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Warner Crocker

@warnercrocker.bsky.social

Gadfly. Flying through life as a gadget geek and theatre artist...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day. Reblogs offered without endorsement. Comments on the other hand... Chicago based. https://warnercrocker.com

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Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 5h ago

Alphabet’s Google is losing some of its most prominent AI veterans in a seismic overhaul that is casting doubt over leadership of a critical area of growth right as competition intensifies. More here: bloom.bg/4wJ3rOU 📷: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5h ago

A Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of artificial intelligence is stepping aside from his role leading Google’s work on the technology, as the company faces pressure to keep up in the AI race. Google’s stock was down around 4 percent following the news.

Google’s stock drops after Nobel-winning AI executive steps aside

Demis Hassabis led the company's response to the rise of ChatGPT but will focus on developing AI to make scientific breakthroughs.

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Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 6h ago

It's a tired old game for the Republicans to accuse the Democrats of being communists. The GOP-loving Chicago Tribune wrote a 1936 editorial about the Democratic convention that was headlined, "The Soviets Gather at Philadelphia."

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Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 12h ago

We wrote about this at the time. Including how Rogers appeared stunned by Steve's response that people who don't know their privacy had been violated... can still have their privacy violated. www.techdirt.com/2013/10/30/m...

Mike Rogers: You Can't Have Your Privacy Violated If You Don't Know About It

We already wrote a bit about yesterday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing concerning NSA surveillance. There were two sections to it: the first three hours were the top government spooks …

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Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17h ago

When he was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Rogers (the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan) publicly took the position that "you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." Colbert had some fun with that: crooksandliars.com/cltv/2013/10...

Warner Crocker@warnercrocker.bsky.social · 13h ago

It's obvious there are differences among the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party and a media hungry to exploit that for its own purposes of creating tension instead of reporting on what they have in common. It frees them from covering the real horrors of the moment. #politics