SCOOPLET: Just before the holiday weekend, DOL employees received an email instructing them how to file complaints against colleagues for engaging in DEI.
One employee told me that it was like a reminder to "narc on your colleagues." @wired.com
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Was Pope Leo specifically calling out Tolkien-loving tech bros Peter Thiel and Elon Musk when he quoted Gandalf in an encyclical about the dehumanizing effects of technocratic society? The Vatican won't answer my emails, but the billionaire's hopeless misreads certainly called for a correction:
NEW: My unhinged @wired.com colleagues turned our latest digital issue about AI into a mandatory AI retraining course for employees who hate AI everywhere: www.wired.com/story/ai-or-...
SCOOP: Palantir's '26 Hack Week was all about ICE.
Also if you are a current or ex-Palantir employee, please reach out. You can remain anonymous. Signal: makenakelly.32
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The email instructs workers to report behavior that predates Donald Trump’s second inauguration. One employee tells WIRED it felt like a “reminder to narc on your coworkers.”
The Holy Father referenced “The Lord of the Rings” in his encyclical about AI—an expert (if unintentional) troll of tech billionaires who keep misinterpreting the series.
The hackathon, held to build user-auditing tools for Palantir customers, comes as the company struggles to address employee concerns over its relationship with ICE.
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MY FIRST “BIG STORY” FOR WIRED!!
Spent a week with a camera strapped to my forehead, training robots how to do chores.
“Teach the robot how to cook tonight so you can put food on the table tomorrow.”
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Exclusive: Unionized tech workers at the New York Times have filed grievances accusing management of using AI-powered performance tools to track and discipline staff.
The Tech Guild says recent disciplinary notices appear to be generated using one of the tools.
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Some personal news, as they say:
I’m so stoked for the rest of the Fired Four getting this deal. Conde is giving them nearly two years of backpay.
They offered me 4 months. In the absence of a serious offer, I’m looking forward to my day in court.
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