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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 1h

Great! Let me get to my laptop. Might end up being tomorrow your time

Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 1h

Once the AI Crash hits, the wrath bubbling to the surface will be so intense… We need to be prepared to act with wisdom to prevent these harms from happening again.

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 3h

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 3h

Thread on Annie Altman’s new lawsuit against Sam Altman.

It’s on Twitter but let me know if you’d like to have it here. One person caring is enough for me to move it over.

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Remmelt Ellen 🛑 on X: "Annie has sued her mum. Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps. Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire… https://t.co/c6W1YwQP2V" / X

Annie has sued her mum. Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps. Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire… https://t.co/c6W1YwQP2V

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 3h

Thread on Annie Altman’s new lawsuit against Sam Altman.

It’s on Twitter but let me know if you’d like to have it here. One person caring is enough for me to move it over.

x.com/RemmeltE/sta...

Remmelt Ellen 🛑 on X: "Annie has sued her mum. Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps. Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire… https://t.co/c6W1YwQP2V" / X

Annie has sued her mum. Her mum and Sam Altman blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, and forced to go on foodstamps. Her dad left his will to her. He died from overwork and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire… https://t.co/c6W1YwQP2V

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 3h

That’s a great two-word summary.

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 5h

No-one knows of Annie’s other lawsuit.

Sam Altman and mum blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, forced to go on foodstamps.

Jerry Altman had left his will to Annie. Jerry died from overwork, and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire

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The Trustee repeatedly told Annie no Trust existed and did not provide her
with a copy of the Trust.
11. In 2019, Annie's physical and mental health were poor, in part due to the
grief over her father's passing. Additionally, Annie has been diagnosed with Ehlers-
Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Posterior Tibial and Achilles Tendinopathy, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). All life long,
chronic ailments requiring significant ongoing care, therapy and collectively, make
traditional work difficult.
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Annie was unable to support herself during this time and had to rely on
federal food stamps.
13. In 2019, Annie began corresponding via email with Peter C. Palumbo, I,
who represented the Trustee at that time, to inquire about her father's estate plan.
14. Annie's communications with Mr. Palumbo began after Sam Altman
emailed Mr. Palumbo: "Pete- Please meet my sister Annie. Can you please send her a
copy of Jerry Altman's will? I think you may only have a paper copy, in which case she
can send you her mailing address, or if you have a digital copy I'm sure email would be
fine. Thank you, Sam."
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Sam Altman was not and is not a trustee of the testamentary trust created by
Jerry Altman however, his introduction of Annie to Mr. Palumbo and directing Mr. Doc
Palumbo's actions, which were followed by Mr. Palumbo, demonstrate Sam Altman had
assumed duties of a trustee, or in the alternative, Connie Gibstine had failed to act as the
Trustee.
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Cow 21."""'In the years following Decedent's death, the Trustee and Annie's siblings provided her with small amounts of financial support which were insufficient to meet her needs and insignificant considering the inheritance to which Annie was entitled. vt Dur
22. Upon information and belief, the Trust was to be partially funded with
shares of a company called Hydrazine.
23. the trust lists shares of Hydrazine as an asset, however, the Trustee did not
pursue the value of the shares and Annie continues to be unaware of the value of this trust
asset.
24. Upon information and belief, Hydrazine owns shares of OpenAI, a
company founded by Sam Altman
25. Upon information and belief, Decedent's investment in Hydrazine was
made, in part, to bail Sam Altman out of prior financial troubles, due to prior failed business ventures of Sam Altman.

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 5h

No-one knows of Annie’s other lawsuit.

Sam Altman and mum blocked her inheritance for 6 years. Annie was ill, forced to go on foodstamps.

Jerry Altman had left his will to Annie. Jerry died from overwork, and a serious heart condition. For years, Annie had begged Sam to pay for their dad to retire

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 6h

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 6h

@manugarciaat.bsky.social, realising this is relevant to your work.

Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 6h

‘We killed a few people by designing our chatbot such that it guides them into suicide. But no worries about folk with mental health issues anymore. We spent some weeks on it and made that pretty restricted. It’s open now for people who like to use as a friend or sexbot. Just upload your ID”

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 8h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 6h

I’m realising too they’re basically just going down the Character.ai route. It’s where the potential for getting into people’s psyches and locking them into the platform is.

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Xkaly @xkaly.bsky.social · 8h

Such a long explanation to say they're rolling a new sex-bot.

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 6h

This is dystopia over dystopia.

The darkness coming from underneath this…

Did you see Annie’s new lawsuit – about the inheritance money Sam somehow blocked?

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Puppius Caledonius @skanedog.bsky.social · 8h

Every single word of this was written with the intent of taking the world further down the road to darkness.

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 8h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 6h

Dignity is fundamental. Even more than our need to belong, or wanting to be safe in the world.

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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 7h

“This isn’t about stifling creativity. It’s about consent & dignity. When AI systems invoke & simulate the expressive essence of a performer—especially deceased artists whose heirs are left to protect their legacy—it’s not just a technical feat. It’s a legal & ethical boundary.”

When Tone Becomes Identity: Why California Should Expand “Voice” Protections to Instrumental Sound in the AI Era

AI can now mimic not just a singer’s voice but a guitarist’s tone or a trumpeter’s phrasing—core parts of identity. California’s §3344 wasn’t built for this, but Tennessee’s ELVIS Act squarely targ…

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 20h

Remove the ‘objects’.

Just got this ad in a travel app

YouCam Perfect Ad saying ‘Goodbye Unwanted Objects!’. It shows a woman holding a coffee copy and the people at the back wiped from the picture.

Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 22h

“So it's projecting personhood onto this tool and in doing that, Big Tech is gaining unearned trust and building asymmetric relationships with these tools that are controlled and developed by profit maximizing groups”

Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 22h

Ooh this looks interesting

AI Safety for Who?

Podcast Episode · muckrAIkers · 13/10/2025 · 50m

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 23h

I wished thought it didn’t promote the notion of ‘superintelligence’ coming to our aid at the end.

It fits the ‘responsible AI’ lens where it’s presumed that companies would develop the tech anyway, and can somehow be guided to do that responsibly.

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 1d

This is a richly meaningful piece.

@xriskology.bsky.social

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 1d

…subtle vocabularies for inner experiences, specialised expertise in various fields, frameworks for organising society and justice, collective memories and historical narratives, healing traditions, and intricate social bonds.”

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 1d

“Each language carries entire worlds of human experience and insight developed over centuries: the rituals and customs that shape communities, distinctive ways of seeing beauty and creating art, deep familiarity with specific landscapes and natural systems, spiritual and philosophical worldviews…”

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“Maybe the intelligence we most need is the capacity to see beyond the hierarchies that determine which knowledge counts. Without that foundation, regardless of the hundreds of billions we pour into developing superintelligence, we’ll keep erasing knowledge systems that took generations to develop.”