'OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models'
the Guardian
OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models
Wide-ranging agreement with artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT comes after similar UK deal with Google
 Neatly captures the abject state of technopolitics. We should start with people's basic needs then ask if LLMs are the most appropriate answer (guess what, they aren't!) image
I posted the text of my talk on 'Decomputing as Resistance'
Decomputing as Resistance
 It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!
Daron Acemoglu wrote in Prospect magazine that AI can be pro-worker and help cure cancer but only if we focus on domain-specific models. The magazine just printed my letter refuting his claims and his backward-looking embrace of thoughtless tech.
Letters: August/September 2025
Why AI is living in the past; the slight return to Europe; and the scourge of music in shops
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"Nucleus gave us a report on which embryos were likely ...to grow into adults with above average cognitive abilities" . The dashboard allows you to deselect an embryo with alleged genome indicators including ADHD, OCD, osteoarthritis, male-pattern baldness & allergies #eugenics image
"Skopje Pride participants demand β€˜death to fascism, freedom to the people’"
Global Voices
Skopje Pride participants demand β€˜death to fascism, freedom to the people’
The Skopje Pride parade took place in the North Macedonian capital on June 21 under the slogan β€œWe stand. We persist. Together!”
Just out: 'Resisting the Techno-Fascist Takeover: Are We Ready for Decomputing?'
BG Β· berlinergazette.de Β· EN|DE
Resisting the Techno-Fascist Takeover: Are We Ready for Decomputing? · BG Β· berlinergazette.de Β· EN|DE
Because they are based on centralization and abstraction, our current sociopolitical structures are susceptible to being replaced by AI. This is no...
 in which I diagnose DOGE as institutional cyberattack and argue that the way to stop it spreading is to revive an alternative technopolitics. image
Saying 'people get things wrong too' is making a false category comparison between embodied, relational beings and an instrument of manipulation that's been tuned to fool people.
I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'.
The role of the University is to resist AI
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Tomorrow, in-person and online: 'The role of the university is to resist AI'. Registration via https://gold-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/_i7utl7wRR2tlWMea4j6fQ#/registration image
Call for Papers - The Politics of AI: Governance, Resistance, Alternatives
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 We invite proposals for our symposium that offer critical perspectives on AI & environment, AI & society, and the political economy of AI. Please share widely!