Atakan Eser
@atakaneser.bsky.social
Techie for life. Co-founder @circleboom.com
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"Court records suggest that the companies didn’t see it as practical to gain direct permission from publishers and authors to use their work. Instead, Anthropic, Meta and other companies found ways to acquire books in bulk without the authors’ knowledge ..., including by downloading pirated copies."
It's called Project Panama. The goal? "Destructively scan all the books in the world."
The kind of deep reporting with @willoremus.com and @nitasha.bsky.social that I love doing at @washingtonpost.com. wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
The kind of deep reporting with @willoremus.com and @nitasha.bsky.social that I love doing at @washingtonpost.com. wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
How Silicon Valley built AI: Buying, scanning and destroying millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 5:37 AM
"Court records suggest that the companies didn’t see it as practical to gain direct permission from publishers and authors to use their work. Instead, Anthropic, Meta and other companies found ways to acquire books in bulk without the authors’ knowledge ..., including by downloading pirated copies."
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More on the ICE facility. 🤬
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
More on the ICE facility. 🤬
“Quili.AI isn’t about always having an instant answer. It’s about recognizing that not every question needs one”
About 50 members of a community outside Chile’s capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely human-operated chatbot that could answer questions and make silly pictures on command.
A chatbot entirely powered by humans, not artificial intelligence? This Chilean community shows why
About 50 members of a community outside Chile’s capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely human-operated chatbot that could answer questions and make silly pictures on command, in a message to highlight the environmental toll and water usage of artificial intelligence data center
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
“Quili.AI isn’t about always having an instant answer. It’s about recognizing that not every question needs one”
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“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
C64 & Sinclair ZX Spectrum make a comeback! 👻
HP crammed an entire desktop computer into this keyboard
HP crammed an entire desktop computer into this keyboard
It’s a keyputer!
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
C64 & Sinclair ZX Spectrum make a comeback! 👻
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1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
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The whole "Grok admits" "Grok apologizes" thing reminds me of the famous IBM presentation quote that evidently everyone has forgotten. And I do think representing your brand on social media counts as a "management decision".
January 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The whole "Grok admits" "Grok apologizes" thing reminds me of the famous IBM presentation quote that evidently everyone has forgotten. And I do think representing your brand on social media counts as a "management decision".
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We have already decided as a society that ChatGPT is allowed to tell people’s kids to kill people. Now we’re just debating who.
December 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We have already decided as a society that ChatGPT is allowed to tell people’s kids to kill people. Now we’re just debating who.
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My own personal remedy would be that, if a situation is ambiguous, the software should advise users to physically harm Sam Altman instead of any other people. Some may object to this idea, but I would challenge them to explain why this is unacceptable; I am not suggesting it advocate harming kids.
December 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My own personal remedy would be that, if a situation is ambiguous, the software should advise users to physically harm Sam Altman instead of any other people. Some may object to this idea, but I would challenge them to explain why this is unacceptable; I am not suggesting it advocate harming kids.
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By any reasonable historical standard — including that of the technology industry! — ChatGPT should be pulled from the market and its product managers and executives held accountable for creating a product that ROUTINELY tells teens to kill themselves. This is a basic, common sense standard.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
By any reasonable historical standard — including that of the technology industry! — ChatGPT should be pulled from the market and its product managers and executives held accountable for creating a product that ROUTINELY tells teens to kill themselves. This is a basic, common sense standard.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Our upcoming Twitter Tool release will let you cross-post your X posts (aka tweets) directly to Instagram using @circleboom X-Post tool. This makes it easier than ever to share your thoughts and content across platforms beyond LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and FB.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our upcoming Twitter Tool release will let you cross-post your X posts (aka tweets) directly to Instagram using @circleboom X-Post tool. This makes it easier than ever to share your thoughts and content across platforms beyond LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and FB.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
These people will need the spine they left out of the door one day.
PAINFUL to watch. There’s a clear Trump judicial nominee loyalty test.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
They must forever deny, deny, deny that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Fragile.
December 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
These people will need the spine they left out of the door one day.
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Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles says:
Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality” and is "score settling."
Vance only supported Trump for "political" reasons.
Elon Musk is “an avowed ketamine user.”
Russell Vought is “a right-wing absolute zealot.”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality” and is "score settling."
Vance only supported Trump for "political" reasons.
Elon Musk is “an avowed ketamine user.”
Russell Vought is “a right-wing absolute zealot.”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles says:
Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality” and is "score settling."
Vance only supported Trump for "political" reasons.
Elon Musk is “an avowed ketamine user.”
Russell Vought is “a right-wing absolute zealot.”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality” and is "score settling."
Vance only supported Trump for "political" reasons.
Elon Musk is “an avowed ketamine user.”
Russell Vought is “a right-wing absolute zealot.”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Cinema will find a way. 💕
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cinema will find a way. 💕
This reminds me of the start-up that creates virtual worlds to simulate and analyze human behaviors in “The Thirteenth Floor” www.imdb.com/title/tt0139...
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This reminds me of the start-up that creates virtual worlds to simulate and analyze human behaviors in “The Thirteenth Floor” www.imdb.com/title/tt0139...
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Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
This is one of the most wholesome documentations of what is happening with the US immigration system and how the government and people who took an oath to keep the Constitution and laws above everything are failing on all counts and how traumatizing this is in every way.
New York Times Opinion on Instagram: "They came to the U.S. legally. ICE jailed them anyway.
Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, Ayman Soliman and Jasmine Mooney share their stories from inside a cruel detention sys...
This video shares the stories of Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, Ayman Soliman and Jasmine Mooney, three individuals who were detained by ICE and the effects it had on their lives, including family separation, me...
www.instagram.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is one of the most wholesome documentations of what is happening with the US immigration system and how the government and people who took an oath to keep the Constitution and laws above everything are failing on all counts and how traumatizing this is in every way.
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Fuentes had dinner with Trump. All these folks are Christian Nationalists, they all think immigrants should be terrorized, they all preach ”great replacement” conspiracy theory, they all rant about Soros. The ”distinctions“ between them are without difference.
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Fuentes had dinner with Trump. All these folks are Christian Nationalists, they all think immigrants should be terrorized, they all preach ”great replacement” conspiracy theory, they all rant about Soros. The ”distinctions“ between them are without difference.
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This is an absolute beast of a piece - 10,000 words, deeply-researched, exhaustively-explained - but I think it will end up being one of my most consequential works.
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is an absolute beast of a piece - 10,000 words, deeply-researched, exhaustively-explained - but I think it will end up being one of my most consequential works.