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Tech reporter / Data journalist ➡️ @sherwood.news I report on AI and Big Tech. ⏪️ The Markup, Tow Center, WSJ. Aspiring 46er. ⛰️ Newsletter: https://beautifulpublicdata.com https://jonkeegan.com 📝 Send tips: Signal: jonkeegan.73

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · Oct 24

Countries are securing their own "sovereign AI" so they don't have to reply upon other countries.

But countries can decide what propaganda and lies their AI model trains on, baking censorship into AI applications. I took a look at how Nvidia is pursuing this market: sherwood.news/tech/why-cou...

Why countries are seeking to build “sovereign AI”

Nvidia’s CEO says nations can’t afford to miss out on this technology, but an AI created and controlled by the government could be dangerous....

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 4h

Come for the incredible reporting, stay for the “I think I felt like shitting my pants or something”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 4h

Sam Altman say ChatGPT’s restrictions to help users suffering mental health crises have “mitigated” the problem, so here comes the erotica.
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Sam Altman says OpenAI fixed ChatGPT’s serious mental health issues in just a month, others aren’t so sure

Altman apologized to users for changes implemented to protect users suffering mental health crises, and promised to “treat adults like adults,”...

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 4h

Needs a haircut wow

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 8h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 20h

A masterpiece

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Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social · 23h

This is the way.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 23h

Reps for CNN, Reuters, The AP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR all say that journalists from their newsrooms are not signing the new paperwork about Pentagon access. Newsmax says it doesn't intend to sign, either — a potentially significant sign of MAGA dissension.

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 1d

Incredible

Basic Apple Guy @basicappleguy.com · 1d

iCloud launched 14 years ago today, giving users 5GB of free storage. Fourteen years later…

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Old CBS would’ve probably spelled the guy’s name right, too.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

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Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 4d

Authors and publishers suing OpenAI for copyright infringement were granted access to internal OpenAI communications about the deletion of a pirated books dataset, and now want to review attorney communications.

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OpenAI’s internal Slack messages could cost them billions in copyright suit

Authors and publishers suing OpenAI for copyright infringement were granted access to internal OpenAI communications about the deletion of a...

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 4d

This is crazy town

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 4d

Little info on this yet, but could this be the start of Big Tech lining up to help bail out Argentina at the Trump administration’s request? Have to wait for more info.

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OpenAI reportedly commits up to $25 billion for a data center in Argentina with Sur Energy

OpenAI’s letter of intent was announced by the Argentine government....

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 5d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
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What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 6d

Wow this is an impressive investigation! The power of slick visuals, knowing that eager news outlets will eat this up.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 6d

Here's an updated list of all the technology ICE has in its arsenal to mass deport people.

We've added new sections on cell-site simulators and cellphone location data.

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Here's the tech powering ICE's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch

From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 7d

livestreamed fact checking. good use of real-time fire data and camera feeds.

Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 7d

Ok, this is just funny.

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Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 7d

We need Rage Against the Machine. This is the moment they were singing about.

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 8d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 7d

Congrats!

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

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Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · 7d

statement from charles rivkin, CEO of the motion picture association, on OpenAI’s new video app Sora and intellectual property rights

hollywood remains unimpressed

“Since Sora 2’s release, videos that infringe our members’ films, shows, and characters have proliferated on OpenAI’s service and across social media. While OpenAI clarified it will ‘soon’ offer rightsholders more control over character generation, they must acknowledge it remains their responsibility – not rightsholders' – to prevent infringement on the Sora 2 service. OpenAI needs to take immediate and decisive action to address this issue. Well-established copyright law safeguards the rights of creators and applies here.”

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 8d

So yeah, Sora is incredibly expensive to run (for a free, no-ads app). OpenAI released Sora 2 API pricing, giving us the first glimpse at the cost of the service. The “sora-2-pro” model costs $0.30 per second for 720 video. That’s $3 per 10 second video!

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Max Woolf on X: "OpenAI just released the API prices for Sora 2, and they are lower than expected: the SKU that powers the Sora app (the $0.30/s for 720p video) is cheaper than Veo 3's 720p ($0.40/s). https://t.co/pw8VVyhXzx" / X

OpenAI just released the API prices for Sora 2, and they are lower than expected: the SKU that powers the Sora app (the $0.30/s for 720p video) is cheaper than Veo 3's 720p ($0.40/s). https://t.co/pw8VVyhXzx

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 8d

The image for this story prompted a discussion in our Slack about whether Pikachu was light or dark meat.

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OpenAI’s Altman: Sora will let copyright holders control how their characters appear

The buzzy AI video generation app is tweaking its lax controls for generating copyrighted characters in users’ videos....

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