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Multiple readings Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’ Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions
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Developing AI business Development 1d ago
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Proton CEO cancels AI re-interviews

Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · 404 Media
“The move came after 404 Media published an investigation into how Proton CEO Andy Yen was aggressively pushing AI across Proton despite security concerns and the culture of fear he has created.” evidence ↗
7 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender 404 Media Joseph Cox Sarah T Roberts, PhD Sam Cole Lori Emerson Veni Kunche
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Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“The move came after 404 Media published an investigation into how Proton CEO Andy Yen was aggressively pushing AI across Proton despite security concerns and the culture of fear he has created.”

Markets & investment

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Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“New: Proton CEO Andy Yen just cancelled the company's 're-interviews'. Comes after our investigation yesterday The re-interviews would have been about how workers were using AI, with the clear implication you might be fired "He has a rebellion on his hands.…”

Opportunity & adoption

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New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“it is distinctly starting to feel the same as "Oh I Keep Picking The Wrong People to Be My Friends"..."Stop thinking always of how to be slower, and focus more on how to be faster...stop lovingly handcrafting all our code and use AI more." www.404media.co/p…”

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Developing AI business Analysis 1d ago
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Doctorow internet privacy essay

Pluralistic: The internet was made for privacy (31 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
“#1yrago The internet was made for privacy pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/l... #1yrago When AI prophecy fails pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/w...” evidence ↗
2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) Chris Marsden

“#1yrago The internet was made for privacy pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/l... #1yrago When AI prophecy fails pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/w...”

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Developing AI business Analysis 1d ago
Doctorow AI prophecy failure essay

Pluralistic: When AI prophecy fails (29 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
“#1yrago The internet was made for privacy pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/l... #1yrago When AI prophecy fails pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/w...” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

“#1yrago The internet was made for privacy pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/l... #1yrago When AI prophecy fails pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/w...”

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6 experts · 30 posts · 1d ago
Mar Hicks e.w. niedermeyer VE, cybersocial occult investigator Anthony Moser tweety fish Amy Hoy
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“@vortexegg.com has described a spectrum of "slop vs care" I find useful because it captures how most ai/LLM related problems aren't really new, but existing harms amplified in that context we can t…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
e.w. niedermeyer: AI slop is a supply side game-changer, so it's easy to focus there, but ultimately everything comes down to demand: will the public, in aggregate, be satisfied with slop or demand more? skeptics ha…
e.w. niedermeyer: covering cars you have to separate your personal taste from what the market demands, and that's hard when it comes down to something like slop restaurant menus... I find them viscerally off-putting…
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6 experts · 16 posts · 1d ago
Luke Stark Lilian Edwards Adam L Mary Branscombe Matt Darling Singularity's Bounty e/cc
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“Even in DS9, the show itself undermines Section 31! The virus S31 infects Odo with (+other Founders) means the war will continue since no one will order the Jem Hadar to stop. But Odo/Sisko/etc Sta…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 2 Research & technical analysis · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Matt Darling: Just like @liberalcurrents.com tbh.
Luke Stark: the thing i come back to, over and over--which stuff like LOWER DECKS got, and so much other latter-day trek has forgotten--is that the whole idea of trek is that they exist in a genuinely horrifyi…
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2 experts · 4 posts · 19h ago
Ryan Calo Annette Zimmermann
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“A treat to see @rcalo.bsky.social’s keynote at @buceriuslaw.bsky.social yesterday—my favorite point, v aligned w my critique of #AIexceptionalism & my emphasis on the importance of political #mobil…” evidence ↗
Annette Zimmermann: A treat to see @rcalo.bsky.social’s keynote at @buceriuslaw.bsky.social yesterday—my favorite point, v aligned w my critique of #AIexceptionalism & my emphasis on the importance of political #mobil…
Annette Zimmermann: Also love the important critique of #inevitabilitynarratives in the AI space here. These are #contingent innovation trajectories, because they are functions of contingent human choices. Lawmakers w…
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