#techpolitics — Public Fediverse posts
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A lot of the language at the Global Africa Tech Summit reminds me of the start of the EU. The difference is just in the valuable commodities of the time. Instead of focusing on steel and coal, they focus on AI and Digital Sovereignty.
#techpolitics #digitalsovereignty
https://techreviewafrica.com/news/4624/kenya-calls-for-integrated-digital-infrastructure-at-global-africa-tech-summit -
Спустя несколько часов после того, как администрация #Trump ввела ограничения против #Anthropic, их главный конкурент — #OpenAI — объявил о масштабном соглашении с #Pentagon.
Глава компании #SamAltman сообщил, что модели #AI будут интегрированы в информационные военные системы #USA, но при соблюдении жёстких «красных линий».
Ирония ситуации в том, что эти ограничения почти совпадают с теми, из-за которых под давление попала #Anthropic: запрет на массовую слежку за американцами, запрет на управление полностью автономным оружием и отказ от систем наподобие китайского #SocialCredit.
Разница — в архитектуре. #OpenAI предложила более гибкую модель использования технологий: системы будут работать через облачную инфраструктуру под контролем инженеров. Такой подход, по словам компании, физически исключает установку моделей на боевые #Drones или автономные роботизированные платформы.
Глава Пентагона #PeteHegseth уже приветствовал соглашение, назвав #OpenAI «надёжным партнёром». В то же время #Anthropic готовится оспаривать в суде статус угрозы для цепочек поставок и возможный запрет на участие в государственных контрактах США.
Сам #SamAltman публично призвал #Pentagon предложить аналогичные условия всем разработчикам #ArtificialIntelligence и снизить напряжение вокруг конфликта с #Anthropic. По его словам, для защиты демократии военным действительно нужны передовые технологии, но с чёткими ограничителями и механизмами безопасности.
Ситуация вызывает дополнительный интерес ещё и потому, что выбор #OpenAI может объясняться не только технологическими возможностями, но и большей гибкостью в вопросах регулирования #AI. В отличие от жёсткой позиции #Anthropic, компания Альтмана показала готовность к компромиссам, позволяющим #USGov формально соблюдать ограничения и одновременно сохранять доступ к передовым разработкам.
Немаловажную роль играет и фактор #SiliconValley. Ранее Альтман возглавлял #YCombinator, который традиционно связан с кругом предпринимателей, известным как #PayPalMafia.
Одной из ключевых фигур там остаётся #PeterThiel — сооснователь #PayPal и #Palantir, компании, которая уже давно считается одним из ключевых технологических подрядчиков американской разведки и оборонного сектора.
@yigal_levin
#AIWar
#DefenseTech
#MilitaryAI
#TechPolitics
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CW: long post : Sam Altman's Faustian Bargain: The Agreement between OpenAI and the Department of War
In this matter, there are no more limits. First, one must read what Anthropic has to say about it:https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-war
Next, read this: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/
This states that federal laws supersede local laws. Therefore, if this post serves as an official announcement ( https://x.com/sama/status/2027578652477821175 as I can’t find anything for the moment at https://openai.com/news/ ), it means that Sam Altman is working directly for the government and is no longer subject to any constraints other than federal ones for the models he will provide to the Department of War. The company is no longer accountable to the restrictive laws that used to bind AI companies:
Disclosing how their models are trained.
Implementing highly restrictive ethical filters.
Giving regulators a right of oversight regarding security risks.
Therefore: this means that federal laws apply. But there are none! Congress cannot pass binding laws because Republicans are blocking all initiatives aimed at framing ethical guidelines with safeguards—such as prohibiting the use of AI to create pathogens... Since there are no laws, it is the President who, by decree, creates federal laws. This is what Biden had done by forcing companies to transmit training data and the way they placed barriers against requests that did not respect the law. With his decree, Trump has canceled Biden’s for federal departments and created a deliberate legal vacuum by political choice. Since there is no longer a legal framework, he is liberating the ethical and legal boundaries. Furthermore, as there are no laws, Trump’s Department of War can hide everything under his concept of "classified." NO ONE can monitor what is happening on the servers managed by the Department of War. Everything is permitted and hidden.
Where Sam Altman differs from Dario Amodei is in ideological and strategic notions. Anthropic refuses the "Any Lawful Use" clause. They advocate for an independent "ethics" governed by humanity. Sam Altman, on the other hand, is more into "entrisme" (infiltration). He believes he can redirect and influence from the inside. He "works" as a "defense contractor for the American military." But make no mistake, it is mercantile.
There is a major shift in the nature of the company, which is no longer at the service of citizens or "humanity" (just to pretend it’s important) but at the service of a state (totalitarian?). It is pragmatism for the company's interests. Moreover, despite the fact that he says the contract stipulates safeguard clauses, since it is secret, no one can monitor, supervise, or audit. Sam Altman knows this full well; he goes where the most money is—this is a contract worth billions of dollars—and he covers himself by simply saying: "I provide the raw models without ethical barriers because the federal state requires it, but I have nothing to be ashamed of, I respect the law, OpenAI is not the villain, the state is!"
He has just made a Faustian bargain... #openAI #SamAltman #AIEthics #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentOfWar #NationalSecurity #TechPolitics #Anthropic
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:kare_mac: "What if your car worked like so many apps? A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks:
“How are you enjoying your drive so far?”https://blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-software/
This post by @anyware is quite an interesting take on the evolution of software, as viewed from a big tech worker perspective.
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A few months back I was contacted by a fedizen in their early 20s who asked what they need to read, watch or listen to to get up to speed with the basics of tech politics. I really wasn't sure what to recommend. I sent them some links to the GNU philosophy pages and a few articles by Cory Doctorow, and recommended a book by Douglas Rushkoff (Throwing Rocks ...), but ...
What would you link to if asked a similar question?
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TikTok’s US Reset: What the New Ownership Deal Really Means for Power, Data, and Global Tech Politics
#TikTok
#TechPolitics
#DataSovereignty
#USChinaRelations
#DigitalSecurityhttps://eng.harbouchanews.com/2026/01/tiktoks-us-reset-what-new-ownership.html
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For years, I’ve argued that US tech giants need to act like truly global players rather than treating the rest of the world as an afterthought. 🌍 By consistently putting their home market first, these "responsible" actors have ignored the growing risk of treating billions of international users as a secondary market. It’s a dangerous game to play when global connectivity is what built their empires in the first place. 🏛️
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Katika Kühnreich’s deep dive into AI, cybernetics and rising techno-fascism at #39C3, asking how “machines of loving grace” can sort people—and how we resist. Watch from this moment: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-all-sorted-by-machines-of-loving-grace-ai-cybernetics-and-fascism-and-how-to-intervene#t=456 🔍🤖 #AI #AiFascism #TechPolitics ✊ #AntiFascism
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DJI’s Head of Global Policy reveals Section 1709’s ‘trap door’ design guarantees a ban with no audit needed—putting 460K US jobs and $116B at risk.
The FCC’s retroactive power could ground drones and block repairs.
The drone world’s on edge!
https://dronexl.co/2025/12/16/dji-interview-section-1709-trap-door-ban/
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Heise reports that major US tech firms are “lending” staff to work inside the Trump administration, raising fresh questions about corporate power and public service Read more: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Tech-Force-US-Corporations-Lend-Their-Employees-to-Trump-11115959.html #TechPolitics #Trump #USPolitics #Newz
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💶 Brüssel bestätigt: Substanzielle #EUGelder flossen an Hersteller von #Spyware. Der Skandal wirft Fragen zur Kontrolle digitaler Überwachung und Transparenz öffentlicher Mittel auf. 🔍 Wie tief reicht das Netz der Abhängigkeiten?
👉 https://www.heise.de/news/Bruessel-raeumt-ein-Substanzielle-EU-Gelder-sind-an-Spyware-Hersteller-geflossen-11000926.html
#Datenschutz #EU #TechPolitics #Newz -
The Nerd Reich – Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
#HackerNews #NerdReich #SiliconValley #Fascism #Democracy #TechPolitics
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Oh, the modern hero's journey: slide into a candidate's DMs and *bam*, you're running South Korea 🇰🇷🔥. But wait, first solve the epic quest of enabling #cookies 🍪 and JavaScript—because who needs political experience when you've mastered browser settings? 😂
https://medium.com/@wjsdj2008/i-dmd-a-korean-presidential-candidate-and-ended-up-building-his-core-campaign-platform-the-38eb1c5f5e7d #modernheroes #journey #SouthKorea #techpolitics #JavaScript #HackerNews #ngated -
Alex Karp of Palantir: The CEO who's 'good with ICE' and defends human rights, but faces questions on Israel and Trump. It's a tightrope walk between tech power and political alliances. What's your take on corporations aligning with such potent political forces? https://www.wired.com/story/alex-karp-goes-to-war-palantir-big-interview/ #Palantir #AIethics #TechPolitics #DataPrivacy #FutureofTech
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Ah, yes, Uncle Sam's latest caper: banning TP-Link because, you know, China's the new #boogeyman 🕵️♂️. Never mind that almost every gizmo with a chip comes from #China 🐲! But hey, let's all pretend we're shocked and concerned while ignoring the elephant in the room 🤷♂️.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/drilling-down-on-uncle-sams-proposed-tp-link-ban/ #TPLink #Ban #Caper #TechPolitics #ConsumerElectronics #HackerNews #ngated -
Interesting move by OpenAI, asking the Trump administration to expand the Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers.
Is this the infrastructure boom we were promised, or just more corporate welfare? What's your take?
#OpenAI #TechPolitics #ChipsAct #AIInvestment #DataCenterLife
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/08/openai-asked-trump-administration-to-expand-chips-act-tax-credit-to-cover-data-centers/ -
Nvidia’s Arizona chip move isn’t strategy it’s politics. Pressured by Trump’s tariffs and threats, Nvidia shifted production and invested $1B in Nokia to please Washington. The result? Lost China sales, symbolic reshoring, and government contracts to fill the gap.
#Nvidia #Trump #BlackwallChip #MadeInUSA #TechPolitics #Reshoring #Tariffs #Geopolitics #TechNews #IndustrialPolicy #TECHi
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/nvidia-manufacturing-arizona-political-gesture/
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Apple removed the viral ICE Block app after government pressure, igniting debate over free speech, user safety, and corporate power. The app aimed to protect immigrants by sharing ICE agent locations, but its takedown highlights how tech and politics now collide in the fight over privacy and justice.
#Apple #ICEBlock #DigitalActivism #PrivacyVsSecurity #TechPolitics #TECHiRead Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/apple-pulls-ice-block-tracking-app-from-app-store/
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How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-influence-politics/
#HackerNews #How #I #influence #tech #company #politics #as #a #staff #software #engineer #techpolitics #softwareengineering #careerinsights #influence #leadership
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Peter Thiel spent 30 years turning a theologian's warnings about Nazi legal theory into his personal playbook.
Carl Schmitt believed democracy dies through "states of exception" - suspend the rules when crisis hits. Thiel's been engineering those crises ever since.
The pattern's everywhere. PayPal's "move fast, break things." Palantir's surveillance state. Trump's chaos presidency.
Same theory. Different decade. Democracy keeps losing.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/
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Trump’s $14B TikTok Deal
Oracle, Ellison, Dell & Murdoch now own 80%, giving U.S. control of TikTok’s algorithm. More than business it’s political infrastructure, reshaping campaigns & tech diplomacy.#Trump #TikTok #TechPolitics #USChina #SocialMediaPower #TechDiplomacy #TECHi
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/trump-tiktok-deal-politics-technology/
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Eschatological thinking: why Peter Thiel is talking about the Antichrist
https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-political-power-of-eschatological-82b
#HackerNews #Eschatology #PeterThiel #Antichrist #TechPolitics #FutureThinking
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Trump’s TikTok spin-off deal hands control to U.S. allies like Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison & Michael Dell, shifting power from China to America. Politics meets profit as Bytedance keeps a slice, investors win big, and users keep scrolling.
#TikTokDeal #Trump #Bytedance #USChina #TechPolitics #SocialMediaPower #Investing #TikTok #TECHi
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/tiktok-ownership-deal-trump-investors/
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Well, this just got interesting. Trump suggests Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch might invest in the TikTok deal. Talk about a plot twist! Are we watching tech news or a corporate thriller?
What's your over/under on this actually happening?
#TikTokDeal #TechPolitics #Murdoch #BreakingNews #SocialMedia
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Beijing is turning legacy chips into a strategic trade weapon, responding to Washington's TikTok push with probes into American chipmakers.
It seems the silicon wars are far from over. How do you see this playing out for global tech innovation?
#TechPolitics #Semiconductors #Trade #ChinaTech #USChina #TechNews
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Amazon’s $54B UK investment isn’t just economic it’s political. By creating jobs and infrastructure, Amazon gains influence, regulatory protection, and becomes vital to Britain’s post-Brexit success.
#AmazonUK, #PoliticalPower, #CorporateInfluence, #UKInvestment, #BrexitEconomy, #TechPolitics, #AmazonJobs, #EconomicStrategy, #GlobalBritain, #AmazonNews #TECHi
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/amazon-54-billion-investment-uk-political-strategy/
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Oh, look, another tech-savvy politician (😜) who just can't keep a secret! Mike Waltz hilariously spills the beans on some obscure app nobody's ever heard of that archives Signal messages—because, you know, privacy is overrated, right? 🚀💼
https://www.404media.co/mike-waltz-accidentally-reveals-obscure-app-the-government-is-using-to-archive-signal-messages/ #techpolitics #privacyfail #SignalApp #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Seth Rogen called out tech funders at the Breakthrough Prize for backing Trump's anti-science stance. Unsurprisingly, his comments were reportedly cut from the official ceremony video.
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Seth Rogen called out tech funders at the Breakthrough Prize for backing Trump's anti-science stance. Unsurprisingly, his comments were reportedly cut from the official ceremony video.
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Deal or Delete? TikTok Faces Legal Heat, Trade Tensions, and Deadline Drama
#TikTokDeal #Trump #USChinaTensions #NationalSecurity #ByteDance #TikTokBan #TechPolitics #DigitalSovereignty #SenateDebate #TariffWar
Read Full Article :- https://www.techi.com/trump-says-tiktok-deal-still-active-amid-china-tensions/
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Deal or Delete? TikTok Faces Legal Heat, Trade Tensions, and Deadline Drama
#TikTokDeal #Trump #USChinaTensions #NationalSecurity #ByteDance #TikTokBan #TechPolitics #DigitalSovereignty #SenateDebate #TariffWar
Read Full Article :- https://www.techi.com/trump-says-tiktok-deal-still-active-amid-china-tensions/
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Indonesia blocks Apple from selling iPhone 16, despite a deal to build a local production facility, citing failure to meet domestic content rules. #Apple #iPhone16 #Indonesia #TechNews #Regulations #MobileIndustry #TechPolitics #LocalProduction #MarketAccess
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Indonesia blocks Apple from selling iPhone 16, despite a deal to build a local production facility, citing failure to meet domestic content rules. #Apple #iPhone16 #Indonesia #TechNews #Regulations #MobileIndustry #TechPolitics #LocalProduction #MarketAccess
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Indonesia blocks Apple from selling iPhone 16, despite a deal to build a local production facility, citing failure to meet domestic content rules. #Apple #iPhone16 #Indonesia #TechNews #Regulations #MobileIndustry #TechPolitics #LocalProduction #MarketAccess