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Searchable WAR.GOV/UFO Files: 55,256 Slides Now Online
Title: Explore the WAR.GOV/UFO Files: 55,256 Slides Now Accessible Online Introduction The War.GOV/UFO Files, a comprehensive archive containing 55,256 slides, …
AI Tool Analyzes Armey Curve for 151 Countries
AI Tool Analyzes Armey Curve for 151 Countries The Armey Curve, a widely recognized metric in economics, offers insights into the relationship between a nation'…
Sri Lanka Loses $3M in Recent Cyber Attacks Amid Debt Crisis
The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate cybersecurity incidents as the country continues to recover from its 2022 debt crisis.
Pursuit Secures $22M for AI-Driven Government Sales
On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million Series A round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov, with big-name VCs participating.
Billionaires Propose AI Job Loss Compensation
**This week: the billionaires who broke the economy want to pay you to shut up about it.** Last week, Elon Musk pinned a post to the top of his X profile: "Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI." Sam Altman wants to go bigger — "universal extreme wealth", paid in compute tokens. Amodei says UBI may be "part of the answer." Khosla says it's a necessary safety net. All of them, in unison. These are the guys who spent twenty years arguing that government should stay out of markets, that handouts breed dependency, that the individual should stand on their own. Musk literally ran a federal cost-cutting operation. And now they want the government to mail checks to every citizen. Why? Because they broke the thing, and they know it. The people building the tools that eat the jobs are pre-emptively offering to pay for the damage — on their terms, through their platforms, using their math. **A universal basic income paid by the people who automated your job is not a safety net. It's a leash.**
Master AI in 3 Steps: Monitor, Aggregate, and Experiment
Look you’re probably not going to like my answer but I guarantee that if you follow the steps i tell you…. You will get at least 10x better at AI (depending on where you’re starting) Here are the steps: 1. Monitor the situation This step is actually very dangerous. If you’re starting knowing nothing about ai, then a good place to start is by looking up the news, keeping up with what's going on etc. For example today around 500 people at Google sent a letter to (congress… i think? Idk it was somewhere in government) and they were basically saying that if Google partnered with the government that could lead to mass surveillance and they didn’t want that to happen. Then Google partnered with the Pentagon. Now… does that really matter? Yeah, kinda. If you know AI can be used for mass surveillance, why can’t it be used to surveil yourself and track everything about you? Or your employees? And give you tips on how to get better? Thats just one example. Another good one is that GBT 5.5 and Opus 4.7 dropped last week. If you’re a normie you probably didn’t know that… which is fine but if you want to get good at using ai you have to atleast know whats going on. So why is this dangerous? Well, you’ll pretty easily get addicted. (this happens at every step lol) Some people end up trying to monitor the situation and end up spending all day trying out new tools, worrying about what’s next, keeping up with everything. I mean this space moves VERY fast and there’s a lot to go through. One week Claude is the best, another it’s ChatGPT. Hence my second tip 2 use a news aggregator If you try to keep up with twitter, redddit, news and all of that… you will be spending 40 a week looking at (mostly) alot of garbage you probably cant use. Do you care about what open source models are coming out? Probably not because you probably dont have a super expensive computer. And that’s just one example of many different useless rabbit holes you can dive deep down but wont actually get any value from. The solution is following people who talk about AI but not EVERYTHING. I’ve put together a few newsletters, youtube channels, twitter accounts that you can follow and have a look at. (at the bottom) You only really need to spend an hour a week on this. 3 actually try the tools These tips I'm giving you are like a burger. I’ve given you the cheese, and the buns… which are important (after all the burger wont work without them) but this is the meat. The patty The vegan blob 🤮 What i’m trying to say is that none of this will actually work if you don’t try the tools. And i get it, “if you want to get better at AI, just use AI” (doesn’t exactly sound like life changing advice) I did give you those channels and they will tell you how to use the AI but… At the end of the day… How do you get better at riding a bike? Being an artist? You can get all the tips and channels and whatever, but the only real way you’re going to have leverage in ai is by using it. THink of something that takes up your day. That you’re annoyed you even have to do, but you HAVE to do it. Try to get ai to do it You’d be surprised. It might not get everything right but it’ll differently make something easier. Then try it for another thing And another. And by the time you’ve tried everything, you’ll probably be much better at using ai and you’ll have a much easier time working. Hope this helps. Happy to answer any questions if anyone actually got this far 😂
Google and Pentagon Partner for 'Any Lawful' AI Use
https://preview.redd.it/hbbp7hn1cxxg1.png?width=811&format=png&auto=webp&s=a633fe43837bf60e014afaa4c6cf3fe72a4976d3 I feel like this was inevitable - governments would want to use AI models eventually. Wondering what are the inhumane or harmful ways the employees were protesting about - Does this mean that Pentagon can basically spy on people? [Source](https://news.geobrowser.io/story/cd07a612f9e747efa89e35bef748122d) (full article)
AI CEOs Discuss Universal Basic Income Timeline
In my oppinion it will take 10 or more years. Goverments are slow as hell. I work in a call center in Portugal and they work slow and are very disorganized. Even tho they already use ai. But ai needs to take our job first to have productivity so then they can give us the universal income. I work in a bank call center and I don't see ai taking my job already. Maybe it could but organizations work so slow
Europe's Shift from US Software to Sovereign Tech
Governments across Europe are looking to rely less on American tech providers.
Chinese Hacker Xu Zewei Extradited to U.S. for COVID-19 Research Theft
Xu Zewei is accused of participating in a Chinese government hacking group that broke into thousands of U.S. organizations and stole COVID-19-related research.
Cohere Acquires Aleph Alpha for European AI Sovereignty
Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.
Maine Governor Vetoes Statewide Data Center Moratorium
L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027.
Cohere Merges with Aleph Alpha to Form Transatlantic AI Powerhouse
Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments.