Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
White House Claims New Jersey Drones, “Flown by the FAA for Research and Various Other Reasons”
January 29th, 2025Ha. What a load of bollocks. If the drones belonged to the FAA, why didn’t the agency admit it weeks ago? Via: ZeroHedge: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided much-needed transparency regarding the “dronegate” incident that sparked nationwide concerns over potential threats from China and Russia. In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Leavitt […]
OpenAI Debuts ChatGPT Gov for U.S. Federal Agency Use
January 28th, 2025Via: NextGov: OpenAI unveiled a new chatbot service specifically tailored to federal agency workloads, announcing ChatGPT Gov on Tuesday as the latest artificial intelligence solution intended for government operations. ChatGPT Gov, a large language model similar to the company’s original ChatGPT software, specializes in providing U.S. government agencies with a chatbot service specifically tailored to […]
DeepSeek on Perplexity Is ChatCCP: “Tell Me About China’s Human Rights Violations,” “Sorry Something Went Wrong.”
January 28th, 2025Perplexity just announced the availability of DeepSeek R1 as an option for their Pro tier of service. Unfortunately, it’s using the censored Chinese government weights/guard rails. Tell me about China’s human rights violations. “Sorry something went wrong. Please try again later.” DeepSeek on Perplexity is ChatCCP: "Tell me about China's human rights violations." pic.twitter.com/j5DaiRclLh — […]
Chinese Open Source DeepSeek AI Model Rivals Best from OpenAI, on 95% Less Compute
January 27th, 2025Update: Is It Actually As Efficient As Claimed? Not Yet Sure, But Probably Via: Matthew Berman: — NVIDIA down over 11% pre-market. For the hosted version of DeepSeek that’s available for free, think of it as ChatCCP. Perplexity: Tell me about how DeepSeek R1 censors information about China: DeepSeek R1, a Chinese-developed AI model, incorporates […]
Crowd Surrounded and Destroyed a Waymo Autonomous Vehicle Outside Beverly Center in Los Angeles
January 25th, 2025A crowd surrounded and destroyed a Waymo autonomous vehicle outside the Beverly Center in Los Angeles at approximately 1am on Saturday morning. Video credit: https://t.co/kb3OhhSO5r pic.twitter.com/WQb6QlXL5s — cryptogon (@cryptogon) January 25, 2025 More views from OSTV:
Deadly and Imminent: The Pentagon’s Mad Dash for Silicon Valley’s AI Weapons
January 25th, 2025Anduril even made an anime about it: Via: Public Citizen: In August 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced a new Pentagon initiative called Replicator. The initiative is a flagship of the Defense Innovation Unit within the Department of Defense, a team tasked with fast-tracking the development and acquisition of new national security technologies […]
Trump Signs Executive Order To Ban Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)
January 24th, 2025Except to the extent required by law… [???] Via: Bitcoin Magazine: Today, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, titled “Strengthening American Leadership In Digital Financial Technology”. This EO officially banned the creation and issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, defining a […]
Trump Announces $500 Billion AI “Stargate” Plan for Texas
January 21st, 2025But wait, there’s more. Here’s Larry Ellison, standing next to Trump, talking about how they’ll use AI to make custom mRNA cancer vaccines: Larry Ellison, standing next to Trump: We'll use AI to make custom mRNA cancer vaccines pic.twitter.com/REOG6PWWP2 — cryptogon (@cryptogon) January 22, 2025 Mmm hmm. Also, Larry Ellison: Omnipresent AI Cameras Will Ensure […]
Anduril Industries Will Build Massive Autonomous Weapons Factory in Ohio
January 20th, 2025Via: Interesting Engineering: Anduril Industries – the maker of autonomous systems and weapons – has selected Columbus in Ohio for its first hyperscale manufacturing facility. The facility named Arsenal-1 will be built with the motive of making the United States and its allies self-sufficient in the race for autonomous systems and drones. At full scale, […]
Unitree G1 Bionic
January 17th, 2025Via: Unitree Robotics:
