Journalist. From the lab to the front line. AI at https://xitter.cf/t.co/nUNCd6AcMj, defense tech at https://xitter.cf/t.co/ICi1q3ulcL. Reporting from San Francisco.

California, USA
Joined February 2024
This is deeply concerning. Here is a look at how much Elon Musk has spent on US political campaigns.
Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.
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🇺🇸❗️Behind US President Donald Trump’s turn towards Russia are promises of lucrative deals from Kirill Dmitriev, - Le Monde A journalistic source present at the talks on October 9 said that on that day, Witkoff preferred to talk about business. Budanov was stunned by the project, which would make Kyiv dependent on Moscow. “Our model is not Belarus, but Poland!”, he objected. The interlocutor close to President Zelensky, added that negotiating with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is now “hopeless, they only think about business.” At the same time, the Ukrainian delegation noticed that the new theses of Trump and his negotiators are strikingly similar to what Dmitriev constantly says. Dmitriev plans to invite representatives of the Alternative for Germany to an economic forum in Moscow in December.
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Polish FM Radosław Sikorski: "There is a myth that has been successfully planted in the West that Russia always wins. But things don't always go their way. They lost the Crimean War. They lost the war against Japan. They emerged from World War I with their tails between their legs. They lost the invasion of Poland. They lost Afghanistan. And they lost the Cold War. So things can turn out very differently." - @sikorskiradek
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Donald Trump Jr. spent time hunting in Mongolia this summer with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev. ​Reports reveal that Trump Jr. arrived in Mongolia in late August, where he was joined by Kremlev and oligarch Artur Martirosov, who flew in from Kazakhstan. The group spent two days together, supported by Kremlev’s staff of chefs, drivers, and local guides. ​Records show the US Embassy in Mongolia spent $18,715 on hotel accommodations for a Secret Service detail stationed there from August 23 to September 6. (What does "mah tax dollar" crowd thinks of that, i wonder?)
The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
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Judging by the Kremlin readout of Putin’s phone call today with the Finnish and Norwegian leaders, the Russian president hasn’t moved a single inch on the issue of peace in Ukraine despite the recent flurry of diplomatic activity Just the same old tired talking points
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Anthropic pitches safety after system breaches; Microsoft opens the exit door Meta outlines up to $95 billion in equity financing after third-quarter capital spending exceeds operating cash flow. #AI implicator.ai/anthropic-ipo-…
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Meta's AI Spending Pushes It to Sell Stock Meta seeks up to $95 billion for AI, but much of the plan is deferred and chipmakers have made no binding commitment. #AI implicator.ai/meta-95-billio…
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Microsoft Nudges 60,000 Workers Toward the Exit Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, more than a quarter of its staff, with standard severance and a Dec. 31 exit. Its spring retirement offer drew about 30% of those eligible. #AI implicator.ai/microsoft-buyo…
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US Special Operations Command Buys Tekever Drones After Acceptance Trials Tekever's AI-enabled surveillance drones move from a 2025 exercise with US special operators to a purchase, a month after the Portuguese company's $580 million raise. #Europe #USA battlepolicy.com/us-special-…
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Elvis Presley's Song Owners Hit Anthropic with Copyright Suit A complaint over 274 compositions seeks up to $41.1 million, but it prints no Claude output that copies a Presley song. #AI implicator.ai/elvis-presleys…
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Musk says SpaceX borrowed $40B for AI chips; OpenAI cuts model prices An unauthenticated Kimi influencer brief instructs: “Please DO NOT put on the paid partnership label.” #AI implicator.ai/spacex-gpu-deb…
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AI's Payoff Skips Corporate America Beyond Big Tech Apollo's chief economist sees flat margins outside the Magnificent Seven, as Musk says lenders now shun AI-only firms. #AI implicator.ai/ai-payoff-skip…
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