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Various Artists – 2000’s Horrors
#byncnd

Jag intervjuas om AI och desinformation i Ekot. Det ryska desinformationsnätverket Pravda masspublicerar miljontals artiklar med proryskt innehåll i syfte att manipulera AI-chattbotar som Chat GPT eller Copilot.
https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/chatt

My knee-jerk reaction to this article from @… was a cynical [citation needed] re “artists from all mediums emphatically support the use of AI.”
On further reflection…well, that’s still my response to the eyeball-grabbing lede, yes, but the actual article is what I wish we’d had instead of this inane hype avalanche:
Artists poking at the new thing, playing with it, finding its possibilities, critiquing it, problematizing it, asking us to ask what it is, helping us see it with fresh eyes from many angles. https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack/114704865574139727

"Israel is in clear violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. When Russia invaded Ukraine — an action this paper condemned at the time — the EU, Britain and the US invoked Ukraine’s right to defend itself under Article 51, but those same Western governments are now bizarrely offering Article 51 to the aggressor Israel, instead of Iran."
Trump’s alarming G7 exit signals an unstable leader edging towards war with Iran | Morning Star

Source: Meta is in advanced talks to hire Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to work on its AI efforts (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-talks-hire-former-github-ceo-nat-friedman-daniel-gro…

Meta in Talks to Hire AI Investors Friedman and Gross, Partially Buy Out Their Venture Fund
Meta Platforms is in advanced talks to hire the prominent artificial intelligence investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to help lead its AI efforts, according to a person familiar with the discussions. As part of those talks, Meta is in discussions about partially buying out Friedman and Gross ...

An Islamic Republic With Its Back Against the Wall (Roger Cohen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/middleeast/iran-islamic-republic-regime.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.LKxr.JAPlwgBWFiD2&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250619/p59#a250619p59

https://apnews.com/article/iran-whatsapp-meta-israel-d9e6fe43280123c9963802e6f10ac8d1
Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices

Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices
Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged the country’s public to remove the messaging app WhatsApp from their smart phones, alleging without offering any evidence the app gathered user information to send to Israel. WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted, which means a service provider in the middle can't read messages. WhatsApp says it does not track users' precise location and does not track personal messages. Iran had banned WhatsApp in 2022 following mass protests. It lifted the ban …

Various Artists – HB Parade 2
#acoustic

I’m fond of quipping that arts education is •the• foundational form of education, and that education in any field should never stray too far from being arts education.
It’s little wonder that the forces that push investment bubbles and wealth concentration are so hostile to both the arts and education. And we need to recognize that hostility, which is so often cloaked as support:
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Brad Lander Tried to Escort Immigrants Facing Arrest. He's Not Alone. (Luis Ferré-Sadurní/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/nyregion/ice-immigrants-volunteer-escorts-courthouse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.mOZ8.b98ePchAG9eY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250619/p68#a250619p68