Sunday, July 19, 2026

They say they're offering free servants in exchange for data to train AIs (AI roundup)







A rural New York school district has teamed up with a crypto/sex doll company to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant in the classroom this fall

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— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM


("Realbotix, formerly known as Tokens.com, rebranded after acquiring the hyperrealistic sex doll company RealDoll in 2024") ("In recent years, Realbotix has worked to expand its presence in commercial settings. Still, it is best known for its “companion robots,” which are different from sex robots")







New publication from me! πŸŽ‰ Please check out my latest investigation where we identify (no surprise) a crypto guy to a popular 'leaked' nudes website. Users could even get paid out for sharing leaked/hacked nudes from women. Within 48 hrs of reaching out to him, the site went offline. Impact! πŸ™Œ

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— Kolina Koltai (@koltai.bsky.social) July 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM








Flock's platform is far more powerful and invasive than they and police pretend when they are at town halls talking to the public. You just need to look at what it's actually used for and how they teach cops to use it to see that: www.404media.co/how-cops-use...

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) July 16, 2026 at 7:36 AM
















I spoke with a nurse who has worked at a Bronx Hospital for 39 years and is now being laid off, along with 11 other nurses, to be replaced by AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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— Michael Sainato (@msainato.bsky.social) July 13, 2026 at 6:27 AM
(I think they were all "utilization review nurse[s]..., helping to read patient charts and communicate with insurance companies over coverage")







something important imo that isn't mentioned in the Reuters piece is the fact that, in response to the NAACP suing xAI, Trump's DOJ is trying to *take over the lawsuit as plaintiff* and "voluntarily dismiss" the case ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

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— Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app) July 14, 2026 at 6:37 AM








Despite having policies against explicit content, Youtube is funneling people to nudify sites that generate nonconsensual deepfakes for as little as $1. Targets include people's sisters and motivations are often "getting people fired." by @ejdickson.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/youtub...

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— Manisha Krishnan (@manishakrishnan.bsky.social) July 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
















Chatted with @ftrain.bsky.social and Rich Ziade about my thwarted and slightly pathetic attempts to get something out of OpenClaw, the AI assistant that we are all definitely still talking about a few months later aboard.com/podcast/john...

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— John Herrman (@jwherrman.bsky.social) July 9, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Good listen







Meta AI image detector fails to identify some of its own cropped AI images, Reuters analysis finds. πŸ™ƒ www.reuters.com/business/met...

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— Joe Tidy BBC News (@joetidy.bsky.social) July 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
































Another recent Grok translation error

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— Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy.com) July 14, 2026 at 7:05 AM
(Not looking to confirm the original)