Matt DeSiena
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LeCun, a Phd-ed researcher, is out, and Wang, a high school graduate grifter, is in.
Excellent management strategy there.
Excellent management strategy there.
A profile of Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, who says LLMs are a dead end for reaching AGI and backs world models instead, and is reportedly leaving Meta (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)
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November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
LeCun, a Phd-ed researcher, is out, and Wang, a high school graduate grifter, is in.
Excellent management strategy there.
Excellent management strategy there.
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Judges and bar associations certainly shouldn’t be allowing AI use if qualified human lawyers aren’t checking the results.
And with over 500 cases of AI misuse, clearly continuing legal education is failing on this issue.
And with over 500 cases of AI misuse, clearly continuing legal education is failing on this issue.
A group of US lawyers document 509 cases of AI misuse in legal filings so far in 2025, including fabricated citations; judges and bar associations permit AI use (Evan Gorelick/New York Times)
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November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Judges and bar associations certainly shouldn’t be allowing AI use if qualified human lawyers aren’t checking the results.
And with over 500 cases of AI misuse, clearly continuing legal education is failing on this issue.
And with over 500 cases of AI misuse, clearly continuing legal education is failing on this issue.
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Student surveillance companies cash in on the ai grift by promising schools and parents their tech will keep students safe from the harms of ai.
Chatbots Are Sparking a New Era of Student Surveillance
As US educators embrace AI in the classroom, firms are selling software to flag mentions of self-harm, raising concerns over privacy and control.
www.bloomberg.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Student surveillance companies cash in on the ai grift by promising schools and parents their tech will keep students safe from the harms of ai.
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And by "off-balance-sheet debt," they mean accounting fraud
Now the REAL fun begins.
“.. Off-balance-sheet debt, through a special purpose vehicle or joint venture tied to assets, is becoming the go-to for AI data center deals ..” 🤡
@bloomberg.com
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“.. Off-balance-sheet debt, through a special purpose vehicle or joint venture tied to assets, is becoming the go-to for AI data center deals ..” 🤡
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
And by "off-balance-sheet debt," they mean accounting fraud
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Really the most Meta-like tactic on display from OAI lately is to release products that have obvious harms and say "oops!" two days later and add some minor safeguard
With an influx of Meta alums, some OpenAI staffers worry it is adopting Meta's tactics, like using social media dynamics with Sora and a softening stance on ads (The Information)
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October 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Really the most Meta-like tactic on display from OAI lately is to release products that have obvious harms and say "oops!" two days later and add some minor safeguard
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My comment on @theverge.com. Today, AI-controlled web browsers introduce security and privacy risks. It's also kind of a step backwards, are we returning to text-based browsers (also walled gardens, competition protection, anybody)? ;) www.theverge.com/report/81008...
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My comment on @theverge.com. Today, AI-controlled web browsers introduce security and privacy risks. It's also kind of a step backwards, are we returning to text-based browsers (also walled gardens, competition protection, anybody)? ;) www.theverge.com/report/81008...
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Bending Spoons buys dying tech brands and jacks up their prices to maximize pain for their remaining customers. It is the final stage of enshittification before death
Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710M led by T. Rowe Price at an $11B pre-money valuation (Sara Fischer/Axios)
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October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Bending Spoons buys dying tech brands and jacks up their prices to maximize pain for their remaining customers. It is the final stage of enshittification before death
I love the internet.
for some reason back in 2017, I decided to make a website to make fake video game screenshots. This was a good idea and made a lot of people laugh.
Here's to the Death Generator, eight years and 270ish games later!
deathgenerator.com
Here's to the Death Generator, eight years and 270ish games later!
deathgenerator.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I love the internet.
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“What’s happening here is a very specialized industry that’s enabling some of the world’s worst dictators and despots to undermine the foundational pillars of liberal democracy.”
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“What’s happening here is a very specialized industry that’s enabling some of the world’s worst dictators and despots to undermine the foundational pillars of liberal democracy.”
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Academic researchers discover that about half of geostationary satellite signals, many carrying sensitive consumer, corporate and government communications, have been left entirely vulnerable to eavesdropping. www.wired.com/story/satellite...
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Academic researchers discover that about half of geostationary satellite signals, many carrying sensitive consumer, corporate and government communications, have been left entirely vulnerable to eavesdropping. www.wired.com/story/satellite...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yup. and it's not even close.
However you *feel* about the app, this one below does not violate the Apple TOS as written, and this is a chilling moment for the ownership of your phone.
However you *feel* about the app, this one below does not violate the Apple TOS as written, and this is a chilling moment for the ownership of your phone.
In case you needed more proof that web apps are superior to native apps.
The hill I will die on: the free Internet ✊
The hill I will die on: the free Internet ✊
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
ICEBlock reportedly has 1.1 million users.
www.theverge.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Yup. and it's not even close.
However you *feel* about the app, this one below does not violate the Apple TOS as written, and this is a chilling moment for the ownership of your phone.
However you *feel* about the app, this one below does not violate the Apple TOS as written, and this is a chilling moment for the ownership of your phone.
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at the post we have a small team of professional pollsters who have to review the full methodology behind any survey results before we can feature them in a story. they’re super annoying sometimes and i’m also very grateful that we have them
Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
at the post we have a small team of professional pollsters who have to review the full methodology behind any survey results before we can feature them in a story. they’re super annoying sometimes and i’m also very grateful that we have them
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Big tech CEOs have spent more than a decade puffing their chests and saying that they are more like heads of state running global companies with bigger revenues than many countries
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
October 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Big tech CEOs have spent more than a decade puffing their chests and saying that they are more like heads of state running global companies with bigger revenues than many countries
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
Your AI product needs to have a definitive consumer solution or be frictionless and impactful for the end-user on enterprise.
The reason why you're seeing all these panic headlines is because they don't. Friend chatbots, AI avatars, slop feeds?
Sit. down. and. talk. to. users.
The reason why you're seeing all these panic headlines is because they don't. Friend chatbots, AI avatars, slop feeds?
Sit. down. and. talk. to. users.
September 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Your AI product needs to have a definitive consumer solution or be frictionless and impactful for the end-user on enterprise.
The reason why you're seeing all these panic headlines is because they don't. Friend chatbots, AI avatars, slop feeds?
Sit. down. and. talk. to. users.
The reason why you're seeing all these panic headlines is because they don't. Friend chatbots, AI avatars, slop feeds?
Sit. down. and. talk. to. users.
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Yeah they’re pivoting
Andrew Bosworth says humanoid robots, internally called "Metabot", are Meta's next "AR size bet" and envisions licensing software to other robot makers (Alex Heath/The Verge)
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September 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yeah they’re pivoting
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This should be about as popular as the metaverse
Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create and share short-form, AI-generated videos, in the Meta AI app and on the meta.ai website (Juby Babu/Reuters)
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September 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This should be about as popular as the metaverse
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Cool bananas 🥳
"After considering several jurisdictions, legal structures, and potential parent organizations, the new entity will form as a Swiss Association. In a period of international uncertainty around Internet governance, Switzerland provides a credibly neutral and stable global home. "
"After considering several jurisdictions, legal structures, and potential parent organizations, the new entity will form as a Swiss Association. In a period of international uncertainty around Internet governance, Switzerland provides a credibly neutral and stable global home. "
excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID PLC system, includes the directory service
Creating an Independent Public Ledger of Credentials (PLC) Directory Organization | Bluesky
The Bluesky Social app is built on an open network protocol that refers to each user by a unique Decentralized Identifier, or DID (a W3C standard). The most popular supported DID method was developed ...
docs.bsky.app
September 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Cool bananas 🥳
"After considering several jurisdictions, legal structures, and potential parent organizations, the new entity will form as a Swiss Association. In a period of international uncertainty around Internet governance, Switzerland provides a credibly neutral and stable global home. "
"After considering several jurisdictions, legal structures, and potential parent organizations, the new entity will form as a Swiss Association. In a period of international uncertainty around Internet governance, Switzerland provides a credibly neutral and stable global home. "
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This post was what me discover leaflet.pub and I love it.
September 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This post was what me discover leaflet.pub and I love it.
Open AI just released its usage data and the most interesting part seems to be how much is unsaid.
Based on the OpenAI customer, @anthropic.com is well-positioned to win enterprise. openai.com/index/how-pe...
I also don't love that the product doesn't seem easy to understand.
Based on the OpenAI customer, @anthropic.com is well-positioned to win enterprise. openai.com/index/how-pe...
I also don't love that the product doesn't seem easy to understand.
How people are using ChatGPT
Largest study to date of consumer ChatGPT usage shows demographic gaps shrinking, economic value being created through both personal and professional use.
openai.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Open AI just released its usage data and the most interesting part seems to be how much is unsaid.
Based on the OpenAI customer, @anthropic.com is well-positioned to win enterprise. openai.com/index/how-pe...
I also don't love that the product doesn't seem easy to understand.
Based on the OpenAI customer, @anthropic.com is well-positioned to win enterprise. openai.com/index/how-pe...
I also don't love that the product doesn't seem easy to understand.
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Today, after picking him up from daycare, I watched my newly three year old son ride a tricycle by himself for the first time.
Third year of my eightysomething dad living with me after my mother died.
I’m finally finishing up the first draft of a novel.
And doing meaningful work during the day.
Third year of my eightysomething dad living with me after my mother died.
I’m finally finishing up the first draft of a novel.
And doing meaningful work during the day.
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Today, after picking him up from daycare, I watched my newly three year old son ride a tricycle by himself for the first time.
Third year of my eightysomething dad living with me after my mother died.
I’m finally finishing up the first draft of a novel.
And doing meaningful work during the day.
Third year of my eightysomething dad living with me after my mother died.
I’m finally finishing up the first draft of a novel.
And doing meaningful work during the day.
Smart sell! Unless you are hoovering personal data against your own terms of service, hard to see how a browser will be profitable.
Love the idea of agents and Jira in browser.
yet ANOTHER example of utility being such a better use case for LLMs over entertainment and content. @luok.ai
Love the idea of agents and Jira in browser.
yet ANOTHER example of utility being such a better use case for LLMs over entertainment and content. @luok.ai
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Smart sell! Unless you are hoovering personal data against your own terms of service, hard to see how a browser will be profitable.
Love the idea of agents and Jira in browser.
yet ANOTHER example of utility being such a better use case for LLMs over entertainment and content. @luok.ai
Love the idea of agents and Jira in browser.
yet ANOTHER example of utility being such a better use case for LLMs over entertainment and content. @luok.ai
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House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace have decided otherwise. In a letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander, these two Republicans are demanding that Wikipedia hand over editor identities, internal communications, and arbitration records because some studies suggest there might be bias in Wikipedia articles about Israel-Palestine issues.
www.techdirt.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…