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🔗 linkblog: The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about
Love that I get to worry about deepfake nudes, scramble to change the way I assess, and now pay more for tech—if it’s even available.
🔗 linkblog: ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Wish I were better read on information ecosystems, because this seems important.
🔗 linkblog: Apple says Patreon creators must switch to subscription billing by November
So, Apple will kick Patreon off the app store for not forking over 30% of its revenue, but it won’t do anything about Grok? Sounds about right.
🔗 linkblog: Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy protection
So is now a bad time to need to sell a 2020 RadCity 4?
🔗 linkblog: Disney wants to drag you into the slop
I missed the detail about Disney+ using some of the Sora output, and that makes this whole thing even more about labor exploitation.
🔗 linkblog: OpenAI’s billion-dollar Disney deal puts Mickey Mouse and Marvel in Sora
Involving Disney, who infamously stiffed Alan Dean Foster on Star Wars royalties, so clearly demonstrates how the underlying issue with generative AI isn’t copyright, it’s labor.
🔗 linkblog: Anyone can try to edit Grokipedia 0.2 but Grok is running the show
Very helpful context—especially as I consider writing a paper on Grokipedia.
🔗 linkblog: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Steam should drop its ‘Made with AI’ tags
If one idea from Ellul has made the most impact on me, it’s his fierce criticism of attitudes of inevitability.
🔗 linkblog: Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns
Dammit, now is not a great time to be looking for a replacement ebike. And it looks like Rad is going under, too? Ugh.
🔗 linkblog: Grok’s Elon Musk worship is getting weird
This provides some helpful context, including confirming my suspicion that Twitter!Grok works differently than Base!Grok when it comes to these weird episodes.
🔗 linkblog: I’m officially done with YouTube Kids
I’m glad we never started down this rabbit hole, but that’s not to claim that I’m a superior parent for not ever using YouTube Kids. As Johnson says, it’s capitalism all the way down, and all parents are stuck in scary media ecosystems in one way or another.
🔗 linkblog: Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on
There are many terrifying things happening right now, but let’s not forget about this spectacularly dumb thing that is also, somehow, continuing.
🔗 linkblog: The problems with AI in schools
Really enjoyed listening to this on my way in to campus today.
🔗 linkblog: Tech companies don’t care that students use their AI agents to cheat
Adding some nihilism to my Tuesday morning, just for fun.
🔗 linkblog: How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
Good interview, and yet another thing reminding me that I need to read my copy of the book!
🔗 linkblog: Grokipedia is racist, transphobic, and loves Elon Musk
No surprises here but still worth bookmarking.
Honest question: Is Grokipedia a wiki? Or just Grok output?