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“Platform Extractivism”: Inside Venezuela’s Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies
Julián Posada’s upcoming book, titled Platform Extractivism: Data Work...
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Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence...
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As Meta Agrees to $17B Settlement, Now Is the Time to Regulate AI Before It’s Too Late: Amba Kak
Prosecutors across 47 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories...
Politics & Government
Some facts, observations, and heard-on-the-streets
Thanksgiving preparations are underway, the 2026 elections are shifting into gear, and the Bills are wondering if they might not make the playoffs.
Here are...
Politics & Government
2026 is going to be a very interesting year in New York State politics
Except for a race or two here and there that is still too close to call, the 2025 elections will soon be certified. On...
Politics & Government
As Cheektowaga goes, so goes the nation
The headline of this post is an old saw that at least anecdotally is truer than not. How the Town of Cheektowaga votes often...
Politics & Government
Democrats win big on Election Day 2025
Sometimes election nights can be long and suspenseful. It was not that way last night. Democrats won big in Erie County.
Following up on his...
Politics & Government
Final pre-Election Day financials; some facts, observations, and heard-on-the-streets
One week to go in a relatively quite election season. And with the new state law moving most odd-year elections to even-numbered years this...
Politics & Government
Kennedy outraises Langworthy, Tenney, Schumer, Gillibrand; the Bills at the bye week
The government may be shut down but Western New York’s representatives in Congress have been busy raising money for their campaign treasuries. Federal Election...
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National News
“Platform Extractivism”: Inside Venezuela’s Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies
Julián Posada’s upcoming book, titled Platform Extractivism: Data Work...
National News
Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence...
National News
As Meta Agrees to $17B Settlement, Now Is the Time to Regulate AI Before It’s Too Late: Amba Kak
Prosecutors across 47 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories...
National News
Controversial Bari Weiss pick pops up at bizarre galaxy-brained ‘Nostradamus’ wedding
Ross Douthat, the former New York Times columnist recently hired by CBS News chief Bari Weiss as a "60 Minutes" correspondent, has a side gig his new bosses may not have anticipated – officiating weddings for Silicon Valley's AI elite.The conservative commentator officiated the wedding…
