RightsCon has just been cancelled by the Zambian government with no word to the organizers, five days before it was set to begin.

Computer Says Kill is Back. This time we’re looking under the hood of US military spending. For decades, five companies have reigned supreme as the main “primes” in US military spending: Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly known as Raytheon), Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and Boeing. 1/

SpaceX might be described as a satellite company that also makes some of the world’s most unsafe commercial AI technology. You can also describe it as an ads company that makes rockets. As Elon Musk aims to take it public this year, it might be his biggest attempt at trillionaire status yet.

For this episode of Tech Story of the Week, @alixdunn.com sat down with Aaron Mok to explore how older Americans are turning to annotation gigs out of desperation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPS6... You can read Aaron’s full story in @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Calling all New Yorkers: @valerieveatch.bsky.social is hosting a screening of her film @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social this Saturday at @thenewschool.bsky.social - if you haven’t gotten a chance to see the film yet, now is your chance! Register here: event.newschool.edu/ghostinthema...

Now that the US military is using chatbots to make kill lists, you might be wondering: how the hell did we get here?

Older workers face a brutal job market. Enter AI data annotation platforms: they’re recruiting highly‑skilled workers to train AI models—models that ultimately aim to replace them.

Chatbots are collapsing the kill chain in war. Let’s talk about what that really means. I spoke with @docmattmoudi.bsky.social for the first episode in our new series, Computer Says Kill. Listen to the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/comp...

War is a serious business. When an autocratic America partners up with SaaS companies looking for ARR, we get something that feels both unserious and horrifying.

Had a really good chat with @alixdunn.com for @themaybe.org new Tech Story of the Week series. We get into Danny Bones, the Node Project and the money, power and politics sitting behind AI-generated campaign content.

What happens when political parties can create someone that can say whatever they want them to? Grime rapper Danny Bones has gone viral in the UK—but he’s not real.

What is a Luddite horror film? Just ask @bcmerchant.bsky.social, who can draw the line from 18th century textile workers to Sigourney Weaver kicking alien ass. Listen to the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/fantasy-factory-luddite-horror-w-brian-merchant

In light of Orban's loss in Hungary, it is SO vital to go listen to this @naomiaklein.bsky.social interview with @themaybe.org / @alixdunn.com. Don't mistake the muscularity of anger for real, sustained power. Fascists of all kinds are showing how scared they are every single day.

Voting ends tomorrow! Let's get your favorite author's favorite podcast the Webby People's Voice Award!!

What do Frankenstein and Sigourney Weaver have in common? They both tell stories inspired by Luddites.

Why are schoolchildren in Brazil being surveilled for…attendance? Every day, as many as one million students in the state of Paraná have their faces scanned and biometrically assessed, all to try and save a few seconds of roll call.

What do we get when capitalists are scared? Fascism. I spoke with @naomiaklein.bsky.social about capitalism’s worst mood and how the left is doing better than we think we are. Listen to the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/how-...

Activismo, resistencia, comunidad. Somos más, y no podemos quedar mirando. Aquí, un empujón con @naomiaklein.bsky.social @themaybe.org 💪💯❤️https://www.themaybe.org/podcast/how-to-scare-a-fascist-w-naomi-klein

Lingo Bingo at the India AI Summit w/ Naomi Klein, Timnit Gebru, Nikhil Dey, and Chinasa Okolo Such a terrific listen! Going to find & listen to the other parts of the Lingo Bingo at the India AI Summit series from @themaybe.org

I greatly enjoyed this conversation on one of my favourite podcasts (an underappreciated one, IMO). It starts out about AI but it's really about fighting fascism.

Tech billionaires and MAGA politicians want us to feel scared right now. But @naomiaklein.bsky.social thinks that's a sign that they're the ones who are actually TERRIFIED— and should be. 1/

We’ve been nominated for a Webby!! Computer Says Maybe with @alixdunn.com is up for Best Technology Podcast - we’re honored that our conversations about tech politics and power are resonating with the good people of the Internet. Huge thanks to everyone who listens and shares the pod with friends 🙌🏼

Reframing “Frugal AI” with Timnit Gebru: AI Impact Summit 2026 @timnitgebru.blacksky.app @themaybe.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=gucZ...

Not only was Grammarly using the names of experts, it was FABRICATING QUOTES for articles under the name of those experts!!! @juliaangwin.com not kidding when she says it's criminal pca.st/episode/aa8f... @alixdunn.com @themaybe.org

@anatosaurus.bsky.social on @themaybe.org with @alixdunn.com

How do we topple the global rollout of data centers? One battle after another. @alixdunn.com joined Peter Lewis on his podcast Burning Platforms to talk through data center fights, greenwashing, the dizzying copyright conversation, and more. Give it a listen here:

Do you wanna guess what the kids call anything that feels fake, hollow, or emotionally unresonant? They call it AI.

Grammarly, a glorified AI spellchecker, briefly introduced a feature called “Expert Review,” where users could ask writers, dead and alive, to review their writing.

Tech execs are promising us a shiny future with AI - it'll make art, revolutionize work, and even cure cancer. It's a sharp contrast to our current reality, with AI threatening human artists, devaluing labor around the world, and polluting people's lungs next to gas turbine-powered data centers.

fresh off the press from yours truly: oecs.mit.edu/pub/b61joemo... I offer an overview of algorithmic bias. I trace its historical roots, examine canonical scholarship and notable real-world incidents, and explore how algorithmic bias emerged as a field of study 1/

This was an especially fun conversation! Link in the thead below.

EVERY WORD of this @alixdunn.com vid - please just watch it! youtu.be/CNZI7n7OdLI?... @themaybe.org

A few reality checks: 1️⃣ No modern computer approaches the complexity of the human brain. 2️⃣ Data centers in space would overheat - cooling in a vacuum is extremely difficult. 3️⃣ Earth’s deadliest day was when an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. That day was far more livable than an average day on Mars.

Last week, the US and Israel invaded Iran. Thanks to a very public spat between the US military and Anthropic, we can say with some confidence that AI — and specifically Claude — was used to assess and accelerate the damage.

TONIGHT (5:30pm MT): Join us to explore how we can hold Big Tech accountable. From the gig economy to data centers, we’ll discuss how we can use legal and policy mechanisms to advance people-first Big Tech accountability in Colorado and beyond. luma.com/7ey0m3ar

How can we dream up a better world if we outsource all of our critical thinking to AI? In our final episode of AI Lingo Bingo, we’re tackling some of the buzziest buzzwords with some incredible people...

Gig workers like rideshare drivers have been fighting uphill against the major tech companies for fair pay and basic protections. Why does Big Tech keep getting away with paying their workers pennies?

Yesterday, executives from Anthropic met with US military leaders in negotiations that essentially boil down to this: can Claude be used to kill people? *Has* Claude been used to kill people?

Big Tech surveils workers and exploits consumers through algorithmic pricing schemes—and our governments let them get away with it. What would it actually take to hold tech companies accountable?

Big Tech is lobbying our governments to expand surveillance, capture public resources for compute, and consolidate power. How can we push back with policies that put people first?

#IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 promotes #PeoplePlanetProgress.🌏 Our 6-Pack of Care inspired by the #TaiwanModel🇹🇼 syncs beautifully. ▶️ 6pack.care Watch my Reframing Democratisation: AI Impact Summit 2026 talk & let’s #FreeTheFuture🖖— together! www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...

#ComputerSaysMaybe livestream on Mar 2nd with three amazing guests fighting big tech exploitation-maxxing. [email protected] [email protected] & -Elliott “El’Bo” Awatt RSVP here + we'll send the recording after: luma.com/7ey0m3ar Please share with your networks!

Tomorrow is the last day of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, and we’ve just about maxxed out our AI Lingo Bingo cards. How do we wade through the hogwash to find geopolitical truth?

Despite working 60+ hour weeks, many Uber and Lyft drivers have seen their pay drop by nearly 50% over time. Even as these companies report record profits, consumers face inflated prices, while the workers who are (quite literally) driving these companies’ success are paid less and less.

📻 AI Summit Lingo Bingo Pt 1 is live! We've cut up the YouTube series and edited for the podcast so you can give it a listen. On the way to Dehli? Get your prepaganda here. If not, enjoy these explorations of ideas that are likely to get word saladed. www.themaybe.org/podcast/ling...

This is part of the “Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026” series hosted by @themaybe.org in partnership with the @ainowinstitute.bsky.social and Aapti Institute. Watch the interview in full on YouTube: youtu.be/bmqUpg-SEpY

“We are living in a kind of academic ‘Stranger Things’ nostalgia…recovering words like imperialism, colonialism, and sovereignty because we didn’t address those issues properly in the past. So the monsters and zombies are back.” - @grohmannrafael.bsky.social

 ” We are moving towards another level of data, which is language, and language is also personal identity…We often ask ourselves, who actually does own the language? Who gives us the permission?” - Chenai Chair

“We should be questioning how power formed in a way that enabled a handful of people—in service of their quarterly returns—to make socially significant decisions on behalf of everyone else, without scrutability, without clarity, and without democratic oversight.” - @meredithmeredith.bsky.social

“Kenya had this health data partnership with the United States where it would provide access to the US with sensitive Kenyan health data for basically decades. That's unreasonable.” - @chinasa.bsky.social