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John Thackara2016-10-01T06:22:41+00:00October 1st, 2016|

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john thackara 约翰·萨卡拉

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11 Sep 2098442880209572300

This is wild. "Yemeni media report that, using artificial intelligence, they mimicked the voice of Tareq Saleh—commander of the troops stationed on the western front—addressing his men: "all units must withdraw" https://mullerquentinyemen.substack.com/p/chute-du-front-ouest-menaces-sur?r=5dwy57&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Al Jazeera English

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11 Sep 2098218718979403963

“NAZA”, a documentary about Israel’s AI-powered mass killing in Gaza, received a 25-minute ovation at the Venice Film Festival.

It features Israeli intelligence personnel and whistleblowers discussing how Palestinians were targeted.

Al Jazeera’s Dmitry Medvedenko reports.

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Amazing Maps

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10 Sep 2098014162718970161

The same thing, mapped: every road around Prague on top, every road around Toronto below. The Old World wanders along centuries-old paths, the New World runs in a surveyed grid.

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Richard Seymour

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10 Sep 2098001183646310585

Why doesn't Chinese AI produce such uniformly apocalyptic discourse? Well. As of 2025, according to the Stanford 2026 AI Index Report, the US invested $258bn vs $12.4bn in China — 23:1 ratio. Same report finds a 2.7% gap between the performance of the top model in the US vs China