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@vrandecic@mas.to
2026-05-14 06:28:41

Institutional Data. Open Knowledge. AI. How can we create better bridges between them and work together to solve some of our big issues around data and access to knowledge in the age of AI?
The coming AI-BRIDGES Symposium in London (May 28-29) looks at these questions.
If you care about Open Knowledge, Institutional Data and AI, join us!
Registration open till May 21st. It's free, but seats are limited. Link to full program and registration here:

AI Bridges Symposium THE EXPERT PANEL The Ecosystem We Need to Build Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Dr. Denny Vrandečić, Founder of Wikidata Josie Fraser, Head of Digital Policy Lottery Heritage Fund Dr. Aaron Halfaker, Principal Scientist Microsoft Harry Verwayen, Director General Europeana Foundation Renata Avila, CEO Open Knowledge Foundation Prof. Elena Simperl, Co-director, KCL Institute for AI, Director of Research, ODI Jon Lloyd, Director of Advocacy Digital Public Goods Allianc…
@cark@social.tchncs.de
2026-06-09 12:52:31

Anthropic's new essay "When AI builds itself" says we need verifiable coordination to slow AI down if ever needed — but not who builds the mechanism, or how to fund it without the funders capturing it.
Thus, I wrote an open letter back: an IAEA (UN-associated organization) for AI, where a lab puts up the first ~$1B but contributing becomes the entry ticket to standing, not a lever of control.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-06-07 05:19:28

Warning: GoFundMe appears to be actively complicit in genocide and hostile to Palestinians.
Chuffed have publicly stated that they’re anti-genocide and a safe space for Palestinians.
Please prefer the latter when creating fundraisers for Palestinians.
palestine.chuffed.org/

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-01 14:01:28

Sources: Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $6B for a fund to invest in later-stage companies, marking its largest haul ever; $4.5B comes from limited partners (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-05-03 00:41:20

#GiftLink Opinion | What Would the Nation’s Founders Think of Trump? 250 Years Later, Here Is the Answer. - The New York Times
nytimes.com/2026/05/02/opinion

@hllizi@hespere.de
2026-05-01 15:25:25

Sweet jesus, I think the brain worms have worked on this one beyond remedy. The whole thing is toast.

Dan Abrams slams Jeffries over 'illegitimate' Supreme Court remark Mediaite founder Dan Abrams sharply criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for calling the Supreme Court 'illegitimate' after its Voting Rights Act ruling. Abrams argued that while disagreeing with rulings is fair, labeling the court illegitimate risks a constitutional crisis by eroding its role as a neutral arbiter. He noted he has criticized conservatives for similar rhetoric and said both sides must avoid undermini…
@jom@social.kontrollapparat.de
2026-05-29 15:25:06

I really missed my Pebble Watch when Google shut it down. Now it's open source, the founder brought it back, and, 280€ later, I finally have a #pebbletime2 on my wrist.
Impressed so far. iOS support isn't quite on par with Android, but after day one it's fine. Fewer features than my Apple Watch Ultra 2, mostly health stuff. For the rest, I was grabbing my phone an…

A Pebble Time 2 smartwatch displaying the time and date, with box packaging and shipping label on a crumpled paper surface.
Smartwatch displaying time 13:24, weather, heart rate, date, and a notification to follow-up in 6 minutes.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-06-22 10:40:37

JD.com founder Richard Liu says robots will replace the company's 700K delivery workers "sooner or later", and it will help retrain them in robot maintenance (Financial Times)
ft.com/content/465635e2-633b-4

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-06-22 13:12:32

Meta invests $900M into Indian fintech startup Cred, and plans to appoint Cred founder Kunal Shah as the new leader of WhatsApp, replacing Will Cathcart (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-26 00:56:24

33% of S&P 500 companies provided security perks for execs in 2025: Jensen Huang's security cost rose from $690K in 2023 to $3.5M in 2025, Zuckerberg spent $22M (Eli Rosenberg/The Information)
theinformation.com/articles/si

Silicon Valley Embraces New Breed of Bodyguards After Altman Attack, AI Backlash
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang cuts a distinctive image, habitually clad in one of his many leather jackets. But it wasn’t Huang’s outfit that caught the attention of another tech founder who saw him in Manhattan last year: it was the phalanx of security guards walking behind him. “He had a posse,” ...