#Microsoft sent an email to everyone saying they're listening to people now and they will definitely not pushing AI to everything anymore.

Also Microsoft enabled #github to collect all your "inputs, outputs and associated context to train and improve AI models". This new tickbox is enabled by default, even if you explicitly disabled Copilot before.

Actions speak louder than words.

You can disable the option at https://github.com/settings/copilot/features

#enshittification

The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show

Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.

DeSmog
@Npars01 @harrysintonen
With all the evil tech bros CEOs out there, it's easy to lose sight of how evil CEOs have always been. Charles Koch has done so much harm in his lifetime.
Charles Koch's audacious new $5 billion political scheme

Billionaire Charles Koch, who will turn 88 on November 1, is funneling his wealth into two secretive organizations that can continue his right-wing political advocacy for years.

Popular Information
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel warns of tech stagnation: 'Without AI, there’s just nothing going on'

While AI enthusiasts envision digital immortality and human-machine mergers, Peter Thiel calls that vision “pathetically little.” In a recent podcast, he suggested AI might spark economic growth but fall short of ending innovation stagnation. For Thiel, the real danger isnt AI taking over—its that without it, society may unravel from sheer technological inertia and lack of bold ambition.

Economic Times
Tech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy

Musk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real world

The Guardian
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study

From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check

The Register
@Npars01
Ik they do this, and we then delete the database, will all Americans then be gone? That might be a great idea.

@Npars01 Palantir is the branch of North Central Positronics for our level of the Dark Tower.

Robots in service to vampires, aiming to end the world.