Common Crawl’s executive director says.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Great deep dive into Common Crawl and how AI companies are leveraging internet archives to train their models on paywalled content.
Couldn’t tell if parody or sincere until I saw his profile is all about AI SEO
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Couldn’t tell if parody or sincere until I saw his profile is all about AI SEO
Ummm why does the Nevada Department of Transportation think I need to know this to operate a motor vehicle?
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ummm why does the Nevada Department of Transportation think I need to know this to operate a motor vehicle?
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
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I cannot stress this enough: This wave of AI is not providing anything that we cannot do without. This doesn't even have the veneer of necessity that banking did. We can just let them fail. We can afford for this technology to hit setbacks and need to spend more time being evaluated. This is silly.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
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trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I cannot stress this enough: This wave of AI is not providing anything that we cannot do without. This doesn't even have the veneer of necessity that banking did. We can just let them fail. We can afford for this technology to hit setbacks and need to spend more time being evaluated. This is silly.
Vince Gilligan on AI:
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn on What ‘Pluribus’ Is Really About, Why Hollywood ‘Needs More Heroes’ and How Silicon Valley Has ‘F—ed Up the World’
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn unpack the first two episodes of 'Pluribus' and slam AI: 'Silicon Valley' has 'f---ed up the world.'
variety.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Vince Gilligan on AI:
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
The subprime mortgage crisis of 2006-2008.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
Debt Has Entered the A.I. Boom
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The subprime mortgage crisis of 2006-2008.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
This has to be who he’s talking about. He maybe deleted some posts, but there can’t be two guys spending the last month posting publicly about stalking a woman on LinkedIn right? Right?!?
#linkedinlunatics
#linkedinlunatics
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This has to be who he’s talking about. He maybe deleted some posts, but there can’t be two guys spending the last month posting publicly about stalking a woman on LinkedIn right? Right?!?
#linkedinlunatics
#linkedinlunatics
Stop AI had Sam Altman subpoenaed on stage
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Stop AI had Sam Altman subpoenaed on stage
Gannett did its best to explore how AI is impacting indigenous cultures, although probably shouldn’t have led with a white lady turning Sacajawea into AI slop. www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Gannett did its best to explore how AI is impacting indigenous cultures, although probably shouldn’t have led with a white lady turning Sacajawea into AI slop. www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...
Honestly 2025 does feel like it was vibe coded
Collins - The Collins Word of the Year 2025 is...
Collins - The Collins Word of the Year 2025 is...
www.collinsdictionary.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Honestly 2025 does feel like it was vibe coded
Even vibe coded malware is trash
5 AI-developed malware families analyzed by Google fail to work and are easily detected
You wouldn’t know it from the hype, but the results fail to impress.
arstechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Even vibe coded malware is trash
Every AI “film” reminds me of Foodfight!
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Every AI “film” reminds me of Foodfight!
“Investigators found 32 women whose photos were used to create new CSAM. Additionally, Weber used the same artificial intelligence program to create adult pornographic images of around 50-60 women without their consent.”
'Twisted and perverse activities': Topeka man sentenced for use of artificial intelligence to create child pornography
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A federal judge sentenced a Topeka man to prison for his use of artificial intelligence to create pornographic images of adult and minor females without their consent. Daniell…
www.ksnt.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Investigators found 32 women whose photos were used to create new CSAM. Additionally, Weber used the same artificial intelligence program to create adult pornographic images of around 50-60 women without their consent.”
When OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar suggested the company couldn’t fail because the government will use our tax dollars to protect them, it sent everybody scrambling to save face, including David Sacks, Trump’s AI czar.
Trump Admin Says It's Not Bailing Out the AI Industry Regardless of How Hard It Crashes
President Donald Trump's "AI czar" David Sacks announced that there will be "no federal bailout for AI" — freaking out investors further.
futurism.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar suggested the company couldn’t fail because the government will use our tax dollars to protect them, it sent everybody scrambling to save face, including David Sacks, Trump’s AI czar.
This week in Nvidia
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This week in Nvidia
Reposted by Brian Penny 🍿
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
Reposted by Brian Penny 🍿
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...