Never content to rest on their hoarded wealth, institutional power, and oligarchic control over our government, a growing number of moneyed right-wingers and their influential allies are now targeting the acclaimed online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Take a recent trove of documents, obtained by the Forward, that reveal plans by right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation to use cyber espionage… Continue reading Leaked Documents Show Plot to Dox Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Using Hacking and Facial Recognition
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Trump Gives Elon Musk Access to All Unclassified Data in the US Government
Money buys you this. Bait and Switch The fine print of a sweeping executive order seemingly grants Elon Musk — the wealthiest and arguably most powerful unelected figure in the world — and his associates at the somehow-still-real Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to all unclassified data held by US government agencies, according to… Continue reading Trump Gives Elon Musk Access to All Unclassified Data in the US Government
There’s Apparently a Huge Financial Problem With Trump’s Massive AI Project
President Donald Trump’s behemoth $500 billion AI infrastructure project, dubbed Stargate, may be doomed from the start. Trump made the sweeping announcement earlier this week, revealing that the ChatGPT maker, investment company SoftBank, tech giant Oracle, and Abu Dhabi state-run AI fund MGX would initially spend a total of $100 billion on the project, with… Continue reading There’s Apparently a Huge Financial Problem With Trump’s Massive AI Project
A Key Trump Goal Emerges: Replacing Human Jobs With AI
It’s a $500 billion bet. Rent Seeking As Trump hits the asphalt with a bevy of executive orders, it’s becoming clearer what he and his tech bro buddies imagine for the future of US labor: AI doing jobs instead of people, which could be very bad for US workers. News of Trump’s $500 billion AI… Continue reading A Key Trump Goal Emerges: Replacing Human Jobs With AI
UnitedHealthcare’s New CEO Announcement Draws a Frenzy of Dark Humor
Image by Curtis Means / Pool / Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty / Nintendo / Futurism UnitedHealthcare has just promoted one of its C-Suiters to CEO — and the dark humor is already pouring in. Six weeks after Brian Thompson was gunned down in the streets of Manhattan, UHC announced that it was… Continue reading UnitedHealthcare’s New CEO Announcement Draws a Frenzy of Dark Humor
OpenAI’s Agent Has a Problem: Before It Does Anything Important, You Have to Double-Check It Hasn’t Screwed Up
Behold Operator, OpenAI’s long-awaited agentic AI model that can use your computer and browse the web for you. It’s supposed to work on your behalf, following the instructions it’s given like your very own little employee. Or “your own secretary” might be more apt: OpenAI’s marketing materials have focused on Operator performing tasks like booking… Continue reading OpenAI’s Agent Has a Problem: Before It Does Anything Important, You Have to Double-Check It Hasn’t Screwed Up
Check Out This Giant AI-Powered “Spice Dispenser” for Dorks Too Timid to Properly Season Their Food
Who asked for this? Out of Season Back in 2017, a buzzy multi-million dollar startup called Juicero — which sold a high tech, WiFi-enabled fruit and veggie juicer that had taken health circles by storm — imploded spectacularly when Bloomberg discovered that you could squeeze its juice packs by hand, without its $700 over-engineered machine, a demise… Continue reading Check Out This Giant AI-Powered “Spice Dispenser” for Dorks Too Timid to Properly Season Their Food
School’s $1 Million AI Gun Detection System Fails to Detect Weapon Before Fatal School Shooting
“There’s no system that’s going to 100 percent capture everything a person has on them.” Gun Intended An expensive AI gun detection system appears to have been a massive waste of money after it failed to detect the weapon used in a school shooting. As NBC News reports, the $1 million contract that Nashville’s Antioch High… Continue reading School’s $1 Million AI Gun Detection System Fails to Detect Weapon Before Fatal School Shooting
In Leaked Email, Elon Musk Admits Defeat on Twitter
“Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we’re barely breaking even.” Cutting Losses Banks, that loaned multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk an appreciable $13 billion for his ill-advised $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in late 2022 are getting ready to offload billions of debt they accrued as a result, the Wall Street Journal reports.… Continue reading In Leaked Email, Elon Musk Admits Defeat on Twitter
Trump’s Staff Have Had It With Elon Musk’s Insubordination
“It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president.” Spilled Tea Party More cracks are showing in the testy alliance between president Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Behind the scenes, some of Trump’s staffers are incensed at Musk for breaking rank and blasting the president’s $500 billion AI deal, Politico reports. Speaking anonymously, one… Continue reading Trump’s Staff Have Had It With Elon Musk’s Insubordination