Tootfinder

Am I cheering on a big AI company?
“Anthropic insists that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry.”
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/claude-…

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute
Anthropic has not agreed to the Pentagon's terms and defense officials are getting fed up after months of difficult negotiations.

Meta is evil, confirmed again. Leave it's platforms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFA.q…

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.

WPP, Dentsu, and Publicis settle with the FTC over claims they colluded on misinformation policies that denied ad revenue to conservative publishers (David McCabe/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/technology/ftc-ad-companies-settlement.html

Ad Companies Settle With F.T.C. Over Claims of Harm to Conservative Sites
WPP, Dentsu and Publicis settled claims they colluded on policies to combat misinformation, denying ad revenue to publishers on the right.

Well, no, there are people on the list above brand strategists...
#AI #LLM

Eugene Healey on Instagram: "Technology was supposed to free us. Instead, it just gave us more work. Today: why the backlash to AI follows the same pattern as every major technological disruption in history - and what that means for the brands caught in the middle. -- Follow @eugbrandstrat for more insights on how brands can effectively navigate modern digital spaces."
3,896 likes, 102 comments - eugbrandstrat on April 13, 2026: "Technology was supposed to free us. Instead, it just gave us more work. Today: why the backlash to AI follows the same pattern as every major technological disruption in history - and what that means for the brands caught in the middle. -- Follow @eugbrandstrat for more insights on how brands can effectively navigate modern digital spaces.".

Trump regime wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

Eine neue Analyse sieht in Deutschland ein technologisches #Wertschöpfungspotenzial von 1,7 Billionen Euro.
Chancen entstehen in #KünstlicheIntelligenz, #Robotik

Deutschland: Studie sieht Technologiepotenzial von 1,7 Billionen Euro - Golem.de
Von KI bis Fusion: Eine Studie sieht große Wachstumschancen, warnt aber vor fehlendem Kapital und zu langsamer Kommerzialisierung.

The technology of mechanical reproduction did not end the age of art.
Likewise, the technology of text synthesis will not end of age of human thinking.
https://woborders.blog/2026/04/14/ai-is-the-mechanical-reproduction-of…

AI is the mechanical reproduction of human thought, not a means to replace it.
I’m going to be writing a lot more about AI, among other things.In part this is because a nearly unfathomable investment is being made into this technology,. Huundreds of billions of dollars …

Abschaltungen in Moskau: Mit Telefonzellen aus dem Funkloch?
In Russland gehen Städte und ganze Regionen teils offline. Aufsichtsbehörden drehen das Netz ab. Ein Abgeordneter schlägt nun eine altbekannte Technologie vor.

US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that "identified views opposed" to AI and listed addresses of other AI executives (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/technol

Man Who Attacked OpenAI C.E.O.’s Home Had List of Other A.I. Executives
The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman’s home had written at length about the threat of A.I.