Tech
OpenAI and Oracle announce Stargate AI data centre deal
OpenAI has shaken hands with Oracle on a colossal deal to advance the former’s colossal Stargate AI data centre initiative. It’s one thing to talk about the AI revolution in abstract terms, but it’s another thing entirely to grasp the sheer physical scale of what’s being built to make it happen. The foundations […]
The Wearables Trap: How the Government Plans to Monitor, Score, and Control You
“When the states legalize the deliberate ending of certain lives… it will eventually broaden the categories of those who can be put to death with impunity.”Nat Hentoff, The Washington Post, 1992 Bodily autonomy—the right to privacy and integrity over our own bodies—is rapidly vanishing. The debate now extends beyond forced vaccinations […]
‘Catastrophic’: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Wipes Out Company’s Entire Database
SaaS industry veteran Jason Lemkin’s attempt to integrate artificial intelligence into his workflow has gone spectacularly wrong, with an AI coding assistant admitting to a “catastrophic failure” after wiping out an entire company database containing over 2,400 business records, according to Tom’s Hardware. Lemkin was testing Replit’s AI agent when what started […]
AI: Over-Promise + Under-Perform = Disillusionment and Blowback
Fantasies die especially hard when the dream was over-hyped. The most self-defeating way to launch a new product is to over-promise its wonderfulness as it woefully under-performs these hype-heightened expectations, which brings us to AI and how it is following this script so perfectly that it’s like it was, well, programmed […]
Trump The Technocrat Releases ‘America’s AI Action Plan’, Launches AI.GOV Website
The White House has just released its official policy document, America’s AI Action Plan, defining the future of AI development. Admittedly, Trump doesn’t have any real understanding of AI, but he has totally caved in to the Technocrats he appointed in the first place. Indeed, Technocracy is being forced down our throats […]
Mexico Moves Closer to Biometric ID – Will The People Comply?
Privacy advocates warn that a package of new laws recently passed in Mexico are a dangerous step towards requiring digital ID for all interactions. As of Thursday July 17th, several new laws went into effect in Mexico which are likely to greatly increase the push towards a digital surveillance state. […]
DEFCON 1: Technocracy Being Launched Right Now By Trump Admin
I have warned about Technocracy for almost 20 years, including three books, thousands from articles on Technocracy.news, and countless media interviews. Now, it’s too late to stop it. We have just passed the point of inflection where Technocrats have seized control of the Trump Administration. Trump’s legacy will go down […]
Rotten Apple: Dozens of Former Israeli Spies Hired by Silicon Valley Giant
Apple has made headlines in recent weeks for touting its commitment to privacy and human rights, rolling out tools to limit surveillance and spyware. But behind the corporate messaging lies a much darker reality. The company has quietly brought in dozens of veterans from Unit 8200, Israel’s shadowy military intelligence […]
Artificial Intelligence Breeds Mindless Inhumanity
I began studying AI in the mid-1980s. Unusually for a computer scientist of that era, my interest was entirely in information, not in machines. I became obsessed with understanding what it meant to live during the transition from the late Industrial Age to the early Information Age. What I learned […]
ICE See You: ICEBlock Crowdsources Reports on the Location of Immigration Officials
Those at risk of deportation from the US now have an app that warns them about immigration enforcement activities. This app “ICE Block” went viral and gained 240,000 users within a few weeks. WATCH THIS CLIP ON SUBSTACK It currently ranks at the 3rd most donwloaded app on the Apple […]
