Update: it’s now 46 methane generators. Ever-bigger and more powerful, re. this: mississippitoday.org/2026/05/11/x... Remember when Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman to ensure AI remains responsible? And when Anthropic said it would never release an unsafe model? All of that is now down the 🚽

Gloria Caulfield: “The rise of AI is the next Industrial Revolution” Students: BOOOOOOOO! GC: “Only a few years ago, AI was not a factor in our lives” Students: WOOOOOOO! Gen Z’s deep fear and hatred of AI is totally underestimated by older generations and AI boosters. The backlash will sting

Re. Gartner, "Companies that reduced their workforces were just as likely to see negative outcomes… as they were to generate any meaningful return on investment (ROI). The conclusion? Layoffs don't create returns, they just create vacancies.” Well I never www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...

So you know all those new data centres we supposedly need to do *all the AI*? Well, half of them probably won’t get made. And the cited article blames hardware shortages more than local community opposition. Put the two together, and it’s not looking great… futurism.com/science-ener...

The world’s "safest" AI provider now runs on the world’s dirtiest data centre: Musk’s Colossus. Powered by 35 methane generators, most unauthorised. A massive slap in the face to locals - led by @keshaunpearson.bsky.social & co - and to all those who thought Claude was the responsible choice 🙄🤢

Another genius takedown of big AI. As most users will soon be paying per token, the open bar era (free, subsidised tokens) will soon be over. The fallout will be apocalyptic. Especially as AI labs are currently *not telling many users how many tokens they’re actually using*…

You know how Kegsbreath told the House Armed Services Committee that the Iran Epstein distraction has cost $25 Billion? Easiest perjury conviction ever iran-cost-ticker.com

Happy May Day to workers in fields, mines, sweatshops, kitchens, delivery bikes, factories, homes, on the street & beyond. To freedom fighters, caregivers & the ancestors who make our work possible. May we work for freedom, for a world with no rulers, no kings, where all labor & lives are valued.

War profits season is officially on people! Total's profits grew a third due on higher oil and gas prices due to the illegal war on Iran. This is as HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE face power cuts and fuel rationing, btw www.reuters.com/business/ene...

The green transition, when framed as a national security imperative rather than a moral one, commands the attention of people who have resisted it for 30 years. The audience for that… isn’t Greenpeace. It’s defense ministries, central banks & sovereign wealth funds 💡 #greenswan flip.it/ZI8uO0

"The Mythos breach didn't require a sophisticated attack; just a contractor, a URL pattern, & a day-1 guess (…) the 'controlled release' model failed." Next time your CEO asks you to deploy a big, hyped, "too dangerous to release" model, show them this article > www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/a...

Scary. And exactly how the quintessentially brilliant book “Ministry for the Future” begins…

Few groups have counted as much for me over the past 35 years as Saint Etienne. This article about the end of that incredible career is surprisingly more sweet than sad. Just as it should be. Thanks for everything, Sarah, Bob and Pete 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻 www.discopogo.co/posts/saint-...

Coal. Being kept going. In 2026. Overall around a third of 3-400 US coal plants should be saved from retirement by Trump. Another great achievement for the list 🙄

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

Leader of Catholic church and Emperor of Responsible AI? 🤔

Je suis nulle en géographie mais le détroit d'Hormuz qu'on ouvre qu'on ferme qu'on rouvre qu'on referme, ça vaudrait pas le coup d'installer une chatière ?

"FOBO" is the new word of the year. More in my fave/least fave article of the week fortune.com/2026/04/08/g...

Anthropic, the AI lab “the most concerned with safety”? (G. Hinton) 1. Has public spat with Pentagon (on false grounds) & gets banned 2. Claims new model can do brand new exploits (false) 3. Talks to Pentagon about new model Only point of 1&2: drive attention and stock price. At any cost. So safe!

Keep it classy, Substack 🙄

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I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

the most remarkable thing about the Claude Mythos marketing is that OpenAI did exactly the same thing in 2019 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Calling OpenAI’s BS again. It’s because they’re running out of $/getting cold feet realising Altman has oversold them once again. They also just backtracked in Texas. Oh and also because projected AI datacentre projects = double the UK’s electricity capacity www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

F’ing irresponsible prick. One of the world’s biggest VCs has the gall to misquote the genius of William Gibson. All to boost the hype he continues to profit from. ICYMI, he said the same sort of things about bitcoin a few years back…

Precisely what EU regulations are for: AI necklace friend.com can’t be sold in Europe because the way it listens to all conversations around it is incompatible with GDPR 👌🏻 flip.it/Vu3c_8

The "Adolescence" effect: 1/4 of female teachers in the UK have been subject to masculinist abuse in classrooms, often powered by AI (laughing about deepfake nudes of female classmates etc). This must stop flip.it/JuHQeZ

On average in the US, it's 62% cheaper to charge an EV compared to pumping gas. The winning states: 🏆🏆 Washington: charging an EV is 77% cheaper than gas! 🎉 🏆 Idaho and Nevada: 75% cheaper Click on the link for an interactive version with details for each state. www.datawrapper.de/_/YJS7j/

Just had to share this great pic, by Mariana from 10billionsolutions.com 🤗 & if you too want to find out what @sashamtl.bsky.social said about AI and sustainability at ChangeNOW, one of Europe’s biggest climate conferences, it’s right this way: bettertech.blog/2026/04/02/j... (video coming soon)

Anti-data centre-ism is growing in France. After local opposition to AWS’ project in Wissous, this new one in Grenoble said it would be 1GW (=a nuclear power station) then revised that down to 5x less. Locals are still outraged france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/auvergne-rho... via @ireneer.bsky.social

NO SHIT SHERLOCK!

Calling this little f*cker out as one of Apple’s least sustainable products ever (after the horror of those irreparable AirPods ofc): I swear it gets through a pair of batteries PER WEEK 💀

Microsoft is taking a beating on Wall Street, principally because Copilot is garbage. This will soon be followed by a major backlash from an increasing number of large companies protesting M$’ ongoing and worsening opacity re. emissions and related reporting. TL;DR: major client churn coming soon

Jeez Louise! Another big AI company caught behaving badly. Who’d a thunk it?

“We have to create longing. [halving emissions] could be so exciting. The climate crisis demands that we rethink everything. The [new] book title was inspired by a T-shirt which said "I just got back from the future. We won". We need to bring our longing out in public" - Rob Hopkins #ChangeNOW

@vivaldi.com hello, loving your browser so far! Just getting a weird bug: when I try to write a post or message on LinkedIn, the bottom bar pops up, making writing impossible. Doesn't happen on other browsers. Any idea what's happening? THX

After over $400bn in investments, AI brought nothing to the economy in 2025, according to Goldman Sachs. The bubble isn’t exploding. It’s deflating. Apparently, faster and faster… futurism.com/artificial-i... via @luizajarovsky.bsky.social

Indeed. What’s interesting is how soon this is after OpenAI backing away from the Abilene Stargate project. Like a bubble slowly deflating, rather than bursting cc @sashamtl.bsky.social

@quotidienofficiel.bsky.social fan de l’émission en général. Mais hier vous avez humilié au lieu d’informer, x2 : - Guet-apens d’Estrosi post-soirée de défaite : oui, c’est un sale type. Mais pourquoi retourner le couteau dans la plaie ? - Justin Timberlake : quel intérêt de le montrer bourré ?

Definition of sell-out: the boss of the world’s most valuable company saying Trump is USA’s USP. Applauded notably onstage by Chamath Palihapitiya, AI booster extraordinaire, after a question from a key advisor to Palantir’s Peter Thiel. We are going to hell in a handbasket

Today we are voting for the new mayor of Paris. The challenger, Rachida Dati, a corrupt opportunist (currently involved in 12 scandals and going to court in September), has been sending Trump-style unsolicited text messages: something which should be banned by EU law. 🤞🏻 it doesn’t work

Why did the US bomb a school in Iran? Not because of Claude, but because of Maven, and the obsession with what it can deliver: 1000 target decisions in 1 hour. Ignoring the fact even Google Maps said this was a school, FFS. AI warfare = zero accountability open.substack.com/pub/artifici...

One of the best reports I’ve ever read about the growing menace of surging data centre construction in the US. A must-read 👌🏻 www.consumerreports.org/data-centers...

Great news from the home of some of the world’s best music: the UK government has backtracked on letting AI be trained on copyrighted works. However, it doesn’t know what to do next… www.bbc.com/news/article...

Go, 36 US states! About f’ing time we saw some pushback! flip.it/hnr0_j

Deezer is finally profitable, after 18 years! Took a bit longer than Spotify - and it’s still incredible any company can be unprofitable for that long - but still. Proud subscriber to this excellent French service… especially if it puts its money where its mouth is and bans AI flip.it/LsQkr0

Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major said Brexit had "failed to deliver its many promises" and was causing an annual loss of "£100 billion of European trade and £40 billion of tax revenue". Brexit was "doing enormous damage to… British people – and their future" flip.it/nm36xn

Thanks to the ever-excellent @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and (strangely not featured in thumbnail) @karenhao.bsky.social for this essential @sxsw.com confirmation that human-first AI is possible. Smaller, localised models can win, people power can beat tech lobbying 💪🏻 www.youtube.com/live/I1tJnM8...

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When the Pentagon’s tech boss does a ten minute advert for Maven at Palantir’s own conference, it’s worrying. When he does it with one hand in his pocket, like a cocksure consultant presenting "workflows", it’s 🤢🤢🤢. Especially considering these are workflows of death m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrtD...