The Secret AI Network Spying on Activists
#TaylorLorenz
May 1, 2025 #PowerUserPodcast w/ Taylor Lorenz
American police departments are using secretive AI technology to create lifelike AI personas designed to interact with real people online —like protesters and activists— for intelligence gathering.

This tech is becoming more popular amid crackdowns on student protests against the war in Gaza. Leaked presentations reveal AI personas posing as various people, from divorced moms to teenage boys, in attempts to infiltrate online communities.

#404Media's #JasonKoebler joins me to break down how these #police -created #AIpersonas work, how they're being deployed, how to identify them, and what role AI plays in the future of #surveillance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md3LLIaUD10

The Secret AI Network Spying on Activists

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Elon Musk and the Billionaire Baby Boom
#TaylorLorenz
Feb 20, 2025 #PowerUserPodcast w/ Taylor Lorenz
Last week, it was revealed that #ElonMusk had welcomed his 13th child into the world with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair. But he’s not the only tech mogul fixated on boosting birth rates.
This week, tech journalist #JuliaBlack joined me to discuss the rise of #pronatalism in #SiliconValley a growing movement encouraging people to have as many babies as possible.
We unpack why tech billionaires are so suddenly obsessed with having children and how their vision of the future is entangled with right-wing ideology, #eugenics and genetic engineering.
#IVF #CollinsFamily #Gattaca is here // #Handmaids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZEFBj7CkLk
Elon Musk and the Billionaire Baby Boom

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Watching "Power User Podcast: How AI spam is creating a zombie internet" on YouTube . https://youtu.be/DCalWP4UnFY?si=zAIsaoFzHxXdFyhb #PowerUserPodcast
How AI spam is creating a zombie internet

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