🕹️ AI is a Proxy War for Global Narrative

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Tech news is flowing from the firehose this month! We catch up on DeepSeek and what it actually means for tech and our communications strategies. The media, Wall Street, and Big Tech are working hard to craft a false narrative. Read on for more...

1. 💌 Block @opm email addresses - A federal snitch email address (deiatruth@opm.gov) and other email aliases have joined left-leaning listservs and newsletters.
2. 📚 TikTok’s growing censorship - TikTok’s algorithm has always been able to manipulate our news feeds. Now they are being more direct by removing Pro-Palestinian hashtags and comments.
3. 📚 Scale AI sued for traumatic labor practices - This lawsuit is a reminder that training AI requires real humans and is often outsourced to the Global Majority for cheap labor. Big Tech’s version of AI is the new colonial frontier sucking up our water, energy, and human intelligence.
4. 📚 MetaAI Getting Too Personal - Already known for poor data privacy standards, Meta is rolling out "improvements" to its Meta AI chatbots to tap into a user’ account details to “make better recommendations.”

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