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How Anthropic used AI ethics slop to play the pope and eclipse OpenAI
By marketing itself as the 'safe' AI company, Anthropic has pulled in a $65 billion payday and leapfrogged OpenAI to become the most valuable AI…
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They just formed the biggest tech worker union in the US. They plan to rein in AI and curb layoffs
"Who AI benefits and who it immiserates often is based on who gets to decide how it’s used. We know how tech is used on the day to day. We should be at…
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AI as the new avatar of American capitalism
Why "AI populism" is just "populism"
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
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The AI jobs crisis is here, now
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AI Killed My Job: Tech workers
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The Luddite Renaissance is in full swing
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Why the AI backlash has turned violent
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The AI-inflected crisis artists are facing, in 4 charts
An alarming new study reveals the dire impact AI is having on artists' livelihoods. It does offer some hope, too.
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The data center rebellion is only the beginning
And it's precisely what democratic governance of AI looks like.
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Palantir is overplaying its hand. Plus: Tim Cooks's real legacy
The defense tech giant's controversial manifesto actually reveals it's more vulnerable than its bravado lets on. Plus, how departing Apple CEO Tim Cook…
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Monterey Park becomes the first city in California to ban "all data centers within city limits"
Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them…
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A brief history of techno-negativity
From the techne pessimists of Ancient Greece to the computer firebombers of the Information Age, here's a look at the long—and fruitful—legacy of…
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Why the AI backlash has turned violent
And why it's probably only going to get worse from here.
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