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AI Chatbot That Only Responds ‘Huh’ Valued At $200 Billion
AI Chatbot That Only Responds ‘Huh’ Valued At $200 Billion
PALO ALTO, CA—Hailing the new product as a “game changer” in the development of large language models, Silicon Valley insiders confirmed Tuesday that an AI chatbot that only responds “huh” had been va...
theonion.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
AI Chatbot That Only Responds ‘Huh’ Valued At $200 Billion
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This is every article about ai being sentient
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
This is every article about ai being sentient
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
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February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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AI-Gen is dying, repost to make it die faster :)
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
AI-Gen is dying, repost to make it die faster :)
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In February 1775, a particularly fiery debate in the House of Lords sought to settle the problem with America.
Dr Robin Eagles explores this immediate background to the beginning of the American Revolution.
Dr Robin Eagles explores this immediate background to the beginning of the American Revolution.
Background to the American Revolution - The History of Parliament
As part of a new infrequent series on the American Revolution and its connection to Parliament, Dr Robin Eagles explores the immediate background to the
historyofparliament.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
In February 1775, a particularly fiery debate in the House of Lords sought to settle the problem with America.
Dr Robin Eagles explores this immediate background to the beginning of the American Revolution.
Dr Robin Eagles explores this immediate background to the beginning of the American Revolution.
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According to The Marshall Project, the number of children in ICE detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration.
"The worst of the worst," according to Trump. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
"The worst of the worst," according to Trump. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
According to The Marshall Project, the number of children in ICE detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration.
"The worst of the worst," according to Trump. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
"The worst of the worst," according to Trump. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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Paris through the Window by Marc Chagall, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137400
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137400
February 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Paris through the Window by Marc Chagall, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137400
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137400
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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At about 22m in, Ian McKellan brings the Colbert studio to a total, rapt standstill with this speech, written by Shakespeare 400 years ago, of Thomas More to Londoners rioting over recent immigrants to remember themselves and welcome others. youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
At about 22m in, Ian McKellan brings the Colbert studio to a total, rapt standstill with this speech, written by Shakespeare 400 years ago, of Thomas More to Londoners rioting over recent immigrants to remember themselves and welcome others. youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
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Former barrister and best-selling novelist and The Traitors contestant Harriet Tyce on the best legal dramas.
Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
www.bigissue.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Former barrister and best-selling novelist and The Traitors contestant Harriet Tyce on the best legal dramas.
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February 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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#LondonBird's-eye view of the west end of Cheapside, branching, left, into the Shambles (& Paternoster Row, with St. Michael's-in-the-Querne dividing them. At the east end of the Church, the Little Conduit, surrounded by water-jugs. Ralph Treswell, 1585. (British Museum)
February 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
#LondonBird's-eye view of the west end of Cheapside, branching, left, into the Shambles (& Paternoster Row, with St. Michael's-in-the-Querne dividing them. At the east end of the Church, the Little Conduit, surrounded by water-jugs. Ralph Treswell, 1585. (British Museum)
Looks like the techbros are working hard to infiltrate the human condition with AI so we can all just get on with being batteries 😒
AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Looks like the techbros are working hard to infiltrate the human condition with AI so we can all just get on with being batteries 😒
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Statement by five political parties elected to Greenland parliament says island’s future must be decided by its people.
‘We do not want to be Americans': Greenland parties reject Trump's threats
Statement by five political parties elected to Greenland parliament says island's future must be decided by its people.
www.aljazeera.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Statement by five political parties elected to Greenland parliament says island’s future must be decided by its people.
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Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a 'serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens' online.
Indonesia blocks access to Musk's AI chatbot Grok over deepfake images
Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a 'serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens' online.
www.aljazeera.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a 'serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens' online.
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
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Ashley St. Clair says X removed her verification and demonetized her shortly after she spoke out about the Grok deepfakes
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Ashley St. Clair says X removed her verification and demonetized her shortly after she spoke out about the Grok deepfakes
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I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
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Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
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This week for the @wired.com Big interview podcast: the one and only Margaret Atwood, who kept the zingers coming as she talked about tech barons, her hope for the U.S., doomscrolling, AI, and why she wants to control every atomic bomb in the world (and if you ask me, she SHOULD!):
Margaret Atwood on Doomscrolling: ‘I Want to Keep Up With the Latest Doom’
On this week’s episode of “The Big Interview,” the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” talks about Elon Musk, political resistance, and why she still has hope for America’s future.
www.wired.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This week for the @wired.com Big interview podcast: the one and only Margaret Atwood, who kept the zingers coming as she talked about tech barons, her hope for the U.S., doomscrolling, AI, and why she wants to control every atomic bomb in the world (and if you ask me, she SHOULD!):
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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The convention in England is that a transcript of police interviews is read out to the jury during a Crown Court trial with the prosecuting barrister and officer in the case playing the interviewing officer & defendant. This one is going to be fun...
Gang sourcing & distributing large quantities of cannabis around west Wales ✅
Laundering money through cryptocurrencies ✅
Suitcase full of imported US cannabis hidden in the woods ✅
Kilo bar of silver ✅
Defendant who “quacked like a duck” in police interview ✅
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Laundering money through cryptocurrencies ✅
Suitcase full of imported US cannabis hidden in the woods ✅
Kilo bar of silver ✅
Defendant who “quacked like a duck” in police interview ✅
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Kilo of silver was found on organised crime gang who hid drugs in Welsh woodland
One of the cannabis gang "quacked like a duck" during his police interview
www.walesonline.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The convention in England is that a transcript of police interviews is read out to the jury during a Crown Court trial with the prosecuting barrister and officer in the case playing the interviewing officer & defendant. This one is going to be fun...
