U.S. Military is Developing a New Bright Line to Detect Extremism

The Project on Government Oversight, reporting on a 2023 Army Audit Agency report, says we’re a month away from another attempt to write an enforceable extremism policy with a clear definition. [In 1995] white, active-duty soldiers murdered two Black people in North Carolina, who they picked randomly due to their race. The white supremacist views … Continue reading U.S. Military is Developing a New Bright Line to Detect Extremism

X Twitter Monetizes Hate Speech 18 Months After Claiming it Would Stop

It’s probably a surprise to nobody that a very prominent alleged Nazi with a huge swastika platform would monetize hate even after promising over a year ago he would stop. Elon Musk’s social media app X has been placing advertisements in the search results for at least 20 hashtags used to promote racist and antisemitic … Continue reading X Twitter Monetizes Hate Speech 18 Months After Claiming it Would Stop

Neuralink Co-Founder Quits, Warns of Safety Failures Such as Brain Damage

Nothing to see here, just a co-founder warning loudly of torture and brain damage risks from a company’s attempts to implant sensors. One of the co-founders of Neuralink, Benjamin Rapoport, has departed from the Elon Musk-led brain-computer interface company due to safety concerns. […] The company relies on implanting tiny electrodes to collect data, a … Continue reading Neuralink Co-Founder Quits, Warns of Safety Failures Such as Brain Damage

Tesla Robots Compromised: Chinese Government Strikes Deal as a Death Spiral of Safety Failures Kills Car Sales

Elon Musk, frequently referred to as the welfare king who takes billion dollar handouts on broken promises, just made an abrupt desperate plea to the Chinese government to keep Tesla out of bankruptcy. Failures in management at every level in the company are coming to roost with missed deadlines, collapsing sales, product quality decline, broken … Continue reading Tesla Robots Compromised: Chinese Government Strikes Deal as a Death Spiral of Safety Failures Kills Car Sales