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Established AI field signal Signal 7d ago

Google ai open web

9 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

9 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Established Compute & infrastructure Development 9d ago
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AI used to make anti-data center slop

AI Grifters Are Making Anti-Data Center Slop With AI

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“We are in the making AI slop against AI data centers hellscape grift now. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...”

“People now hate data centers so much that they're falling for anti-data center AI #slop on Facebook. Can't even say if that's good news or bad news, probably both? www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...”

2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Roland Meyer: People now hate data centers so much that they're falling for anti-data center AI #slop on Facebook. Can't even say if that's good news or bad news, probably both? www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...
Olivia Guest: People now hate data centers so much that they're falling for anti-data center AI #slop on Facebook. Can't even say if that's good news or bad news, probably both? www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...
Olivia Guest: This is relevant I think olivia.science/entryism/
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Established AI field signal Signal 9d ago

Ai spending oracle stocks bonds

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“I used to think ”spending on AI infrastructure could be the fuse that ignites the bomb that is the massive global debt bubble“ was paranoid fantasy, on the grounds that Big Tech was paying for it all out of cash on hand, but no, pretty clear that’s where we…”

Established AI field signal Analysis 3d ago
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FTAV AI market crash concern essay

This is nuts. When's the crash?

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“The base case on the future of the AI financial bubble now ranges from "it doesn't look great" to impending "massive capital destruction" as companies like OpenAI fail to ever repay their debt, and we get a repeat of the 2008 crash but with different assets…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“1. Incredible new title given to me by the Financial Times 2. This is a great piece about how AI skepticism feels like the consensus now ftav.substack.com/p/this-is-nu...”

Established Models & releases Signal 5d ago

How the futuristic hack by rogue openai models unfolded 1657bcea

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“I've seen some folks try to frame OpenAI's unreleased model hacking a company that tests its abilities as a cynical marketing ploy but reporting says that absolutely was not the case: This was a real-deal escape of an AI agent that could have done vastly mo…”

2 experts discussed this · 7 posts
Christopher Mims: I've seen some folks try to frame OpenAI's unreleased model hacking a company that tests its abilities as a cynical marketing ploy but reporting says that absolutely was not the case: This was a re…
Justin Hendrix: I've seen some folks try to frame OpenAI's unreleased model hacking a company that tests its abilities as a cynical marketing ploy but reporting says that absolutely was not the case: This was a re…
Christopher Mims: Some people seem to have trouble holding both these ideas in their heads at the same time: Dumb, cheap AI will often give totally wrong answers on the most basic of open-ended questions Eye-waterin…
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Established Models & releases Signal 11d ago

Cheaper ai commodity openai anthropic 0111da73

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“HUGE news from China last night, and I have a comprehensive analysis of its implications for the AI bubble this morning. Xi Jinping has more or less declared war on OpenAI and Anthropic and any U.S. tech firm that insists on closed, proprietary AI models. 🎁…”

2 experts discussed this · 8 posts
Christopher Mims: HUGE news from China last night, and I have a comprehensive analysis of its implications for the AI bubble this morning. Xi Jinping has more or less declared war on OpenAI and Anthropic and any U.S…
Christopher Mims: I think we're going to get good at efficiently running open weights models anywhere we care to, it will reduce the environmental impact of this stuff as with "open as in open source", in software o…
Ted Underwood: HUGE news from China last night, and I have a comprehensive analysis of its implications for the AI bubble this morning. Xi Jinping has more or less declared war on OpenAI and Anthropic and any U.S…
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Established Responsible AI Development 14d ago
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Meta AI biased targeting mass layoffs

Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs | The Verge

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““The lawsuit accuses Meta of violating federal and state laws preventing employers from terminating workers for taking protected leave.””

2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Hypervisible : “The lawsuit accuses Meta of violating federal and state laws preventing employers from terminating workers for taking protected leave.”
Christopher Mims: “The lawsuit accuses Meta of violating federal and state laws preventing employers from terminating workers for taking protected leave.”
Christopher Mims: I wonder if they'll just settle, the algorithmic audit that could happen otherwise might reveal A LOT they don't want out there
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Established Compute & infrastructure Development 15d ago
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Texas data centers pollution concerns Wired

Data Centers Are Quietly Taking Over Texas. The Pollution Could Be Catastrophic

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“Devastating read on the way that OpenAI’s Stargate data center — which will have a plant big enough to power 1 million homes — was started in secret and more or less without air quality permits and is now too big to stop www.wired.com/story/data-c...”

Established Models & releases Signal 9d ago

Openai head of strategic futures says openweight

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“apparently we are headed for "full AI communism" www.reddit.com/r/Artificial...”

3 experts discussed this · 11 posts
Christopher Mims: There is a civil war happening in tech over Chinese / free to use / open weights AI? At least on X. I realize no one else cares, but this is my World Cup. tl;dr a former Trump official joined OpenA…
Christopher Mims: apparently we are headed for "full AI communism" www.reddit.com/r/Artificial...
Christopher Mims: "let them fight" always gets my antennae twitching
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Established Models & releases Signal 9d ago

Cheaper ai commodity openai anthropic 0111da73

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“Chinese AI labs catching up with US ones but giving away their models for free — to be modified as well as used — is kicking off meltdowns and internecine conflict in the AI industry. As I wrote this week, the implications are BIG www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chea...”

Established Compute & infrastructure Analysis 3d ago
data center financing risk socialization

Socializing Data Center Financing Risk

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“Fresh evidence the private equity firms pouring money into the AI bubble could lead to the insolvency of companies behind life insurance for millions -- in which case we'll all end up paying for the bailout, as we did in 2008: paulkedrosky.com/socializing-...”

Established AI field signal Analysis 20d ago
FOBO drives China AI anxiety

View: ‘FOBO’ is driving China’s AI anxiety

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

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“China has caught AI anxiety: "The phrase “AI anxiety” has been trending on WeChat, along with a quote from Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang: “You’re not going to lose your job to an AI, but you’re going to lose your job to someone who uses AI.” www.semafor.com/art…”

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4 experts · 10 posts · 11d ago
Christopher Mims: This morning my AI powered fitness band was like “why don’t you go for a run??” and I was like “actually dangerous air quality” and it was like “good decision!!” Anyway do not take health advice fr…
Hypervisible : This morning my AI powered fitness band was like “why don’t you go for a run??” and I was like “actually dangerous air quality” and it was like “good decision!!” Anyway do not take health advice fr…
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2 experts · 5 posts · 11d ago
Dan Greene : This is basically the Jeff Ding case: real, pervasive adoption depends on end-users taking cheaper tools and figuring out profitable use cases in their specific domains. Which is not the moonshot/A…
Dan Greene : I feel like that's a timing issue. There's a world where OAI shrinks and gets fully acquired by Microsoft, Anthropic IPOs, and the action shifts to applications that use MS or Anthropic or whatever…
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