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Last month, I was in Vienna to talk about #Wikipedia and AI (and #Wikidata, #AbstractWikipedia, and the Wikidata Embedding Project). It took me some time, but I have now written down most of my talk…

"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…

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

I am cursed by useless knowledge of horrible people

"Hurabiell has a history of making transphobic comments, which was public knowledge when Lurie attended ConnectedSF’s events... Lurie did not distance himself from ConnectedSF, however, and did not say whether he would associate with Hurabiell or the group going forward"
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Queer politicos blast S.F. congressional candidate, Lurie ally Marie Hurabiell for homophobia 
Marie Hurabiell said "Children are being raped multiple times a day" thanks to a Scott Wiener law. It's a bridge too far for Mayor Lurie.

Iran confirms it has received ceasefire plan,
but says US is not ready for peace
The US, Iran and a group of regional mediators discussed the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war,
according to a report from Axiosthat cites “four US, Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks”.
Now, a senior Iranian official has now confirmed to the Reuters news agency that Tehran has received the two-tier ceasefire plan fro…

Source: White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan plans to leave his role at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to start a pro-Trump AI policy institution (Leo Schwartz/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/white-house-ai-po…

White House AI Policy Advisor Sriram Krishnan to Leave Position
Sriram Krishnan, a top AI policy advisor in the Trump administration, plans to leave his position at the end of June, according to a person with direct knowledge of the move and a statement viewed by The Information. Krishnan has discussed starting a policy institution following his time in the ...

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

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