PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

LOL all morning picturing some finance quant slouched at his desk prompting Dalle, like, "make me a picture of pikachu having sex with the Apple logo" or whatever tf those guys use these things for, then throwing up his hands like "WHY WON'T THIS FIND ALPHA?!"

Bloomberg.com

Ken Griffin Says GenAI Fails to Help Hedge Funds Produce Alpha

Generative artificial intelligence isn’t helping hedge funds produce market-beating returns and isn’t meaningfully impacting the industry so fa...

There is almost no way the large cloud companies providing massive compute services AI surveillance & data processing APIs aren't implicated in the system of 'ad targeting for death' being used to facilitate mass murder in Gaza. This is a nightmare. And it's going to take significant pressure to prevent this from becoming business as usual--a selling point for oppressive regimes, as opposed to a cautionary tale.

TIME

Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry

Exclusive: Google has negotiated deepening the relationship during the war in Gaza.

Why is it important to map the tech used to facilitate slaughter in Gaza & link it back to the companies/people who contributed? It's not because these systems matter, in a vacuum. It's because we MUST ensure that "AI" is not used to facilitate computational escape from culpability. And that every institution involved is held to account for its role.

The Intercept

Google Won’t Say Anything About Israel Using Its Photo Software to Create Gaza “Hit List”

Google prohibits using its tech for “immediate harm,” but Israel is harnessing its facial recognition to set up a dragnet of Palestinians.

"AI startups" are just three cloud companies in a trench coat pass it on

This's me! About 2yrs post-COVID I still get an instant headache from a tiny amount of alcohol. A full drink makes me violently ill for ~3 days. Posting b/c this's the first media I've seen on this symptom, and it would've been helpful to me 2 yrs ago. https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/long-covid-drink-alcohol-18889985.php