AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet
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AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet

Widely cited AI labor research ignores the most important thing AI is doing: Killing the human internet.
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Was Life Seeded from Space? ‘Complete Set’ of DNA Ingredients Discovered on Asteroid
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Was Life Seeded from Space? ‘Complete Set’ of DNA Ingredients Discovered on Asteroid

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AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet
AI

AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet

Widely cited AI labor research ignores the most important thing AI is doing: Killing the human internet.
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CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court

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Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows

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Witness Caught Using Smartglasses in Court Blames it all on ChatGPT
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Witness Caught Using Smartglasses in Court Blames it all on ChatGPT

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DOGE

The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet

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The Abstract

Alien Life Might Exist on the Starless Moons of Rogue Planets, Scientists Say

Moons orbiting free-floating planets may remain warm for billions of years, raising the possibility some might host stable water, or even life.
DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery
DOGE

DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery

The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed and ordered their immediate removal.
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Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: DOGE Bros and Data Labelers

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People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds
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People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds

The data drops as Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a moratorium on datacenter construction. 'We need to take a deep breath. We need to make sure that AI and robotics work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.'
I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves
DOGE

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves

The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
AI

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.