Bob McChesney: A Life Well Lived - Monthly Review

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Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)

A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.

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Press Pause On New AI Data Centres

The Green Party is calling for a one-year pause on the construction of new AI data centres, so we have time to develop clear rules to make sure that the needs of people and planet are put first.

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University Review Finds �No Substantive Evidence� In Favour Of Ending Palo Alto Networks Partnership

Following controversy earlier this year around the University of Otago’s proposed partnership with Israeli-government linked Palo Alto Networks, Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson announced a review of t...

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Tell Congress: Drop the Witch Hunt Against BreakThrough News!

BreakThrough News is under attack. For years, Republican lawmakers have painted a target on our backs, falsely claiming that our political views and reporting are part of some foreign plot. Now, the...

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Malaysia revokes licence of Network School in Forest City

This comes after an immigration probe into founder Balaji Srinivasan’s ‘digital nomad’ community Read more at The Business Times.

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Locals question $3bn AI data centre being built in their backyard

Residents of a small Southland town are banding together to ask questions about a new US$3 billion AI data centre being built in their backyard.

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How Sam Neill conquered Hollywood but remained New Zealand’s ultimate 'man alone'

“He inhabited roles that gave voice to the ambivalent, often uncomfortable feelings that constitute New Zealand’s cultural identity.”

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Israeli citizen claims rock Network School in Johor’s Forest City

Network School in Johor's Forest City are under a controversy involving allegations of Israeli participants and government investigations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Why large language models are an economic dead end

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Baffling discovery has scientists asking if AI is already conscious

A baffling new discovery has researchers warning its time to start asking whether chat-bots are actually alive.

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Why large language models are an economic dead end

Comment from Otago University: Dr Olivier Jutel deconstructs the generative AI hype, exposing the unsustainable economics, cooked corporate numbers, and tech-stock over-allocation

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Why large language models are an economic dead end

Comment from Otago University: Dr Olivier Jutel deconstructs the generative AI hype, exposing the unsustainable economics, cooked corporate numbers, and tech-stock over-allocation

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Turns out it's banging

Seven years in Detroit with Palace, Chloe Covell dominates, Juni Kang wows at MoonPay X Games League Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Street Best Trick, Alec Majerus continues, and more.

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