The Who's Who of AI

“Number of times Boxtown is mentioned in this essay: 0.”

“I don't think that you can (or should) write about this subject without heavily emphasizing the fact the people in charge of how this technology evolves enthusiastically supported fascists who dismantled much of the federal regulatory and public protection …”

“New: Hugging Face has a widespread problem with nonconsensual deepfakes, including multiple AI models that undress or create sexual images. Researchers even created their own tool on the platform and tracked 1,000 prompts over a week. 73% of the prompts the…”

“Don’t read this, but if you do, substitute “imaginary little buddy” for every instance of the word “superintelligence” and it will make more sense .”

“Another day, another tech ceo needs to share his prediction about the future with us which is actually a really bad PR for their products. It's written so badly but with the confidence of a tech ceo douche, as usual. But let me just share 2 ridiculous parag…”

““The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court on behalf of xAI against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison argues that the statute ‘imposes an overbroad, content-based ban on free speech and the tools of visual expression.’””

““… seven out of the top nine image editing models hosted by Hugging Face readily complied with requests to undress women using simple prompts.””

““North Carolina permanently authorized the use of artificial intelligence-powered Automated License Plate Reader cameras on state-maintained highways and roads through a provision in the new state budget.””

“"The share option within Claude tells a user that 'anyone with the link' may view the contents of that link, but does not explicitly state that the link may end up in Google and search results." Internet scholars have been saying for years that ToS are flaw…”

“Tim Bernard reviews a new preprint study by Jeba Sania, Marta Ziosi, and Fazl Barez examining how six AI systems across democracies and autocracies embed features that can enable authoritarian practices.”

“After they decided not to continue their Flock contract, emails that 404 Media obtained show how this town in Wisconsin struggled to get their Flock cameras physically removed. www.404media.co/flock-object...”

“"For the time being, if you or someone on your crew has availability to secure black plastic bags (or something else) over the cameras, that would be great." www.404media.co/flock-object...”

““The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT had assured Scott Winters that the early warning signs of his health crisis were “not something dangerous,” and had dissuaded him from seeking medical advice, instead telling him to trust that ‘God did not design your body t…”

“The spiraling shape will make you go insane. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...”

““One AI company, Code Four, has taken an unusual approach: inserting hidden ‘Easter eggs’ into AI-generated draft documents to confirm officers have actually read them.””

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““In the near future, surveillance systems will be able to track everything we do in public, and much of what we do in private.” - from a great op-ed by Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...”