For the 1,000th time: "AI" does not have agency and cannot think and cannot act.
Chatbots cannot "evade safeguards" or "destroy things" or "ignore instructions".
They do literally only one thing and one thing only: string tokens together based on statistics of proximity of tokens in a data corpus.
If you attribute any deeper meaning to this, it's a sign of psychosis and you should absolutely never use chatbots, possibly you should even touch grass.
the idea that the web ecosystem isn't "open" anymore because of complexity is ridiculous. anyone can still write basic html and javascript and get a site working. you don't have to use flexbox. you could just use nested tables. nobody gives a shit
the web ecosystem isn't open anymore because 5 planet spanning companies richer than god monopolize it now and you can't fix that by buying into the AI slop those very companies are peddling
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/
hear about a cool new app and think about trying it (animation studio, drawing app, notes organization...)
* find out it's cloud based... but maybe I can work with it.
* find out the file type is unique to that app alone... but maybe there are converters...
* it wants me to subscribe (it's not THAT much...)
* it's got AI in it for some reason
Decide I will use a paper notebook or a txt file instead.
A thing being repeated across businesses worldwide, including at Microsoft, is C level execs struggling to know why most staff aren’t using Copilot for M365, despite how much it costs.
Because most staff don’t spend all day in Teams meetings reading out PowerPoint slides to people who pretend to care. They have actual jobs. Doing work. Which they know how to do. Because it is their job.
We’re seeing a “Missing Font” ClickFix chain in the wild.
Flow:
1️⃣ Fake “Missing Font” prompt
2️⃣ Leads to a BSOD-style recovery screen
3️⃣ Prompts users to open Terminal/PowerShell directly (skipping the Run dialog) and execute commands
This variant leans into a more convincing multi-step user flow compared to typical ClickFix lures.
Curious if others are seeing similar activity?
Concluded.
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Support the ABC's worker strike. Don't interact with trackable ABC services from 11 am AEDT this Wednesday to 11 am Thursday.
Don't use ABC websites. Don't use iview. Don't use ABC apps. Don't interact with anything trackable.
Heads-up for published authors:
The deadline to join the Anthropic class-action copyright settlement is March 30. If you have published a book, you may be eligible to receive ~$1,500 per book, so it’s worth your time to check it out.
I had been putting it off and finally completed my forms last week.
Learn more at the Authors Guild: https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/artificial-intelligence/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/
Start the process: https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/
Updated February 18, 2026 IMPORTANT: The Claims Deadline Is March 30 Background Bartz v. Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It […]
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