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AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.
The Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of...
3 Amazon software engineers advocated that the city of Seattle pause data center buildouts leading to a unanimous vote for a 1-year moratorium on new data centers in the area.
Amazon initiated disciplinary action and now the workers are suing for retaliation.
Did they cross the line or did Amazon?
Excited(?) to relay that this is a degree offered at all institutions of higher learning in the US as well
I definitely helped train AI models. Where's my cut? Just do UBI for all, k thx.
intheweights.com
my keyboard burning because I'm sending this to so many people
napinillos.substack.com/p/the-honest...
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*Amazon investigating engineers who criticized AI data center expansion*
www.cnbc.com/2026/06/18/a...
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app was really generous with her time when i asked her for this interview for @sciam.bsky.social #sciamyoungscientists. she has a lot of prescient things to say here. take a look. www.scientificamerican.com/article/timn...
Or: Why I’m Tired of My Colleagues Making Arguments That Only Work on Us
A friend texted to let me know his library just got my book in, after he made a purchase request. If you can, please ask your university or local library to also purchase the book!
dukeupress.edu/the-business...
On safeguarding independent research in the age of big tech
