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The UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a *fifth* time over AI training data transparency. Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion. 🧵 1/2

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“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

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Very good and relevant everywhere: “(to) use Trump as a wedge to steer institutions towards (ones) preferred policy aim… is treating Trump like a flashlight who is illuminating problems, rather than a flamethrower who has come to burn it all down.”

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Absolutely wonderful by @benjaminjriley.bsky.social on AI, crediting the insight of @alisongopnik.bsky.social. In dark times a joyful read! buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/ai-is-ston...

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The Best Aircraft Carriers in the World:

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Delighted to come across what I sincerely hope is evidence of a Yorkshire accent amongst the C18th aristocracy 🏛️ This noblewoman was one of the Howard family, living just outside of York in the early 1700s

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Colonel Anatoliy Shtefan: "After such an operation, the [NATO] Alliance must apply to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Bravo to everyone who planned and carried out this operation."

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