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DJM (freelance for hire)<p>Silicon Valley contre démocratie</p><p>Un long texte, la 2ème partie de ma série "Cryptos, idéologie et politique", sur la "Métamorphose" de la SV où les oligarques ont clairement dépassé le stade "libertarien" pour devenir des fascistes assoiffés de néo-féodalisme.</p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/silicon-valley-contre-democratie/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">didiermary.fr/silicon-valley-c</span><span class="invisible">ontre-democratie/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cryptomonnaies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptomonnaies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Pedro J. Hdez<p>A toro pasado, resulta muy irónica la fundación de <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a>: </p><p>Un egocéntrico paranoico funda una empresa de semiconductores. El ambiente de trabajo se deteriora y su equipo técnico decide independizarse. </p><p>Como novedad de la época consiguen que un inversor los financie en base a una fortuna heredada. Los rusos lanzan el Sputnik y se dispara la demanda militar de semiconductores y la inversión en I+D para la miniaturización de componentes.</p><p>¡Lo que estoy disfrutando este libro!</p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mashable: Google is reportedly pursuing AI licensing deals with news publishers. “According to Bloomberg, Google is reportedly preparing to launch a ‘pilot project initially with about 20 national news outlets,’ where the participants would license their content for Google’s AI tools. There isn’t much detail beyond the initial report, but it sounds similar to the strategy that OpenAI has […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/27/mashable-google-is-reportedly-pursuing-ai-licensing-deals-with-news-publishers/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/27/mashable-google-is-reportedly-pursuing-ai-licensing-deals-with-news-publishers/</a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"Hey, let's cram the AI hustle into every part of our Lives, what could go wrong? It's a Superintelligence, right?" </p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/ai-therapist-haywire-mental-health" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/ai-therapist-hayw</span><span class="invisible">ire-mental-health</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Therapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>When that bubble bursts...</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/economist-ai-bubble-worse-dot-com-implosion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/economist-ai-bubb</span><span class="invisible">le-worse-dot-com-implosion</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2279747/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2279747/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Wired’s Katie Drummond on What the Tech Titans Learned from DOGE <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>And by the way, since we’re statistically mostly old farts here; </p><p>Anyobody else find it extremely ironic, how <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> went from: ”<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> should be for everyone! Those mainframe companies are screwing you over! Computers are simple, anyone can learn it!”</p><p>To: ”These matrix multiplication machines that you only access through remote terminal are way too complicated for anyone but ourselves to understand! God forbid you learn how they work, what’s in the database, or train your own!” 🤭</p>
Andrea Livio Acerbo<p><a href="https://ift.tt/2u8siNY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ift.tt/2u8siNY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://ift.tt/G5YveiA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ift.tt/G5YveiA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> January 30, 2025 &amp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x1f3b6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x1f3b6</span></a>; The AI Clash: OpenAI vs. DeepSeek! Dive into the scandal shaking tech to its core. &amp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x1f4a5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x1f4a5</span></a>; Is it espionage or fair game? Stock crashes, bans, and a tech war loom! &amp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x1f30d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x1f30d</span></a>;&amp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x1f4a1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x1f4a1</span></a>; Share your thoughts! &amp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x1f3a7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x1f3a7</span></a>;&amp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x1f525" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x1f525</span></a>; Check more at <a href="https://ift.tt/ECL5Noy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ift.tt/ECL5Noy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIwar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechScandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AInews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AInews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trending</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechTalk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewsNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsNow</span></a></p>
WYM Mod<p>In a compelling dialogue, Paul Krugman and Henry Farrell explore "weaponized interdependence" and its impact on U.S. foreign policy. Farrell expresses concern over the erosion of America’s benevolent hegemon role while examining Silicon Valley’s troubling shift to a hard-right ideology. The discussion highlights the consequences of concentrated power in tech, questioning the future of global dynamics. Discover the full conversation here: <a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-henry-farrell" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tal</span><span class="invisible">king-with-henry-farrell</span></a>. Kudos to Krugman and Farrell for this insightful piece. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/WeaponizedInterdependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizedInterdependence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/USForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/EconomicPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/PoliticalIdeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalIdeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/TechBroCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBroCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/GlobalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEconomy</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@gordoooo_z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gordoooo_z</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/faang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAANG</span></a> / <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> exists simply because people allow it to.</p><p>Now it's hard to ascribe individual blame to a lack of collective consciousness, but sometimes you do have to ever so gently head-butt someone (colloquially speaking) to get them to see their small part in the overall crime.</p><p>I was just reading a toot today about how horrible Amazon's hiring practices are.<br>Yet Amazon has no issues finding people willing to work for them.</p><p><em>* Gestures broadly</em></p><p>Humanity kinda sucks.</p><p>But it <em>can</em> get better.</p>
pixelarabcom<p>Lisa Su تدعم خطة ترامب للذكاء الاصطناعي وتُعيد صياغة العلاقة بين AMD والسياسة<br><a href="https://pixelarab.com/2025/07/26/lisa-su-%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%b9%d9%85-%d8%ae%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a8-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b5%d8%b7%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%aa%d9%8f%d8%b9/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixelarab.com/2025/07/26/lisa-</span><span class="invisible">su-%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%b9%d9%85-%d8%ae%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a8-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b5%d8%b7%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%aa%d9%8f%d8%b9/</span></a><br>في خطوة أثارت الانتباه داخل أوساط التقنية والاقتصاد السياسي على حد سواء، خرجت Lisa Su، الرئيسة التنفيذية لشركة AMD، لتعلن عن دعمها الصريح والواضح للخطة الجديدة التي طرحها Donald Trump بشأن الذكاء الاصطناعي في الولا<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChipManufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChipManufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LisaSu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LisaSu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpAIPlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAIPlan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>اخبار_التقنية</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>الذكاء_الاصطناعي</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ليزا_سو</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Consider AI Overviews, the algorithm-generated blurbs that often now appear front and centre when users ask questions. Fears that these would reduce the value of search-adjacent ads haven’t come to pass. On the contrary, Google says AI Overviews are driving 10 per cent more queries in searches where they appear and haven’t dented revenue. Paid clicks were up 4 per cent year on year, the company said in a call with analysts on Wednesday.</p><p>But as AI yields more, it costs more. Google’s capital expenditure on data centres and such trappings this year will now be about $85bn, versus its prior estimate of $75bn. That’s almost quadruple what the company spent in 2020, when AI was a glimmer in Silicon Valley’s eye. It’s also 22 per cent of the company’s expected revenue this year, according to LSEG, the highest annual level since 2006."</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7589393d-e562-46b7-9c43-5ffaf195e8d6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/7589393d-e562-4</span><span class="invisible">6b7-9c43-5ffaf195e8d6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BIgTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIgTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AIOverview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIOverview</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngines</span></a></p>
AstrobiologySky🌌🦠🧬<p>Künstliche Intelligenz: US-Regierung stellt KI-Aktionsplan vor: Abkehr von Regulierung und „woken“ Ansichten<br><a href="https://dauckchristian.home.blog/2025/07/25/kunstliche-intelligenz-us-regierung-stellt-ki-aktionsplan-vor-abkehr-von-regulierung-und-woken-ansichten/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dauckchristian.home.blog/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/25/kunstliche-intelligenz-us-regierung-stellt-ki-aktionsplan-vor-abkehr-von-regulierung-und-woken-ansichten/</span></a><br><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/K%C3%BCnstlicheIntelligenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KünstlicheIntelligenz</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a><br><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/AIAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAct</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Technologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technologie</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>On the AI financial bubble, with bonus points for the subheading "Where’s the Money, Lebowski?"<br><a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-03-25-bubble-trouble-ai-threat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/power/2025-03-25-</span><span class="invisible">bubble-trouble-ai-threat/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"I do not think it will shock anyone to learn that big tech is aggressively pushing AI products. But the extent to which they have done so might. The sheer ubiquity of AI means that we take for ground the countless ways, many invisible, that these products and features are foisted on us—and how Silicon Valley companies have systematically designed and deployed AI products onto their existing platforms in an effort to accelerate adoption.</p><p>It also happens to be the subject of a new study by design scholars Nolwenn Maudet, Anaëlle Beignon, and Thomas Thibault, who looked at hundreds of instances of how AI has been deployed, highlighted, and advertised by Google, Meta, Adobe, SnapChat, and others, and analyzed them for a study called “Imposing AI: Deceptive design patterns against sustainability.” They also present the results in a handy guide, with illustrated examples called, aptly: “How tech companies are pushing us to use AI.” (It’s translated from the French, hence the sometimes awkward phrasings.)</p><p>The study is a stark reminder that AI has reached ubiquity not necessarily because users around the globe are demanding AI products, but for reasons often closer to the opposite."</p><p><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-big-tech-is-force-feeding-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-bi</span><span class="invisible">g-tech-is-force-feeding-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DeceptiveDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeceptiveDesign</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AIPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>What is Donald Trump's plan for AI? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>brianmerchant</span></a></span> read his Action Plan and executive orders and watched his speech. Here's what he learned. "Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke," Merchant writes for his Blood in the Machine newsletter. "It’s above all a blueprint for consolidated control, a vision where worker power withers, citizens become subservient to AI; to its corporate masters and federal overseers, where fossil fuels are ushered again into prominence at the height of the climate crisis, and democracy is sidelined in favor of automation technologies. It is, in summary, pretty grim!"</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/tMtohZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/tMtohZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>Looking forward to listening to/reading this... Great podcast, great interviews. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to buy his most famous book. A pity that nowadays everyone seems to have forgotten Howard Rheingold's book on virtual communities (1993). That's a true classic. </p><p>"Today's podcast guest is Fred Turner, a Professor of Communication at Stanford and the best historian of Silicon Valley culture over the past 100 years.</p><p>His book, From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism, is my favorite book on the region’s history, focusing on how hippies and hackers came together from the 60s to the 90s. But he’s researched essentially every Silicon Valley subculture, from Buckminster Fuller to the maker movement to diversity posters at Facebook.</p><p>Fred is also one of the warmest, most enthusiastic storytellers I know—the kind of history teacher everyone wishes they had. You’ll leave this listen with a bunch of fun facts about the Whole Earth Catalog, Burning Man, and the Italian futurists; but more importantly, a deep appreciation for what humans and the humanities can offer."</p><p><a href="https://jasmi.news/p/from-counterculture-to-cyberculture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jasmi.news/p/from-countercultu</span><span class="invisible">re-to-cyberculture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MediaEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaEcology</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MediaStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaStudies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Cyberculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberculture</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalUtopianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalUtopianism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Counterculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Counterculture</span></a>.</p>

72 Stunden pro Woche für den Traum von der KI-Revolution? Das „996“-Modell feiert in US-Startups ein Comeback – ausgerechnet dort, wo Innovation und Humanismus aufeinanderprallen. Ist das noch Fortschritt oder nur alte Ausbeutung im neuen Gewand? Klick rein und mach Dir selbst ein Bild. #OpenAI #SiliconValley #KI 👇
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All-AI.deKI-Startups zwingen zum 72-Stunden-Job – Rückkehr der Arbeitshölle?In den USA setzt sich das umstrittene 996-Modell aus China durch. Bedeutet das die Zukunft des Arbeitens im KI-Zeitalter?