NEW: I've uncovered an AI slop mill quietly backed by U.S. Special Operations to push military propaganda across Latin American and the Caribbean disguised as a lifestyle content brand. theintercept.com/2026/06/02/l...
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The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America theintercept.com
Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI theintercept.com
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors? theintercept.com
A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI wired.com
The future of Siri, or: why private inference isn’t private enough blog.cryptographyengineering.com
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Articles & links
US counter-terror fusion centers are watching your anti-AI data center posts on social media, according to a document we obtained warning of “disruptive First Amendment activity." Keep in mind next time you joke about the Butlerian Jihad. theintercept.com/2026/06/01/a...
Anthropic keeps claiming it opposes authoritarian governments. Anthropic also keeps taking money from an Authoritarian government. It's a glaring contradiction the company refuses to discuss. theintercept.com/2026/06/06/a...
AI Weekly's analysis
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- MGX, controlled by Abu Dhabi's royal family, participated in both Anthropic's $30 billion February and $65 billion May 2026 funding rounds.
- Anthropic's May 2026 policy paper warned it is 'essential' for US allies to stay ahead of 'authoritarian governments like the Chinese Communist Party.'
- CEO Dario Amodei privately called the contradiction a 'Comms Headache' from 'very stupid' critics, per a 2025 memo obtained by Wired.
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Anthropic's UAE investor is controlled by an individual central to a litany of hacking and state surveillance scandals in service of human rights abuses. Exactly what they say is so dangerous about China. www.wired.com/story/uae-in...
Sam Biddle reposted
I wrote a new post about the privacy risks of on-phone agents like Apple’s new Siri, and how private inference isn’t any sort of silver bullet. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/06/09/a...
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