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AI autocomplete doesn’t just change how you write. It changes how you think AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our e-mails and phones. Now a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs

“Overall, the study participants who saw the biased AI text shifted their positions toward those espoused by the AI.”

US Air Force now escorting sunshine down to earth

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

Are you ready to hold Elon and his DOGEbags criminally accountable yet? #TeslaTakedown
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We resemble that remark…

It’s vital that we build up these important safety networks.

Jail Support Training This training will prepare you to fill the important role of providing jail support before, during, and after actions. As we often say, "we keep us safe," and this entails keeping track of and providi...

You are invited to Troublemaker’s Jail Support, an online training on Thursday, March 19th, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. This training will prepare you to fill the important role of providing jail support before, during, and after actions. Learn more and RSVP to join: actionnetwork.org/events/jail-...

How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed Before his misadventures in government efficiency, Musk promised to revolutionize commuting with a subway that would speed passengers between DC and Baltimore in a matter of minutes. The project was a...

"Musk named the machine Godot—the titular character from a play about a man who is expected to deliver salvation but never shows up, leaving believers disgraced & suicidal."

So amidst all the utter BS, some rogue part of him spoke the truth?

There's not enough mockery in the world for these fools.

Did a chatbot built by Palantir and Anthropic tell US forces to bomb a school full of little girls in Iran? The evidence sure seems to point that direction. From Gaza to the Caribbean to Tehran to your own intestines, letting chatbots guide life and death decisions looks worse every day.

You gotta be....

No, actually. We're not at all surprised.

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

For all the Claude fans.

this is a must read 🔥🔥

👀 NEW RESEARCH 👀 There’s been lots of buzz – and misinformation – about data centers. Our research team debunked Big Tech’s bogus claims and did a deep dive on the problems created by these facilities in our new report below. Make sure to give it a read! https://fwwat.ch/4r75Xe8

Thoughts & prayers to the EPA :(

Washington State Must Fund HEAL—the Healthy Environmental for All Act YouTube video by Front and Centered

WA legislators are on the verge of passing harmful cuts that will set back the HEAL Act, landmark #EnvironmentalJustice legislation that works to reduce health disparities in our most impacted communities. Tell your legislator to defend HEAL! bit.ly/protect-heal ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPKv...

Press Release: New Study Finds On-Site Power at Virginia Data Center Could Result in $53 Million–$99 Million in Annual Health Damages - The Piedmont Environmental Council A new independent analysis finds that emissions from the Vantage Data Center’s permitted on-site power system in Loudoun County could result in $53 million–$99 million per year in health-related damag...

As the tech industry increasingly turns to onsite fossil fuel power for data centers, what does this mean for nearby communities? A new study evaluates the impacts of fine particulate matter from a VA facility's onsite power system & finds $53M–$99M/yr in health damages.

Where do we even start?

Musk might simultaneously be the most destructive and the most incompetent person alive. A shitty AI, spewing the most pollution. A completely ineffective "efficiency" effort, killing massive numbers of people. A hideous, deadly "truck" that...can't do anything trucks do.

Pssst, @wadems.org.

In new letter to governor, Seattle tech leaders say income tax proposal will hurt region’s AI innovation The Seattle skyline. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle tech leaders are warning that a new income tax proposal could stall the region’s

if you ask the rich to pay their taxes all human innovation ends

Worker Groups Representing 700,000 Demand: Amazon, Google, Microsoft Must Reject Pentagon's Demands Reject The Pentagon’s Demands.

Read our full statement with @amzn4climate.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social, Amazon Labor Union, United Video Game Workers, + more: medium.com/@notechforap...

Federal Building Friday gets going on the next 15 minutes!
When: 11:30-1:30 pm
Where: Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave Seattle, WA

Join us for 5 minutes or 2 hours.

#defenddemocracy #iceout #federalbuildingfriday

The Enshittificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside

Norway comes for the #TechBros

www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

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When Chatbots Are Used to Plan Violence, Is There a Duty to Warn?

"OpenAI has said ChatGPT has Ph.D.-level intelligence, yet the chatbot was not astute enough to recognize that it was assisting a suicide bomber."

Yeah, that tracks.

Sir, hat's off to you.

When do you think Musk is going to prison?

#TeslaTakedown

Washington Legislature: REGULATE DATA CENTERS NOW House Bill 2515 faces its next big test on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Tell Washington State lawmakers to pass this critical bill. Take this action now, even if you've already sent a letter.

Washingtonians! Think we should give tax breaks to the world's richest companies? No? Sign this!

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Think your electric rates shouldn't go up because those same companies are using all the power? Sign this one too!

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this seems like the right response: bsky.app/profile/keta...

Trump Seeks Vows From Tech Firms to Cover Data Center Costs Trump is expected to reference the plan during his State of the Union address Tuesday night — one of many announcements he plans to make related to the economy, a White House official said. As part o...

Again re-stating my conspiracy theory that all of this serves as a way to pressure companies to build on-site behind-the-meter fossil gas generation as part of a crony capitalist deal with the fossil fuel companies to fabricate demand for their expensive product

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Yeah, this tracks.

"Autonomous AI agents, when placed in competitive or open environments, don’t just optimize for performance…

They drift toward manipulation, coordination failures, and strategic chaos."

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

This one is so very unthinkable...we might have to just keep posting it while the comment period lasts.

Please: take the time! If the night sky is not the inheritance of every life on earth, what is?