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Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 13 hours ago

No hard numbers, answer fails, go away

Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

This appears unconnected to anything in the links. Did you do a search for "Ecosia" and cut'n'paste some text you had to hand?

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Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

plants vs zombies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqF8ECpAIzs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260703-ecosias-odious-greenwashing-now-with-ai - podcast

time: 7 min 11 sec

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Frontiers forces AI onto academic journal editors (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

return of the rat dck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOfALV8a68&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260702-frontiers-forces-ai-onto-academic-journal-editors - podcast

time: 4 min 58 sec

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AI leaks your company’s code secrets faster than ever (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

we just need corporate to care more about security than convenience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8pYlcLq64&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260701-ai-leaks-your-companys-code-secrets-faster-than-ever - podcast

time: 5 min 23 sec

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Sam Altman movie blocked by AI partner distributors (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

billionaire egos are like a delicate flower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZhNALujnl8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260630-sam-altman-movie-blocked-by-ai-partner-distributors - podcast

time: 4 min 34 sec

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Mythos is just too powerful? OK, we’ll ban it then (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

The AI doomsday crank who cried wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dybon_41uI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260629-mythos-is-just-too-powerful-ok-well-ban-it-then - podcast

time: 5 min 06 sec

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th June 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

Son speaks English perfectly well, if with a strong accent. If he said or wrote it in English, he means it.

SoftBank’s untitled AI goose game — eggs do not lay eggs in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

SoftBank makes a ton of cash. They have a huge mobile phone company in Japan. They used to have the Japanese monopoly on iPhones. Those are the geese who lay the golden eggs Son then squanders.

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SoftBank’s untitled AI goose game — eggs do not lay eggs (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

peace was never an option

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTwCo2Jn1d0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260626-softbanks-untitled-ai-goose-game-eggs-do-not-lay-eggs - podcast

time: 5 min 48 sec

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Office workers are spending way too much on AI too (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

Gotta burn ’em all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9miTfCnyrpw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260625-office-workers-are-spending-way-too-much-on-ai-too - podcast

time: 5 min 34 sec

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Meta keylogs staff typing for AI training — then leaks it (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

and sends engineers to the AI gulag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fw6hnJb_1E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260624-meta-keeps-staff-typing-for-ai-training-then-leaks-it - podcast

time: 4 min 42 sec

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"good epistemics": the rationalist dog whistle for /ourguys/ (hollyelmore.substack.com)
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th June 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

AHH THE FUCKIN MILADY CREW

fuck

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UK press can opt out of AI overviews, stay in search results (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

Google has to follow a regulation for once

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fku2tzBTNnI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260623-uk-press-can-opt-out-of-ai-overviews-stay-in-search-results - podcast

time: 3 min 44 sec

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th June 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

Alsup put this as a point in Anthropic's favour in the recent authorial class action, so now it's received wisdom.

Random Positivity Threads in c/morewrite@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago

don't forget the whole youtube series it's the latest entry in!

Ed Zitron explains OpenAI’s leaked financials | The Tech Report - Youtube (Invidious link) in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago

this was a great interview, well worth a watch (even at 1.25x)

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Religious exemption from using the AI at work (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

Become a Unitarian Universalist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kB4zFlEDjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260622-religious-exemption-from-using-the-ai-at-work - podcast

time: 3 min 57 sec

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Midjourney AI pivots to Theranos: Ultrasonic CT (pivot-to-ai.com)
 

golden light and dolphins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sg8S-lw9hE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260619-midjourney-ai-pivots-to-theranos - podcast

time: 6 min 56 sec

Unreal Engine 6 goes AI — and wants to bring back NFTs in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago

that's right, NFTs

Unreal Engine 6 goes AI — and wants to bring back NFTs in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No blockchain involved, but it works just like the NFT promises. And he called the language "Verse" for "metaverse".

DCA is just rebranding for chasing losses. in c/buttcoin@awful.systems
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the way bitcoiners do it is dumbass brain damage however

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 21st June 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
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