Anil Dash

Twitter just got an entire media cycle out of its product head Nikita Bier saying some bullshit about how he’s going to try to make replies better on the platform. Meanwhile they’re suing their own users who use the BUILT-IN CHILD PORN GENERATING FEATURE. arstechnica.com/tech-…

xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users. arstechnica.com

www.theverge.com/podcast/9321... "Substack is probably the biggest union-busting development that exists, even though that’s not its intention." LMAO... Jonah, buddy... I have some news for you

Exclusive: Jonah Peretti explains why he sold BuzzFeed | The Verge theverge.com

It’s not inevitable! As I say here, “[T]here can be alternatives … rather than the ChatGPT killer, a lot of different little AIs from little responsible players.” And I think it’s honestly coming. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI absolutism is breaking our brains. The apocalyptic future we’re being sold isn’t inevitable theguardian.com

I will also say, I went in very ready to be annoyed with Ezra on this one, but hearing him raise the (VERY NEEDED) topic of publicly-owned tech infrastructure for things like data centers and AI was *excellent*, and is well worth a listen as well. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…

AI and the Public Good with Ezra Klein podcasts.apple.com

If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildas…

Taking action against AI harms - Anil Dash anildash.com

The practice of platform strategy is something of a lost art in the world of technology products, but it's a skillset we may need to revive for the battle against the harms of Big AI. Here's a look at how we can do exactly that: www.anildash.com/2026/06/23/f...

How we’ll fight the platform war against Big AI - Anil Dash anildash.com

anildash.com/2026/04/28/o... I think we’re probably close

(One) Good AI Is Here - Anil Dash anildash.com

Just in case you still use any Basecamp products, DHH is crashing out about his AI product gently pointing out that it’s bad for him to have extermination fantasies about the Roma people.

So, the biggest IPO in the history of the world has the vast majority of its future value being created by an AI platform whose only distinction, thus far, is that it is the only one that's generated sexualized imagery of children? And they're going to force it into our 401ks so we're bag-holders?

I’m already preparing a t-shirt with Timothy McVeigh, Charlie Kirk, and David Koresh smiling affirmatively in front of a bold lightning strike as a bald eagle holding a flag with 7 or 8 AI-generated stripes honors our fallen semiquincentennial patriot martyrs from the Battle of MAGA Mall.

For many years, people asked me, “How come Prince didn’t allow people to upload his music to YouTube?” It used to take a long time to explain it, but now that Big AI platforms are extracting everyone’s content without consent… everybody suddenly gets it. Which is interesting.

If you’re a nerd & considering running the Apple beta for iOS, I can say that the developer betas have been the most stable and performant betas in *years* and the new AI features in Siri are very obviously animated by Apple understanding that the stakes could not be higher. It’s pretty good stuff.