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"Open Access Research Matters to the Public. We Can Prove It." @ Katina magazine
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2026/open-access-research-matters-to-the-public
"Information scho…

The social media figure “Rathbone” became (or always has been) a horrible antisemite. Not sure how many people here are familiar with his videos, but I must admit that a few years back I liked them. They were often provocative and didn't speak too kindly on Israel's actions, using words like “apartheid”, “imperialism”, “zionism”, etc. The account didn't influence me on my knowledge of these terms, the books I read and my political activism did, but it certainly popped up once or twi…

OpenAI releases a new report on knowledge work: Codex now has 5M weekly active users, up 6x since February, and knowledge workers are ~20% of Codex users (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/codex-for-knowledge-work

POP QUIZ
Which of these are nu metal bands, and which are cognitive biases?
- Conjunction Fallacy
- Compassion Fade
- Illusion of Validity
- Curse of Knowledge
- Phantom Effect
- Mere Exposure
- Reactance
- Law of the Instrument
- Groupthink
- False Prior
- Pareidolia
- Surrogation
- Cryptomnesia
- The Baader–Meinhof Phenomenon
- Bandwagon
- Impostor Syndrome
- Chronostasis

I am cursed by useless knowledge of horrible people

The BroMax Podcast
Join us as we provide reviews for the latest films in cinema, create tier lists for franchises and film series, as well as sharing our movie knowledge with you guys...
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Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testified about tense negotiations with Musk in 2017, saying "he knows rockets, he knows electric cars" but "does not know AI" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

"Exploring Stakeholder Awareness, Institutional Support, and Implementation of Co-Design in Higher Education: Challenges and AI Readiness"
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/libphilprac/8310/
"Findings show that awareness of co-design is moderate and institutional em…

Source: Alphabet is in talks with Blackstone, KKR, and EQT to give their portfolio companies AI model access, after OpenAI's and Anthropic's JVs with PE firms (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-talks-blackstone-…

Google in Talks With Blackstone, KKR to Distribute AI Models
Private equity firms Blackstone, KKR and EQT are in talks with Alphabet to get their portfolio companies access to Google’s AI models, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The discussions follow the establishment of two separate companies set up by Anthropic and OpenAI and several PE firms that will employ technical consultants to integrate AI into the PE firms’ portfolio

Sources: data center developer Switch is in talks to raise billions of dollars from PE firms including Brookfield and KKR at a $50B valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-center-developer-s…

Data Center Developer Switch in Talks to Raise Billions at $50 Billion-Plus Valuation
Data center developer Switch is in talks to raise billions of dollars at a valuation of at least $50 billion, as it seeks to capitalize on soaring demand for the infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence, according to people with knowledge of the deal. Brookfield Asset Management, ...