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Lee West

@whodat35
21 posts
2026-02-20
DHS Opens a Billion-Dollar Tab With Palantir.  —  “If you are interested in helping shape and deliver the next chapter of Palantir's work across DHS, please reach out,” a Palantir executive wrote to employees about the massive purchasing agreement.  —  www.wired.com/story/depart...
2026-02-20 View on X
Wired

Docs: the US DHS has signed a five-year, $1B blanket purchase agreement with Palantir, letting agencies like CBP and ICE skip the competitive bidding process

“If you are interested in helping shape and deliver the next chapter of Palantir's work across DHS, please reach out,” a Palantir executive wrote …

2026-02-16
Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.  TechCrunch  —  techcrunch.com/2026/02/14/h...
2026-02-16 View on X
Variety

Following Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP

Disney also sent a legal demand to Chinese internet company  —  Paramount Skydance accused ByteDance of engaging in …

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.  TechCrunch  —  techcrunch.com/2026/02/14/h...
2026-02-16 View on X
BBC

ByteDance says it “respects IP rights and we have heard the concerns regarding Seedance” and it plans to “strengthen” safeguards, after Disney's legal threats

Chinese technology giant ByteDance has pledged to curb a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) …

2026-02-06
This doesn't bode well:  —  US, China opt out of joint declaration on AI use in military.  —  35 countries, including the U.S. and China, out of the 85 attending, opt out of signing the joint declaration pledge on responsible military AI use.  Reuters  —  www.reuters.com/business/aer...
2026-02-06 View on X
Reuters

Only 35 countries signed a declaration affirming “human responsibility over AI-powered weapons”, with the US and China opting out; the US endorsed prior pledges

2026-02-03
Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk's X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.  AP  —  apnews.com/article/fran...
2026-02-03 View on X
BBC

Paris prosecutors raid X's French offices and summon Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino to appear at April hearings, in a probe into sexual deepfakes and more

Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France are being raided by the Paris prosecutor.

2025-12-24
Looks like Elon Musk, Bondi and now Rubio are conspiring to protect X now in its qwest to undermine Western democracies.  I say this because what is happening is conspiratorial against CCDH and European leaders for standing up against algorithmically tricked out white nationalist propaganda.  🧵
2025-12-24 View on X
Associated Press

The US imposes visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints

The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.

This headline should read: “Musk Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers”  —  The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
2025-12-24 View on X
Associated Press

The US imposes visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints

The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.

2025-12-01
I told you so.  That is all.  —  Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - The New York Times  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
2025-12-01 View on X
New York Times

How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefit his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts

Calls Conflict Claims “Nothing Burger” Mike Pearl / Gizmodo : 438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government Mark Toon / Protos : David Sacks sends si...

I told you so.  That is all.  —  Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - The New York Times  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
2025-12-01 View on X
Axios

The reaction to NYT's David Sacks story aside, Sacks is pushing policies to help the US win the AI race, which also benefit him, his allies, and even his foes

Top of the Morning  —  I come here neither to praise nor pillory David Sacks, the venture capitalist who spends half …

2025-11-30
I told you so.  That is all.  —  Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - The New York Times  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
2025-11-30 View on X
New York Times

How David Sacks' work on AI and crypto in Trump's White House benefits his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts

In July, David Sacks, one of the Trump administration's top technology officials, beamed as he strode onstage at a neoclassical auditorium just blocks from the White House.

2025-11-22
The emperor's AI has no clothes...  Asked about his intellect, appearance and accomplishments, Grok consistently hailed Elon Musk as “strikingly handsome,” raved about his “genius-level intellect” and ranked him as the No. 1 human, ahead of Leonardo da Vinci. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
2025-11-22 View on X
The Verge

Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting”

I feel sorry for billionaires.  Each election season … Charles Fitzgerald / Platformonomics : Platformonomics TGIF #109: November 21, 2025 Miles Klee / Rolling Stone : Grok Claims ...

2025-11-21
The emperor's AI has no clothes...  Asked about his intellect, appearance and accomplishments, Grok consistently hailed Elon Musk as “strikingly handsome,” raved about his “genius-level intellect” and ranked him as the No. 1 human, ahead of Leonardo da Vinci. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
2025-11-21 View on X
The Verge

Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting”

Elon Musk is as smart as da Vinci, fitter than LeBron James, and really good at drinking piss.

2025-11-07
“The Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers' nonpartisan bookkeeper, was hacked by a suspected foreign actor, according to an agency spokeswoman, potentially exposing the key financial research data Congress uses to craft legislation.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/ 202...
2025-11-07 View on X
Washington Post

The US Congressional Budget Office says it has identified a security incident; a CBO spokeswoman suggests the agency was hacked by a suspected foreign actor

The office makes economic projections for lawmakers and scores legislation for how much it would add or subtract from the national debt.

2025-10-08
Nobel physics prize goes to pioneers of quantum mechanics. www.reuters.com/science/clar...  [image]
2025-10-08 View on X
Bloomberg

Michel Devoret, a Google Quantum AI chief scientist, John Martinis, who left Google in 2020, and John Clarke win the Nobel in Physics for quantum computing work

all 3 @UofCalifornia professors. Home to groundbreaking physicists, including 2 immigrants leading the world in innovation and possibility, California is proud to dream big and del...

2025-10-06
It's Palantir and Thiel's world and we all just live in it.  —  www.wired.com/story/ice-so...  [image]
2025-10-06 View on X
Wired

US federal contracting records show that US ICE is planning to hire nearly 30 private analysts to monitor social media content for enforcement operation leads

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

2025-09-21
Wise move, America should do the same.  They have already seen the damage that Musk & DOGE have done hacking Tressury > EU to block Big Tech from new financial data sharing system.  —  Germany argues groups such as Apple and Meta are excluded to protect Europe's ‘digital sovereignty’
2025-09-21 View on X
Financial Times

Diplomats say the EU is moving to exclude Meta, Apple, Google, and Amazon from the new Financial Data Access system to protect the bloc's “digital sovereignty”

Germany argues groups such as Apple and Meta are excluded to protect Europe's ‘digital sovereignty’ Bluesky: @whodat35 . Forums: r/neoliberal and r/technology Bluesky: Lee West / @...

2025-05-29
Sorry, I don't believe this for a minute.  Musk is trying to distance himself because his government contract takeover was corrupt and illegal and he has major exposure with #DOGE actions which are all getting struck down in court.  Plus, his credibility is toast. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
2025-05-29 View on X
Axios

Elon Musk departs the Trump administration as a “special government employee”, defending DOGE's mission to reduce wasteful government spending

Elon Musk pivoted to damage control in his final days as a “special government employee,” publicly recommitting to Mars …

Sorry, I don't believe this for a minute.  Musk is trying to distance himself because his government contract takeover was corrupt and illegal and he has major exposure with #DOGE actions which are all getting struck down in court.  Plus, his credibility is toast. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
2025-05-29 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Elon Musk tried to derail OpenAI's Abu Dhabi deal, telling G42 officials that there was no chance of Trump signing off on it unless xAI was included

his lieutenants are running DOGE still, his X feed can upend the Republican agenda, and Trump world is still waiting on promised donations www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u... @thefarce...

2025-04-12
So, where is the government contract specifics for #Palantir?  Was it an open or closed bid contract?  The company is Helping #DOGE With a Massive #IRS Data Project hackathon. www.wired.com/story/palant...
2025-04-12 View on X
Wired

Sources: Palantir is helping DOGE build an API layer above all IRS databases; DOGE wants Palantir's Foundry software to be the “read center of all IRS systems”

For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers … Bluesky: @wired.com , @wired.com , @emptywheel , @sbyrnes , @te...

2025-04-04
So Laura Loomer, a looney tunes conspiracy theorist takes out a senior ranking cybercom General (Director of NSA) who protects us against #Chinese, #Russian & Iranian hacking threats & intrusions as well as #election security.  Make it make sense folks.  —  #Resist #Idiocracy  —  www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/p... …
2025-04-04 View on X
Washington Post

US officials say NSA director and Cyber Command head Timothy Haugh was fired on April 3, along with his civilian deputy Wendy Noble and at least five aides

The director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyber espionage service, was fired Thursday, according to U.S. officials.  —  just now