Our response asks simple questions: What changed at the last minute?
Why was the event effectively canceled?
Whether any external pressure—including from the PRC—played a role. If the answer is no, say so clearly. If not, explain. That’s how accountability works. #RightsCon
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RightsCon Cancellation: Demanding Accountability and Transparency
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Tech Giant’s Anti-Open Source Practices and Ethical Concerns
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Bro, you’re wasting your time They’re evil through and through; lobbying against opensource, rug pulling their users, fear mongering 24/7, and lying all the time Ultimately, Amazon is going to acquire them for parts and I believe humanity is better off that way
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Robotics Applications: Industry, Healthcare, and Military Uses
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Impressive. But how do use robotics? For industry and healthcare or soon to be on to be on the war front in Ukraine and Iran? https://t.co/BWsfRJK5Lk
— AI (@DeepLearn007) 30 avril 2026Impressive. But how do use robotics? For industry and healthcare or soon to be on to be on the war front in Ukraine and Iran?
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New AI Powers Face Political Resistance from Established Interests
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It’s never happened before and the ‘old gods’ won’t like the ‘new gods’ when they truly realise what’s happened. Expect political pushback.
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Europe’s Energy Crisis Threatens AI Competitiveness Against U.S.
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This is not surprising at all! This chasm between Europe and the U.S. will continue to grow. Primarily because Europe is so fundamentally disadvantaged on the core basic input to sustain AI and the industries of the future: energy. Without cheap, reliable energy (and
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Chinese Student Surveillance Through Technology and Social Pressure
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The CSSA students snitch on other students too. It’s a feature not a bug. I remember back when Clubhouse was a thing, this Chinese student in San Diego shared his thoughts on a public census report from China and the following week he hot a WeChat video call from his parents at
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Musk OpenAI Lawsuit Generates Intense Media Coverage
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I was about to say “my phone is ringing off the hook with media calls about the Musk-OpenAI lawsuit” — and then realized a lot of people here might not know how hooks and phones relate 🤣 pic.twitter.com/HJGThLRysm
— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) 29 avril 2026I was about to say “my phone is ringing off the hook with media calls about the Musk-OpenAI lawsuit” — and then realized a lot of people here might not know how hooks and phones relate
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OpenAI’s nonprofit claim legal obligation and corporate responsibility
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no, it’s not. it’s also about the fact that OpenAI built a brand on a claim, legal and public, that it was going to be a nonprofit, and whether that claim should be binding.
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AI Models: Betting on Progress Without Existential Risk
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they're making a bet that models get smarter and/or more useful than they are today, but not so smart and/or useful that they just eat everything on top of them. there's a lot of "this technology is totally different than anything that came before" but "woah woah not so
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China’s AI Innovation: Sex Robots and Government Support
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That totally makes sense actually. The Chinese have been visiting me for years. Insta360 was launched in my house. And I have a ton of Chinese on my lists. They are ahead of us in a whole new way. We should talk about sex robots. They are being supported by the government