These layoffs may include people who tried to roll out safety guidelines for AI oh and also people who worked w/Musk's AI competitors. Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts? - ThreadSky

emptywheel.bsky.social • 1 day ago

These layoffs may include people who tried to roll out safety guidelines for AI oh and also people who worked w/Musk's AI competitors.

Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts?

Reposted from Andrew Couts

NEW: NIST staffers expect ~500 people—incl. 3 lab directors who were promoted in the last year—to lose their jobs as soon as tomorrow, as part of the DOGE purge, sources tell @wired.com. @willknight.bsky.social, @peard33.bsky.social, and @leahfeiger.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/the-na...

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sarahseaforth.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not the main point, but Musk's AI (xAI/Grok) is grossly inferior to its leading competitors. I tried it against Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, MS Copilot, etc. Grok/xAI was quite clueless. I used it for coidng and STEM research for the most part.

gretagroots.bsky.social•1 day ago

Blatant corruption

4gabriel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Almost like ancient Egypt- kill everyone who built the site- bury them with their knowledge of anything

vought.bsky.social•1 day ago

This institute is a critical piece of the United States cybersecurity picture.

turnonthesound.bsky.social•1 day ago

#economicblackout2025

buckleup36.bsky.social•15 hours ago

📌

helenpj.bsky.social•1 day ago

Carpetbaggers run amok!

406inthelou.bsky.social•1 day ago

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patclatter.bsky.social•1 day ago

There go all computer security standards. IT oligarchs & intel folks are loving this.

eddie0028.bsky.social•1 day ago

How long before the gop congress realize that a king has no need for senators and congressman

1987traveler.bsky.social•1 day ago

both drumpf & e lo nee like to tear up, break up, destroy stuff

kstabtv.bsky.social•1 day ago

added to the list:
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-hinted-at-possible-deal-trouble-in-talks-with-ad-giant-to-increase-spending-feb122a6?st=PYZfc4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

thomasafine.bsky.social•1 day ago

Musk just pulled the lease out from under the Buffalo office of NLRB. You know, the very same office that brought a complaint against Tesla.

thomasafine.bsky.social•1 day ago

Anyway, things are happening far faster than in 2016, and I know of nobody making a master list of all the steps in our descent into fascism. I've just started a spreadsheet but I have an entire month backlog to fill in.

marisavines.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.project2025.observer/

thomasafine.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks!

cathyglass.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Trump/Musk Vengeance Tour. I don’t want to go.

littledabldoya.bsky.social•1 day ago

What happens when the man with this much power is not stable?

26 is coming

thomasafine.bsky.social•1 day ago

Stop with this bullshit.

melanierestall1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Congratulations maga voters. You did this! 🥳

( deep sarcasm )

b-korb.bsky.social•1 day ago

We don't need no stinking standards!
We need more of them to choose from.
Eliminating an organization to organize them makes perfect sense, right @HarlanStenn.bsky.social?

harlanstenn.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think they’re trying to make money in two ways: profiting from the destruction, and then profiting from the downstream rebuilding.

indydevoeus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Judd Legum Musk Watch

maryjanesbiatch.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

mspragmatist.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are nothing BUT conflicts. Just assume if he's purging something, it's to make his life easier.

sail2it.bsky.social•1 day ago

And yet, the Neuralink chipped nerds just keep on ticking.

emptywheel.bsky.social•1 day ago

NYT's @13pt.com has done a series of these visualizations--I hope NYT keeps updating them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html

irmagooddoggie.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

catpaws313.bsky.social•1 day ago

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veracitas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tesla going from $352,000 to $400M JUST for the Department of State more than repays the $250M loan for the election.

pelledge.bsky.social•1 day ago

I see we aren't starting early enough.

marilynfrenche.bsky.social•1 day ago

Absolutely disgusting.

fmhilton.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social They will until they get a restraining order to stop. Which should be any day now.

my2cnz.bsky.social•1 day ago

GIFT link, please?

anaphoristand.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here's an archived copy:
https://archive.ph/wAZct

my2cnz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you.

emptywheel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sorry, I don't do gift links. They're tracking devices. I don't want people to be tracked to me.

planecrazy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Several sources I have in AI safety report that NIST's layoffs do include members of the AI Safety Institute. They were supposed to work with AI Safety Institutes in other countries. So, we fall behind and get more insecure all at the same time. Weeee. AxiosPro also has a report on this.

my2cnz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe someone will post it to the Gift Links Tab. Click the very top link and PIN it to your HOME tab. It will then appear like the image below https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o4s55v3tsfph6whswxccpsia/feed/aaaixbb5liqbu

tarikn.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's so tiring. They would have launched Obama into orbit after the first one of these.

veracitas.bsky.social•1 day ago

We have a new FBI Director. That plan might still be on the table.

tarikn.bsky.social•1 day ago

To quote Nimesh Patel, the actually worst Patel in the world. He's gonna be an attack dog on Alpha-PVP, a Bizarro J. Edgar Hoover for the ages.

cobrate.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social
https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes

il manque les contrats européens France Italie Hongrie ...

spotlightondoge.bsky.social•1 day ago

DOGE is a big smokescreen of chaos driven by indoctrinated youth with a hateful ideology. They claim 50B in "savings", meanwhile Trump and the Republicans are planning to give 2000 B in tax break to the top 1% and make the deficit worse. 🙃

Check out @spotlightondoge.bsky.social

spotlightondoge.bsky.social•1 day ago