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OpenAI wants (even more of) your data. Your real time discussion data. With Meta and X already having coupled social media platforms with LLMs, OpenAI would not want to risk lagging behind by not grabbing more of your data. www.theverge.com/openai/64813...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Great. “Image generator is supposed to block certain content, but ChatGPT suggested workarounds” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

And on track to be tripled by 2030, and some more beyond that. Big AI bosses tell you we simply NEED AI to solve the climate crisis. Many including myself disagree. We simply do not. Read more in the article.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

@molly.wiki absolutely LOVE love love your “wait not like that” article today. Very relevant, exactly what my friends and I in human-centric AI communities have been concerned about. Thank you for expressing this issue so eloquently www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

We are in a time where objective truths matter more than ever. Factuality and democracy is under attack by those who thrive in darkness and those who fall victim to their false claims. We need to protect access to truth for everyone, with no financial or political agenda. forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc

submitted 109 days ago • 3 comments

Love it, @edzitron.com getting a mention in the @wealthsimple.bsky.social weekly financial newsletter. #roteconomy #growthatallcosts

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Unicorn company upset that their billion-dollar business model might be illegal. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

submitted 127 days ago • 2 comments

xAI released Grok3 last night. Here’s a wonderful quote that, for me, reads: “You thought we were gonna inject our ideology into it? You bet we did!” techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/e...

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

Remember your neighbours in need in the cold. Christie Pitts park - Toronto

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

Happy flag day! 🇨🇦

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

This essay talks about a coming stand off between AI models that are generalists (do lots of human-level stuff decently well, like “AGI”), and AI models that are specialists like protein solvers. Guess which side he’s rooting for (and so am I)!

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

And the billionaire league gladiator fights continue.

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy and Joker found new anti-crime group.

submitted 134 days ago • 9 comments

Um wat

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

this is an encouraging move from the Irish government in the context of Europe being painted as "anti-innovation"

submitted 136 days ago • 2 comments

New video 📽️ from me: I had the privilege of being a keynote speaker at the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI. I focused on solutions and ideas for moving forward. They made it public, and here it is. Enjoy, and hope it's helpful! 🤗 oecdtv.webtv-solution.com/embed-or-en-...

submitted 137 days ago • 3 comments

Video completely unrelated to our times. Happy Saturday. youtu.be/sQpd9m4GBjs?...

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

This is a legit fundraiser aiming to billionaire proof Bluesky. Read more about it below: www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1... Donation below: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fr... #FreeOurFeeds

submitted 148 days ago • 1 comment

Our $200 cheques from Doug Ford came in the mail today. We’re both donating them to NDP 😃 We should never have received this money in the first place. #onpoli #ontariondp

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

"Meta torrented "at least 81.7 terabytes of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna’s Archive, including at least 35.7 terabytes of data from Z-Library and LibGen" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

submitted 138 days ago • 4 comments

Turns out bandicoots are a real thing 😓 I thought Sony invented the concept 😶‍🌫️

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

Tldr; “no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of organizing” While staying informed is good, we need to connect with our local communities and organize 💪

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

The US AI lobby is attacking on all fronts. Google retracted its AI principles that said they won’t create weapons (among others disappointing changes) and now this.

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments