Yesterday my VPS set off a warning, as it was hit by a huge spike in incoming traffic, peaking at 55GB at 2:15pm and lasting for an hour.

Upon investigating, it turns out it was my PeerTube instance that was targeted.

Where did the traffic come from?

meta-externalagent (aka Meta's web crawler which is used to grab content to train its AI system).

I feel a little bit violated thinking my Fediverse promo video was grabbed by it, sigh.

#AIcritic #NoAI

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots.

“It got to a point where my body couldn’t function. Where I saw someone naked, I don’t even feel it,” Asia said. “It fractured a lot of things for me. My body is like, not functioning at all.”

https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/05/in-the-end-you-feel-blank-indias-female-workers-watching-hours-of-abusive-content-to-train-ai

"KI kann Ethik und Moral lernen!"

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Elon Musk’s xAI sued for turning three girls’ real photos into AI CSAM

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xai-sued-for-turning-three-girls-real-photos-into-ai-csam/

These are children whose school photographs and family pictures were turned into child sexual abuse material by a billion-dollar company’s AI tool and then traded among predators. Elon Musk and xAI deliberately designed Grok to produce sexually explicit content for financial gain, with no regard for the children and adults who would be harmed by it

OpenAI’s own mental health experts unanimously opposed “naughty” ChatGPT launch

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/chatgpt-may-soon-become-sexy-suicide-coach-openai-advisor-reportedly-warned/

OpenAI draws a line between AI “smut” and porn. Experts fear it’s all unhealthy.

No shit Sherlock.

Why we fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares. Truly understanding th potential impacts of AI means confronting capitalism & class, power & exploitation ..

👉🏻 https://www.commonnotions.org/why-we-fear-ai