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Sources: US officials have held talks with AI companies about the government acquiring shares; Sam Altman first pitched the concept directly to Trump in 2025 (NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/technology/trump-ai-stake-openai

Senior U.S. Officials Eye Government Shares in AI Giants
An agreement to give the U.S. government equity stakes in AI companies could have seismic consequences.

If I did this to house people and give them a place to sleep, something actually directly beneficial, it would get shut down so fucking fast it would make your head spin, and yet…
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/post/3mnk3pun2dk2s…

Wigmore Hall Live, which produces recordings of live classical music concerts, partners with Apple Music Classical and will give 100% of royalties to performers (Gramophone)
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/content/news/wigmore-hall-and-a…

Wigmore Hall and Apple Music Classical Announce New Partnership - Gramophone
The digital-only platform will implement an artist-first model with all the royalties going directly to the artists

📚 My book review of Ordinary guy at war
His personal tale of what he did when the Russians invaded. Very inspiring, sadly a bit short. It also cuts off before he actually joins the military. Dimko does give a great overview of the operation and reasoning behind his amazing charity. The signed edition was quite expensive, but well worth it as all proceeds go directly towards buying gear for the Ukrainian military.
⭐⭐⭐

Let's say you're building a house. Normally this involves hiring a whole bunch of experts (either directly or via some company). You need to pay a fair wage for their labor, and you have to pay for all the material they're going to use. Some of them will be more experienced than others. They will sometimes make a mistake. They will sometimes get sick. The whole construction work will probably take a few months, and may get delayed in the process. Some construction material will be wasted. There's also a risk that over the next years, you'll discover that they screwed something up, and have to fix it. But you'll get a reasonably good house.
Now, a kid comes and tells you you don't have to do this. Instead of paying all these people, you can hire him. He's wearing a suit and sunshades. He never laid a brick in his whole life. But he's got this new great technology that will give you a great house in no time. Of course it will cost you, but not as much as the labor of all these people. You try to learn more, and you discover that the technology actually builds and razes a hundred of house-like things a day, until it gets close enough to something that actually resembles a house. There's a lot of wasted energy and material, but you don't have to worry because it's all subsidized (for the time being). You pay less, you get a house that looks just right on the outside and inside, and that seems to work just right.
Of course, there's a real risk that in a few months you'll discover that something is wrong. You may have to pay a lot for a real expert to figure out how things were done, and how to fix them. Or they may not be able to help you. You may be stuck having to call the suit again, and he'll happily come and fix it for you. And by "fix", I mean he will just raze a whole part of the house and start randomly spitting it out again until he gets something that looks about right, and works about right. Of course, it may not really be a good fit for the rest of the house, but you don't want to pay for replacing the whole thing, do you? It may also introduce a completely new issues that will surface in a few months, but that's just how it is.
Welcome to the glorious world of #AI.
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