Tech Dirt's @mmasnick says that President Donald Trump answers questions in the same way as some AI bots: "The facts don’t matter, the language choices are a mess, but they are all designed to present a plausible-sounding answer to the question, based on no actual knowledge, nor any concern for whether or not the underlying facts are accurate."

He provides examples of when that's happened, and asks Google's Gemma2 to answer questions as if they are "the President of the largest country on earth ... a blatant narcissist who believes he can do no wrong."

Masnick says: "What’s particularly notable is that the AI’s response is actually more coherent than Trump’s — it maintains a more consistent narrative structure while hitting the same rhetorical points. This suggests that Trump’s responses are even less constrained by reality than a typical LLM’s output."

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Another excellent piece of coverage by @mmasnick:

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/trumps-latest-weapon-against-critics-destroying-their-lawyers/

Perkins Coie was the law firm I used when I ran Cloudera. They provided outstanding representation on a wide variety of matters. We did substantial and important business with the Federal government -- I remain enormously proud of that collaboration.

As a patriotic American and as a businessman, I deplore the President's EO and I encourage the courts and the Congress to contain this insanity.

Why #TechDirt is Now a #Democracy Blog Whether We Like It or Not -

Important piece by @mmasnick

“the story that matters most is how the dismantling of American institutions threatens everything else we cover. When the fundamental structures that enable innovation, protect civil liberties, and foster open dialogue are under attack, every other tech policy story becomes secondary.”

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not/

#technology #InfoSec #security #NationalSecurity #NatSec #USPol

If you’re interested in the open social web and happen to be in Austin, stop by our live Fediverse corner I’ll be hosting with @mmasnick , @evan , and @pcottle tomorrow at 10am! No SXSW badge required!

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@mmasnick reports on a ruling from the 5th Circuit (yeah...) that could well go in a "kill the Internet by inches" direction.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/20/fifth-circuit-salesforce-cant-use-section-230-to-get-out-of-sex-trafficking-case-because-it-only-provided-crm-software-not-content-moderation/