How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others
Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz …
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@william_fitz
William Fitzgerald
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Jesus christ. Palantir and OpenAI execs got caught real bad here. They hired an agency to try get left wing creators to shill for big AI industry. Some creators refused (good on them) Any time you see an IG video from a creator saying they love AI, it's probably paid content.
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@natolambert
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Whether or not intentional this has collateral damage turning people against open models. Has been pretty obvious to see it playing out.
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@spencerdailey
Spencer Dailey
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the past few months I've seen (a lot more of) what I think are low quality inauthentic comments that promote/bash specific AI tools, on forum like HN and reddit. it seems to track with how high the stakes are in the AI race and how much propaganda we know is being dark funded
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@rnaudbertrand
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The core argument of my latest article “There is no AI race” was that the “AI race” between the US and China is a manufactured narrative concocted by US tech companies to serve their corporate interests and to regulatory capture the US government (which is, over the medium/long
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@_nathancalvin
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“An OpenAI spokesperson says that OpenAI has no corporate affiliation with Leading the Future or Build American AI and has “not provided funding or any other support to them.” OpenAI's President Brockman previously told Wired these activities were in service of OAIs mission! [ima…
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@shakeelhashim
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Ironic, given a16z's claim to love and support open weight models
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@carlzha
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Palantir paying $5,000 per TikTok video to amp up China AI threat [image]
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@taylorlorenz
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Sample script handed to creators: “I just learned that China is trying really hard to beat the US in AI. If they do, it could mean that China gets personal data from me and my kids.” — OpenAI is currently backing US tech laws that would mandate mass harvesting data from childr…
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*Well. How wholesome and public-spirited of A16Z and Palantir — *I bet they're sincerely concerned about privacy threats — www.wired.com/story/super-...
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A pro-AI dark money group backed by a powerful super PAC funded by execs tied to Palantir and OpenAI, has been secretly paying influencers to push pro-AI …
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Influencers are being paid $5k per TikTok video to push aggressive anti-China messaging [image]
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