Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Identity Verification on Claude
June 21st, 2026About a week ago, I complained about being asked for my mobile phone number to use Claude. And now… Via: Claude: Being responsible with powerful technology starts with knowing who is using it. Identity verification helps us prevent abuse, enforce our usage policies, and comply with legal obligations. We are rolling out identity verification for […]
We’re Already Living in an Alien Invasion Movie
June 20th, 2026Via: Truthstream Media:
Here’s Why Iran Got Everything It Asked For
June 19th, 2026Via: Peak Prosperity:
Norway Imposes Near Ban on AI in Elementary School
June 19th, 2026Via: Reuters: Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ?use in the education of older children to prevent a ?negative impact on learning, the country’s prime minister said on Friday. Facing a broad decline in education test scores, the government in […]
For the Children: Britain Forces Age Verification to Access Social Media
June 16th, 2026What’s next? Identity checks to use VPNs? Via: Reason: Regardless of how the ban will be enforced, one thing is certain: It will come at the expense of the privacy of all British internet users. The government cannot ban children from social media without asking everyone else to prove they are not children. Ofcom, Britain’s […]
AI Price Wars Begin: OpenAI Considers “Drastic Price Cuts” In Pursuit Of Anthropic Customers
June 10th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: In short, we now have a classical deflationary race to the bottom, precisely the opposite of what the profit-strapped industry desperately needs to grow into its gargantuan balance sheets (and massive SPVs); Instead, the AI world is about to get hit with a collapse in both revenues and profit margins, while cash burn […]
Belfast: African Migrant Tries To Saw Off Victim’s Head In Street Attack
June 9th, 2026pic.twitter.com/VO515UkQll — cryptogon (@cryptogon) June 11, 2026 Update: After Horrific Belfast Migrant Knife Attack, U.K. Officials Think the Problem Is X — Via: Modernity News: Authorities and the media have scrambled to soften language around a graphic knife assault last night by an apparant African migrant that has left a local Belfast man fighting for […]
SpaceX AI Satellites
June 9th, 2026As I was listening to Elon Musk talking about AI satellites, I started thinking about a video I clipped from a livestream recently in Los Angeles. As the bums shuffle around the filth in Skid Row, the thinking machines are being readied to launch into space. *shrug shoulders* So it goes… SpaceX AI Satellites pic.twitter.com/e87XMW2tXb […]
Why Aren’t Oil Prices Higher?
June 9th, 2026It’s all fun and games as long as the U.S. and China keep releasing oil from their reserves… Via: Peak Prosperity:
Failing Grades Soar as Professors See Greater AI Usage, Dwindling Math Skills in UC Berkeley Computer Science Classes
June 4th, 2026Via: The Daily Californian: UC Berkeley teaching professor Dan Garcia taught both CS 10, “The Beauty and Joy of Computing,” and CS 61A, “The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs,” in spring 2026. Garcia believes the “primary driver” of these abnormally high failing rates is due to a “vast increase in academic dishonesty” due to […]
