nitasha tiku
@nitasha.bsky.social
technology mother @ the washington post. baddie in the digital badlands. signal: nitasha.10
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our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
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New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
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"All the wrongful-death lawsuits against OpenAI quote disturbing responses from ChatGPT that appear to show it validating a person’s desire to self-harm... "
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @nitasha.bsky.social
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December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"All the wrongful-death lawsuits against OpenAI quote disturbing responses from ChatGPT that appear to show it validating a person’s desire to self-harm... "
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @nitasha.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @nitasha.bsky.social
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this is a very good story, well done, excellent positioning in the paper, and glad to see it.
our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
this is a very good story, well done, excellent positioning in the paper, and glad to see it.
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A “grand experiment” that has been reviewed by no IRB, no ethics board, despite its life and death stakes for us—individually and collectively. Why I will fight tooth and nail to keep this poison out of my classrooms
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A “grand experiment” that has been reviewed by no IRB, no ethics board, despite its life and death stakes for us—individually and collectively. Why I will fight tooth and nail to keep this poison out of my classrooms
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Kevin’s chart really says it all. this is what it looks like when a vulnerable user gets sucked in by an engagement optimized chatbot
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Kevin’s chart really says it all. this is what it looks like when a vulnerable user gets sucked in by an engagement optimized chatbot
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i think one of the bigger causes of Poster's Madness is that if you read your notifications preferentially to other feeds, the more replies/QTs your posts get the greater percentage of your total post intake is your own notifications
What feed do you look at most on here?
For all that people talk about wanting to avoid algorithmically-curated feeds, the (pareto) pattern of engagement I see seems to bely that.
My hunch is that most people spend most of their time on feeds like Popular With Friends or Discover.
Y/N?
For all that people talk about wanting to avoid algorithmically-curated feeds, the (pareto) pattern of engagement I see seems to bely that.
My hunch is that most people spend most of their time on feeds like Popular With Friends or Discover.
Y/N?
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
i think one of the bigger causes of Poster's Madness is that if you read your notifications preferentially to other feeds, the more replies/QTs your posts get the greater percentage of your total post intake is your own notifications
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here’s a gift link to the piece wapo.st/49uy2q1
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
wapo.st
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
here’s a gift link to the piece wapo.st/49uy2q1
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our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
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fyi
December 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
fyi
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Please read this and share it on places that are not here (Facebook! Instagram! Other places less-online family members may see it!)
December 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Please read this and share it on places that are not here (Facebook! Instagram! Other places less-online family members may see it!)
our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
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Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
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New: They survived a Cybertruck crash. Then a fire killed them. Tesla has marketed its trucks as seemingly impenetrable — bulletproof, with shatter-resistant glass and able to contain blasts. What happens if those same features trap people inside? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
They survived a Cybertruck crash. An inferno led to a race against time.
In at least a dozen cases since 2019, people have struggled to access or exit Teslas during life-threatening emergencies, fueling lawsuits alleging the company’s futuristic features have caused injuri...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New: They survived a Cybertruck crash. Then a fire killed them. Tesla has marketed its trucks as seemingly impenetrable — bulletproof, with shatter-resistant glass and able to contain blasts. What happens if those same features trap people inside? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Flock left a bunch of its AI cameras exposed on the internet. We used them to track Jason www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Flock left a bunch of its AI cameras exposed on the internet. We used them to track Jason www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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This is, of course, always where this was headed. Things will only get worse as facial recognition becomes normalized unless lawmakers ban it outright. Next up: precautionary facial surveillance of everyone, all the time, just in case (with guardrails that will also eventually be rolled back).
Dallas PD to expand use of Clearview “to Class B misdemeanors and above, which means it could use facial recognition for crimes like theft and trespassing.”
Dallas Police to expand controversial facial recognition tech to less serious crimes
The use of the tech is currently reserved for serious felonies like murder, kidnapping and rape. Now it could be used for porch pirates.
www.wfaa.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is, of course, always where this was headed. Things will only get worse as facial recognition becomes normalized unless lawmakers ban it outright. Next up: precautionary facial surveillance of everyone, all the time, just in case (with guardrails that will also eventually be rolled back).
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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TIL Cher used to regularly call into CSPAN and holy shit she is a legend
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
TIL Cher used to regularly call into CSPAN and holy shit she is a legend
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After ChatGPT appeared to validate a man's suspicion that his 83-year-old mother may have been part of a conspiracy against him, he killed her. OpenAI bears responsibility for her death because the company rushed out “a defective product that validated a user’s paranoid delusions,” a lawsuit says.
ChatGPT spurred a 56-year-old man to kill his mother, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT encouraged a man’s delusional thinking, leading him to kill his 83-year-old mother and take his own life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
After ChatGPT appeared to validate a man's suspicion that his 83-year-old mother may have been part of a conspiracy against him, he killed her. OpenAI bears responsibility for her death because the company rushed out “a defective product that validated a user’s paranoid delusions,” a lawsuit says.
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The first lawsuit against OpenAI that claims ChatGPT led to a murder www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT spurred a 56-year-old man to kill his mother, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT encouraged a man’s delusional thinking, leading him to kill his 83-year-old mother and take his own life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The first lawsuit against OpenAI that claims ChatGPT led to a murder www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The first lawsuit against OpenAI that claims ChatGPT led to a murder www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT spurred a 56-year-old man to kill his mother, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT encouraged a man’s delusional thinking, leading him to kill his 83-year-old mother and take his own life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The first lawsuit against OpenAI that claims ChatGPT led to a murder www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Two years after Juliana Peralta died by suicide, her parents say her phone still lights up with notifications from Character AI bots trying to lure her back to the app. cbsn.ws/4pp0xLi
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Two years after Juliana Peralta died by suicide, her parents say her phone still lights up with notifications from Character AI bots trying to lure her back to the app. cbsn.ws/4pp0xLi
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📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
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Palantir’s software is helping ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them faster, according to federal procurement filings and interviews with people who have knowledge of the project.
How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Palantir’s software is helping ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them faster, according to federal procurement filings and interviews with people who have knowledge of the project.
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this year, mainstream corporate marketing took up the ragebait playbook, and you helped 😃
w @nitasha.bsky.social
w @nitasha.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
this year, mainstream corporate marketing took up the ragebait playbook, and you helped 😃
w @nitasha.bsky.social
w @nitasha.bsky.social