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“They Want You to Feel Powerless The system doesn’t need control if people believe resistance is pointless. In this episode, Aral Balkan explores how digital power works—and why protecting privacy and autonomy is still p...”
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“https:// winbuzzer.com/2026/04/03/micro soft-to-remove-ai-generated-recaps-from-loop-in-may-202-xcxwbn/ Microsoft to Remove AI-Generated Recaps from Loop in May 2026 çAI # MicrosoftLoop # Microsoft # Microso...”
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“https:// winbuzzer.com/2026/04/03/micro soft-launches-3-in-house-ai-models-to-challenge-openai-google-xcxwbn/ Microsoft Ships 3 In-House AI Models to Rival OpenAI # AI # Microsoft # AIModels # MustafaSule...”
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““The Saving Voices Project recently built a speech AI system for the Indigenous Soliga tribe in southern India. As younger members migrated to the cities for jobs, elders in the community feared losing their language. Wi...”
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“The Saving Voices Project recently built a speech AI system for the Indigenous Soliga tribe in southern India. As younger members migrated to the cities for jobs, elders in the community feared losing their language. With a small number of speakers, no written script, and no internet access, commercial speech technology was not an option. The Saving Voices Project, along with the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad, custom-built cheap text-to-speech AI models that run on low-powered devices, and can operate offline for long periods. The model is replicable for Indigenous language preservation globally, Sathiaseelan said. “With just five hours of voice data, we were able to build a voice model for the Soliga by prioritizing community ownership, and with frugal, deployable technology,” he said. Unlike the compute-heavy AI models developed by Silicon Valley, the smaller models being built in India, Indonesia, and elsewhere can run on low-end devices and low-bandwidth networks, and be deployed in sectors such as agriculture, health-care, and education. The models are not only cost-efficient, they also have a lower impact on the environment, Sathiaseelan said. “This is perhaps the most important dimension of frugal AI,” he said. “It is about building leaner, more efficient systems from the ground up. By design, the systems use less compute, less memory, and less energy, which directly translates into a smaller carbon footprint.”“ https://restofworld.org/2026/frugal-ai-big-tech/ #AI #SLMs #FrugalAI #GlobalSouth #BigTech
Google and Microsoft suites keep getting more expensive while offering less privacy.
Nextcloud replaces the whole stack: files, mail, calendar, and video calls. It's the most mature open-source alternative to big tech ecosystems.
Run your own instance on PikaPods starting at $4.00/mo. No data mining, just productivity. 🚀
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #BigTech because #PrivacyMatters
“RE: https:// loops.video/v/ePoj4Ji--p Why did the right wing win the # socialmedia popularity wars? My theory is simple: The basic skill to succeed in an authoritarian system, is to figure out what the ruler ...”
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Why did the right wing win the #socialmedia popularity wars? My theory is simple: The basic skill to succeed in an authoritarian system, is to figure out what the ruler likes. The right wing has much more authoritarians than the left (at least here in the West), and with the new automated ruler computer of the #algorithm in place, these skills dominated. The incentives of #bigtech #platforms favour something else than what we need. We will never win there. #fediverse is our only hope.
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“Big Corpo, see Microslop, Epic Games, and Oracle, is laying off hundreds of thousands of employees to pay off AI debts and raise stock prices. Once its imaginary numbers are up, it will re-hire, and people will re-apply...”
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Big Corpo, see Microslop, Epic Games, and Oracle, is laying off hundreds of thousands of employees to pay off AI debts and raise stock prices. Once its imaginary numbers are up, it will re-hire, and people will re-apply, and the shitty process will start anew. Of course, maybe Big Corpo is finally done with Humankind, and it will permanently embrace AI. #CorporateGreed #Capitalism #BigTech #BigCorpo #EatTheRich #PayTaxes #Consolidation #ArrestTheRich #TrickleDownEconomy #BeTheChange #ResetSociety #Socialism #AI #AISlop #AIAct #BanAI #Oracle #Microsoft #Microslop #EpicGames
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“RE: https:// floss.social/@gnome/1163304617 50922709 We can’t afford not to have GNOME when Big Tech already has so much influence on our lives. If you can afford it, give them the financial force to build system...”
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We can’t afford not to have GNOME when Big Tech already has so much influence on our lives. If you can afford it, give them the financial force to build systems that work for all of us. #bigTech #sovereignty #linux
Granola claims to be "private by default," yet a recent PSA reveals your notes are accessible via public links and used for AI training by default.
It's another case of cloud privacy promises not matching the reality of the code. Open-source tools like Joplin, Standard Notes, and Silverbullet keep your thoughts private because you control where they live.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/906253/granola-note-links-ai-training-psa #privacymatters #opensource #ownyourdata
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