Chelsea Kyle
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One of the most inspirational things in my work is how many of you respond to me at random with incredibly specific and consistent grievances you’ve acquired against companies like CoreWeave or OpenAI. It’s very obvious that a remarkable amount of people can get a handle on this stuff
February 2, 2026 at 6:17 AM
One of the most inspirational things in my work is how many of you respond to me at random with incredibly specific and consistent grievances you’ve acquired against companies like CoreWeave or OpenAI. It’s very obvious that a remarkable amount of people can get a handle on this stuff
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Hahahahahahahahahahahah hahahaha. Hahahahahha. Haaaaa. Good luck with that
Source: OpenAI targets ~$60 per 1,000 views for ChatGPT ads, on par with live NFL broadcasts and above Meta's sub-$20 CPM, while offering little conversion data (The Information)
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January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahahah hahahaha. Hahahahahha. Haaaaa. Good luck with that
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Very proud of Reddit.com/r/betteroffline - it’s grown into a genuinely large and loud community for the tech skeptic. A great community where the vibes are incredible and the posts are generally pretty good. Grew it from nothing somehow. The Zitronverse
January 22, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Very proud of Reddit.com/r/betteroffline - it’s grown into a genuinely large and loud community for the tech skeptic. A great community where the vibes are incredible and the posts are generally pretty good. Grew it from nothing somehow. The Zitronverse
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Oh my god. All year people have been saying again and again that Anthropic would “only lose $2.8 billion” and it turned out it actually lost $5.1 billion.
Also the hell is that comment about OpenAI lmfao what are you on about
Also the hell is that comment about OpenAI lmfao what are you on about
January 22, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Oh my god. All year people have been saying again and again that Anthropic would “only lose $2.8 billion” and it turned out it actually lost $5.1 billion.
Also the hell is that comment about OpenAI lmfao what are you on about
Also the hell is that comment about OpenAI lmfao what are you on about
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"The question is not simply whether copyright law applies to AI. It is why the law appears to operate so differently depending on who is doing the extracting and for what purpose." 🎯 www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge - Schneier on Security
More than a decade after Aaron Swartz’s death, the United States is still living inside the contradiction that destroyed him. Swartz believed that knowledge, especially publicly funded knowledge, shou...
www.schneier.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"The question is not simply whether copyright law applies to AI. It is why the law appears to operate so differently depending on who is doing the extracting and for what purpose." 🎯 www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
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“I think of ads as a last resort for us as a business model” - Sam Altman, October 2024
“We are starting to test ads in ChatGPT free and Go (new $8/month option) tiers.” - Sam Altman, January 2026
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This sounds more like a second resort than a last one. 😁
“We are starting to test ads in ChatGPT free and Go (new $8/month option) tiers.” - Sam Altman, January 2026
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This sounds more like a second resort than a last one. 😁
January 17, 2026 at 3:36 AM
“I think of ads as a last resort for us as a business model” - Sam Altman, October 2024
“We are starting to test ads in ChatGPT free and Go (new $8/month option) tiers.” - Sam Altman, January 2026
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This sounds more like a second resort than a last one. 😁
“We are starting to test ads in ChatGPT free and Go (new $8/month option) tiers.” - Sam Altman, January 2026
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This sounds more like a second resort than a last one. 😁
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There’s an opportunity to make a killing in tech products right now by just advertising no AI or even giving the users the ability to easily turn all “AI features” off and I have no idea why more companies aren’t taking advantage lol
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
There’s an opportunity to make a killing in tech products right now by just advertising no AI or even giving the users the ability to easily turn all “AI features” off and I have no idea why more companies aren’t taking advantage lol
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"Sam Altman has defended the technology’s “right to learn” from books and articles, “like a human can.” This deceptive, feel-good idea prevents the public discussion we need to have about how AI companies are using the creative and intellectual works upon which they are utterly dependent."
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"Sam Altman has defended the technology’s “right to learn” from books and articles, “like a human can.” This deceptive, feel-good idea prevents the public discussion we need to have about how AI companies are using the creative and intellectual works upon which they are utterly dependent."
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"In a 2023 letter to the U.S. Copyright Office, OpenAI said that “(#AI LLM) models do not store copies of the information that they learn from.”
Alex Reisner in the Atlantic points out, guess what, they do and if it is proven in court the result could be very expensive for the Theftbot industry.
Alex Reisner in the Atlantic points out, guess what, they do and if it is proven in court the result could be very expensive for the Theftbot industry.
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
"In a 2023 letter to the U.S. Copyright Office, OpenAI said that “(#AI LLM) models do not store copies of the information that they learn from.”
Alex Reisner in the Atlantic points out, guess what, they do and if it is proven in court the result could be very expensive for the Theftbot industry.
Alex Reisner in the Atlantic points out, guess what, they do and if it is proven in court the result could be very expensive for the Theftbot industry.
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99.9% of the art on Pinterest wasn't uploaded by its creator. Most isn't even credited. I'm sure that's why it appeals to OpenAI.
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
99.9% of the art on Pinterest wasn't uploaded by its creator. Most isn't even credited. I'm sure that's why it appeals to OpenAI.
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New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will require advertisers to identify if an ad includes AI-generated people. A separate bill requires that entities get consent from heir... https://tinyurl.com/2y2o96l4 #UsingAI
New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars
Ads need a “conspicuous” disclosure
www.theverge.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will require advertisers to identify if an ad includes AI-generated people. A separate bill requires that entities get consent from heir... https://tinyurl.com/2y2o96l4 #UsingAI
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yes this EO cannot actually preempt state law but it calls on withholding a lot of critical funding if states don’t bow down to sacks and carr, which, well, theyre dunmies www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Trump signs AI executive order pushing to ban state laws
States with AI laws could lose federal broadband funding
www.theverge.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
yes this EO cannot actually preempt state law but it calls on withholding a lot of critical funding if states don’t bow down to sacks and carr, which, well, theyre dunmies www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Doctorow's essay (was a public lecture) is probably the best thing on "AI" and where we are and where we ought to try to go that I have yet read. I learned something important in here about copyright as well, and how creatives and authors need to think about all this. Well worth your time.
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Doctorow's essay (was a public lecture) is probably the best thing on "AI" and where we are and where we ought to try to go that I have yet read. I learned something important in here about copyright as well, and how creatives and authors need to think about all this. Well worth your time.
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Everyone hates this shit so much. It’s a bipartisan issue. AI sucks. It’s intrusive. It isn’t magical nor is it changing the world other than in the amount of money being wasted on it. Consumers are increasingly offended by its presence
"The most terrible time of the year"
McDonald’s pulls AI-generated Christmas advert in the Netherlands. The advert, titled "the most terrible time of the year," depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden cyclist slipping in the snow
u.afp.com/S7sF
McDonald’s pulls AI-generated Christmas advert in the Netherlands. The advert, titled "the most terrible time of the year," depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden cyclist slipping in the snow
u.afp.com/S7sF
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Everyone hates this shit so much. It’s a bipartisan issue. AI sucks. It’s intrusive. It isn’t magical nor is it changing the world other than in the amount of money being wasted on it. Consumers are increasingly offended by its presence
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Looks like shit
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Looks like shit
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First things first. Generally speaking, AI models not trained in walled gardens with copyright-free sources are stealing work. Nobody denies this. Using them to make the art for your game comes with an acceptance that you may well be taking someone else's work without crediting them, or paying them.
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
First things first. Generally speaking, AI models not trained in walled gardens with copyright-free sources are stealing work. Nobody denies this. Using them to make the art for your game comes with an acceptance that you may well be taking someone else's work without crediting them, or paying them.
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September 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
Protect Artists' Rights: Stop Unlicensed AI Training
AI technologies are advancing rapidly, often at the expense of artists whose copyrighted work is being used without permission or compensation to train these systems. This threatens the livelihoods of...
sign.moveon.org
August 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
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"... Which means that the companies, to avoid liability for copyright infringement, will generally need to pay copyright holders for the right to use their materials."
8/n
8/n
June 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"... Which means that the companies, to avoid liability for copyright infringement, will generally need to pay copyright holders for the right to use their materials."
8/n
8/n
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Most of the AI companies used far more than lawfully acquired copies of books so this could present a major issue going forward. We'll need to see how lawsuits involving scraped material off the internet play out to see how AI companies will fair under copyright law.
June 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Most of the AI companies used far more than lawfully acquired copies of books so this could present a major issue going forward. We'll need to see how lawsuits involving scraped material off the internet play out to see how AI companies will fair under copyright law.
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Anthropic's AI copyright "win" might not actually be a win, unless they want to pay billions of dollars. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91357755/ant...
Anthropic's AI copyright 'win' is more complicated than it looks
Tech companies are celebrating a major ruling on fair use for AI training, but a closer read shows big legal risks still lay ahead.
www.fastcompany.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Anthropic's AI copyright "win" might not actually be a win, unless they want to pay billions of dollars. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91357755/ant...
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AI safety researcher have long warned about a set of behaviors skeptics insisted were fantasies like deception (including during training) and reward hacking. These days, examples of those concerning patterns are showing up more and more often.
www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-misalig...
www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-misalig...
Misaligned AI is no longer just theory
A host of new evidence shows that misalignment is possible — but it's unclear whether harm will follow
www.transformernews.ai
May 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
AI safety researcher have long warned about a set of behaviors skeptics insisted were fantasies like deception (including during training) and reward hacking. These days, examples of those concerning patterns are showing up more and more often.
www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-misalig...
www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-misalig...
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My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
May 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
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this timeline is fucking wild
May 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
this timeline is fucking wild
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"Congress needs to assert itself, and if this is what it takes to wake the institution up to its prerogatives, then by all means let’s fight for the library."
From ... yes, the National Review
From ... yes, the National Review
Who Is in Charge of the Library of Congress? | National Review
This fight offers some real lessons about the administration’s means and ends, Congress’s pain points, and the direction of bigger fights to come.
www.nationalreview.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Congress needs to assert itself, and if this is what it takes to wake the institution up to its prerogatives, then by all means let’s fight for the library."
From ... yes, the National Review
From ... yes, the National Review