2026-01-22
Outside of the antebellum South, I'm hard pressed to think of an American elite that would have embraced and celebrated this kind of fully-automated depravity in the way today's billionaires and their servants have.
New York Times
NYT and CCDH analysis: Grok created and shared 1.8M+ sexualized images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X
Over nine days, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.
2025-07-27
It strikes me that this week brings us two examples of academic institutions trying to cut deals with fascist counterparties who will 1) not honor any contract or agreement and 2) actively seek to destroy the mission & the personnel of of the academic institutions w/ whom their dealing
The Baltimore Banner
The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that “the window may be closing” for making AI deals
Authors have until the end … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Johns Hopkins Press to License Books for AI Training, Sparking Author Backlash and Industry Debate Bluesky: Christos...