Discussion

• @rmac18 Ryan Mac on x

  Aron D'Souza, the man who coordinated with Peter Thiel to take out Gawker Media, has a new venture that says it will use private investigators and AI to apparently push back on unfavorable media stories. It's claiming it has developed an “AI Tribunal,” whatever that means.

• @freddy_brewster @freddy_brewster on x

  This is a new Peter Thiel-backed company that promises to use former CIA and FBI agents and an “AI Tribunal” to investigate reporters. It also seems to offer a messaging platform where reporters will have to agree to “binding arbitration” process

• @rmac18 Ryan Mac on x

  It's unsurprising that tech billionaires including Thiel are funding this and that the company's solution to the intractable problem of journalism is AI. But I'm asking anyone to explain in plain english what this actually means and how it will actually work. [image]

• @alexrkonrad Alex Konrad on x

  The use cases described make no sense. 1) If a reporter records your interview, you can just... record, too? In the age of Granola etc., this is common! 2) With anon sources, big cos already investigate leaks. You want random PIs calling up your VCs, bankers and employees?

• @thestalwart Joe Weisenthal on x

  @tysonbrody What's the theory here, that there is a meaningful number of people who would consider talking to journalists, but only on the condition that they agree to use this app?

• @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x

  I just tried this out with what I believe is a FALSE legacy media story (that Nic and Olandria are still together and not just pretending bc its good for their business) and it was going to charge me $15,000 to investigate. Worth every penny [image]

• @sigallagher Simon Gallagher on x

  @objectionupdate Imagine pulling this Bond villain shit on literally the day of action for Anti-SLAAP lawsuits. Powerful cunts with a lot to fear starting muscular beat down companies. Maybe grow a spine and some eyebrows

• @tysonbrody Tyson Brody on x

  this rocks, the claim is to be some sort of AI powered fact checker but actually it's supposed to be a tool to force journalists to agree to legally binding arbitration before any interview or story. good luck!!!! [image]

• @objectionupdate @objectionupdate on x

  Legacy media. Anonymous sources. Narrative spin. Zero accountability. Peter Thiel is backing the system that ends it. Objection is live. https://www.objection.ai/ [video]

• @alexrkonrad Alex Konrad on x

  lining up to pay $2K to the steroid Olympics guy to try to community note every news article i don't like [image]

• @tinyklaus.com @tinyklaus.com on bluesky

  Peter Thiel basically owns the alternative media influence machine and he still has to pull this shit.  —  Dude must be freaking out.  —  techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/c...

• @jamesrball.com James Ball on bluesky

  These guys really don't know how cheap it is to hire trained journalists, do they?  Or maybe they think the good ones would hesitate to work for them for some reason? [embedded post]

• @0kultra @0kultra on bluesky

  why would I pay for a robot to do something reddit does for free? [embedded post]

• @wowbaggert @wowbaggert on bluesky

  Everyone understands that this is going to be a tool used by the Right to undermine the credibility of fact based reporting, yes? [embedded post]

• @parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy on bluesky

  Oh, I'm sure this won't end up being evil.  [embedded post]

• @rowyourbot Ozma on bluesky

  How can an AI evaluate factual claims when it can only scrape other claims off the internet?  If someone is claiming a whale has run aground on a certain beach what's the AI gonna do?  It can only select among claims online.  It can't drive itself to the beach and look.  [embedde…

• @foiaball.com @foiaball.com on bluesky

  someone should file an objection against their launch video for claiming this is what peter thiel looks like [embedded post]

• @maxwelltani Max Tani on x

  the phrase “AI tribunal for investigating the media” has a feverish, conner o'malley-esque quality to it...

• @couts Andrew Couts on bluesky

  Good on @techcrunch.com and @rebeccabellan.bsky.social for publishing the full transcript of her interview with Aron D'Souza about his new “journalism integrity” startup: techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/f...

• @carolinehaskins Caroline Haskins on bluesky

  I urge anyone seeing this post to sit down and read this from @rebeccabellan.bsky.social  —  techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/f...

• @jetjocko Adam Rogers on bluesky

  This is an extraordinary interview—journalism that itself proves that the subject is wrong about journalism in almost every particular.  —  techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/f...