Tootfinder

O&C – ownership and control – *that’s* the lens by which we should be evaluating data and technology.
Who owns and controls data and technology?
If we want a fair, just world with human rights, freedom, and democracy, the answer to that question must be twofold:
1. Data about and technology for the commons must be owned and controlled by the commons.
2. Data about and technology for people must be owned and controlled by individuals.
That’s it.
Notice …

U.S. health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine Thursday,
the first made with the same mRNA technologythat was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moderna is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval of its new shot, dubbed #mFlusiva,
as an option for people 50 and older.
The FDA advisory committee meeting is a step toward a final decision ahead of the winter flu se…

FDA panel considers a first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology
U.S. health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine

Austin-based Smack Technologies, which is developing AI decision-making tools for the US military, raised a $61M Series B led by Costanoa and First In (Mike Stone/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/pentagon-pre…

Google bestellt KI-Chips bei Marvell, bekommt Aktien dazu
Marvell Technology soll maßgeschneiderte Halbleiter für Google entwickeln. Dafür winken viele Milliarden. Doch muss Marvell eigene Aktien beilegen.
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Google bestellt KI-Chips bei Marvell, bekommt Aktien dazu
Marvell Technology soll maßgeschneiderte Halbleiter für Google entwickeln. Dafür winken viele Milliarden. Doch muss Marvell eigene Aktien beilegen.

Hugging Face says it used the open-weight GLM-5.2 hosted on its own compute for breach forensics, after US frontier model safety guardrails blocked the requests (Edward Targett/The Stack)
https://www.thestack.technology/hugging-fa

Hugging Face hacked: Turned to Chinese LLM for help after US models blocked Blue Team
Expensive, proprietary US models were no help to Hugging Face’s defenders, and free Chinese ones were; that’s a warning sign.

Adieu Palantir: Berlin und Paris planen eigenes digitales Rückgrat
Mit neuen KI-Sicherheitsinstituten und gemeinsamer Rüstungs-IT wollen Deutschland und Frankreich die Abhängigkeit von US-Technologie deutlich reduzieren.

Adieu Palantir: Berlin und Paris planen eigenes digitales Rückgrat
Mit neuen KI-Sicherheitsinstituten und gemeinsamer Rüstungs-IT wollen Deutschland und Frankreich die Abhängigkeit von US-Technologie deutlich reduzieren.

Sources: England and Wales' attorney general tells his office to stop posting on X, a first for the UK government, amid worries about X inciting violence (Peter Walker/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s office understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots

Internal memo: ICE bars its employees from wearing Meta's AI glasses, saying they "could unintentionally capture, record, or transmit sensitive information" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technol…

ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens, a new mode that limits high-risk chats around self-harm, eating disorders, and other topics, adds studying tools, and more (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/chatgpt-for-teens-openai.html

OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow
The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.

Sources: Anthropic expects to generate $100B in annualized revenue this year, up from $65B as of July, as it moves ahead with its IPO amid the AI safety debate (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/technol

Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings
The company is expected to generate $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.