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@luca@social.luca.run
2026-10-30 09:28:44

I stopped recommending Proton after their CEO praised a decision of the Republican party in the USA and the company afterwards pleaded political neutrality.
Based on this reporting by @… on their internal push for speeding up development by outsourcing coding to LLMs and sidelining security, I am going to warn people about it.

Manifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI Reckoning
Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.

@vrandecic@mas.to
2026-10-19 20:22:25

When we start outsourcing thinking to AI and allow to lose accountability, bad things happen.
On July 14, 2025, Angela Lipps was babysitting in her Tennessee home when police arrested her for fraud. She was held in a local county jail until October, then moved to a Fargo jail until December 24, when a judge dismissed the charges. She was released into a frigid North Dakota winter with only the summer clothing she had been wearing when arrested in Tennessee.
It turned out she had …

AI Agnotology, Cognitive Surrender, and Policing Accountability | Stanford Law Review
Law enforcement agencies have increasingly employed artificial intelligence (AI) in their investigatory methods and technology. This usage, however, raises critical concerns regarding the accuracy and fairness of such practices. Additionally, this issue highlights the urgent need to identify accountability mechanisms and guardrails to protect against misuse and bias. In this Essay, Professor Jeffrey L.