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the guy who got Elon and Grimes to hook up, destroying Twitter and proceeding to blow up the United States

https://davidgerard.co.uk/

  • Various characters that aren't ASCII but are shaped the same, or sneaking in text encoded in flag emojis, stuff like that.

  • it's a great day for high velocity egress

  • reviewing their contributions in general, this user is not suited to this forum and has been T-shirt cannoned off the egress.

  • looks good!

    i would LOVE them to get an actual designer though. If ever a laptop looked like open source ...

  • the Eich controversy is dumber than that. His donation against gay marriage made international press in 2012! Somehow nobody on the Mozilla board realised this would be the entire story in 2014! jfc

  • the report uses the figure "82%" a lot for other things, I expect they summarised it with Copilot

  • also dorian is a solid chap and that's in very diplomat mode

  • I am pretty sure the "$3m" deal is fake. There are many ways to claim you're doing a deal that absolutely does not involve a penny moving (except to the publicist), from just fuckin' lying to churning to provisions behind so many conditionals they can't happen, but sum them anyway.

    anyway yeah thiere is nothing not fake about this story

    and in particular no non-fakeable evidence of actual public interest

  • there's only one YouTube channel everyone should be following

  • there's a writeup to do of Bluesky and AT-protocol as fashtech, start from this one https://azhdarchid.com/delusions-of-a-protocol/

    there's more detail to add for the explicit case for atproto as fashtech (including the bit where they're increasingly mask-off rationalists, coiners, neoreactionaries and transphobes), but yelling about decentralisation while keeping a pile of obscured but load-bearing points of central control is a good tell

  • holy shit that site

  • as part of Syllable it was absolutely an interesting nerd project "yeah let's write a browser!!"

    then fashtech funding knocked on the door, Kling put on his red baseball cap and took ladybird out on the road

  • I predict Sam will lose big on the S&C claims. They have made fuckin bank on this bankruptcy, but also their fees have already been ruled entirely reasonable given the shitshow in question, and the near complete recovery for creditors will make them look even better.

  • the robot DJ from the pic mixin' choons, that's fine however

    (i.e. the autoplay list)

  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Microsoft Copilot AI tries faces instead of a pearly blob

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/02/microsoft-copilot-ai-tries-faces-instead-of-a-pearly-blob/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Microsoft’s Office 365 workslop generator — for ‘vibe working’

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/10/01/microsofts-office-365-workslop-generator-for-vibe-working/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Friend AI fails to make friends

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/29/friend-ai-fails-to-make-friends/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    The finance press finally starts talking about the ‘AI bubble’

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/
  • largely not available digitally, though someone's putting together a Borsook reissue

  • surely this is a post about tech nazis, and not a post about how to argue language design features.

  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Massachusetts MCAS tests: sorry kid, AI says ‘fail’

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/27/massachusetts-mcas-tests-sorry-kid-ai-says-fail/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Neon buys your phone calls to train AI — then it leaks them all

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/26/neon-buys-your-phone-calls-to-train-ai-then-it-leaks-them-all/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Are AI users dishonest? If they are, this Nature paper doesn’t show it

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/25/are-ai-users-dishonest-if-they-are-this-nature-paper-doesnt-show-it/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Lionsgate still can’t turn its movies into an AI video model

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/24/lionsgate-still-cant-turn-its-movies-into-an-ai-video-model/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Workslop: bad ‘study’, but an excellent word

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/23/workslop-bad-study-but-an-excellent-word/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    The UK public doesn’t trust AI — the Tony Blair Institute is very worried!

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/22/the-uk-public-doesnt-trust-ai-the-tony-blair-institute-is-very-worried/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    ‘Stop Worrying About AI’s Return on Investment’ said the wallet inspector

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/21/stop-worrying-about-ais-return-on-investment-said-the-wallet-inspector/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Albania’s AI minister speaks! And turns out to be an actor

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/20/albanias-ai-minister-speaks-and-turns-out-to-be-an-actor/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Business Insider will publish AI stories — without disclosure

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/19/business-insider-will-publish-ai-stories-without-disclosure/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    OpenAI fights the evil scheming AI! — which doesn’t exist yet

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/18/openai-fights-the-evil-scheming-ai-which-doesnt-exist-yet/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    We simulated the human mind with a chatbot. It didn’t work

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/17/we-simulated-the-human-mind-with-a-chatbot-it-didnt-work/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    The hype after AI: lads, it’s looking really quantum

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/16/the-hype-after-ai-lads-its-looking-really-quantum/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    UK government productivity not enhanced by Copilot AI

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/15/uk-government-productivity-not-enhanced-by-copilot-ai/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Medical research ethics is hard — but fake AI data is easy!

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/14/medical-research-ethics-is-hard-but-fake-ai-data-is-easy/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Canadian education report riddled with fake AI references

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/13/canadian-education-report-riddled-with-fake-ai-references/
  • TechTakes @awful.systems

    Cursor looks into selling your data for AI training

    pivot-to-ai.com /2025/09/12/cursor-looks-into-selling-your-data-for-ai-training/