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Free, online course from fast.ai and USF Data Institute covering disinformation, bias & fairness, ethical foundations, practical tools, privacy & surveillance, the silicon valley ecosystem, and algorithmic colonialism

AI Doesn't Have ROI
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Why AI Agents are either the best or worst thing we’ve ever built
Why AI Agents are either the best or worst thing we’ve ever built
A Short Guide to Data Strikes and Conscious Data Contribution in the Context of 2026 Frontier AI
Back to the basics of data leverage.

The AI Industry Is Lying To You
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Haotian AI : Providing Deepfake AI For Scam Bosses - Frank on Fraud
An advertisement for Haotian AI, a company that provides face-changing software on Telegram, shows they mean business. “We have an R&D team of hundreds of programmers and dozens of servers to serve you.” The braggy advertisement, which just might be directed at Pig Butchering bosses running scam compounds in Southeast Asia, reveals the extent of […]

The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication
If you are a user of LLM systems that use tools (you can call them “AI agents” if you like) it is critically important that you understand the risk of …


Find Open Datasets for AI and Research | Kaggle
Browse and download hundreds of thousands of open datasets for AI research, model training, and analysis. Join a community of millions of researchers, developers, and builders to share and collaborate on Kaggle.

AI Is Too Expensive
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Our database of AI company data, with data on revenue, funding, staff, and compute for many of the key players in frontier AI.
AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.
