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DOGE's 'AI-first' strategist is now the head of technology at the Department of Labor

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/doges-ai-first-strategist-is-now

Published: March 19, 2025 22:35

The ex-Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd has quietly become the CIO of the labor department as mass layoffs and federal workforce automation continue.

OpenAI and Google's dark new campaign to dismantle artists' protections

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai-and-googles-dark-new-campaign

Published: March 15, 2025 05:57

OpenAI and Google have cozied up to Trump's imperialist approach to AI for a shot at tearing down artists' copyright protections.

So the LA Times replaced me with an AI that defends the KKK

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/so-the-la-times-replaced-me-with

Published: March 8, 2025 17:14

The LA Times is laying off and buying out staff, while introducing highly dubious AI tools. This is what automation looks like in 2025.

Workers know exactly who AI will serve

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/workers-know-exactly-who-ai-will

Published: March 6, 2025 19:35

A new study shows workers aren't buying Silicon Valley's hype, and know just who will benefit from AI in the workforce if current trends hold.

The mass firing of federal tech workers at 18F is one of DOGE's most overtly political acts yet

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-mass-firing-of-federal-tech-workers

Published: March 3, 2025 21:53

The federal digital services team 18F had a diverse workforce and openly inclusive policies. That's why DOGE killed it.

The great horror film that predicted our cultish post-truth predicament

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-horror-film-that-predicted

Published: March 2, 2025 23:14

Welcome to the first installment of Blood in the Machine's culture studies series.

AI companies are spamming federal workers' key online hub

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/reddit-is-letting-tech-companies

Published: February 28, 2025 19:05

Federal workers’ online sanctuary, r/FedNews, is getting bombarded with ads for AI. Plus, AI-generated art controversy and another sign the bubble's bursting?

What's really behind Elon Musk and DOGE's AI schemes

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/whats-really-behind-elon-musk-and

Published: February 25, 2025 20:34

DOGE is feeding workers' emails into an AI to decide if they should keep their jobs. It's a cruel joke in the service of something much worse.

'AI is in its empire era'

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-is-in-its-empire-era

Published: February 20, 2025 22:39

JD Vance's AI saber-rattling, DOGE's gutting of the government, and Silicon Valley's thirst for growth show how AI has become a tool for consolidating power.

The tech oligarchs and their AI are taking over. Let's fight back.

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-tech-oligarchs-and-their-ai-are

Published: February 18, 2025 17:50

Alright, I’m really doing this thing. Support Blood in the Machine and fearless independent tech journalism.

The federal tech workers facing down DOGE

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-federal-tech-workers-facing-down

Published: February 14, 2025 20:12

What it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign

Why Meta's bleak 'AI vision' is winning out

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-real-reason-metas-bleak-ai-vision

Published: February 12, 2025 01:52

And why OpenAI's position looks more precarious by the day

Government by Grok

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government-by-grok

Published: February 5, 2025 23:37

How and why Elon Musk is trying to automate the federal government

The Critical AI Report, January 2025

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-critical-ai-report-january-2025

Published: February 3, 2025 21:32

Stargate vs DeepSeek, Top AI privacy risks, AI's impact on critical thinking, and more. Read this or get left behind.

The great undermining of the American AI industry

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-undermining-of-the-american

Published: January 28, 2025 00:07

How a Chinese app built by a hedge fund has upended not just Silicon Valley, but an economy increasingly tethered to a story about AI

Elon Musk did the Nazi salute on live TV to prove he could

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-did-a-nazi-salute-on-live

Published: January 21, 2025 21:42

It was a display of power, and a signal: the tech oligarchy is here, and it will do what it wants

Martin Luther King Jr's prescient criticism of technology and power

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/martin-luther-king-jrs-prescient

Published: January 20, 2025 11:47

As the second Trump era begins today, on MLK day, it's a good time to read the civil rights icon's commentary on tech, inequality, and democracy.

The tech oligarchy has been here for years

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-tech-oligarchy-has-been-here

Published: January 17, 2025 20:39

What really drove the rise of Biden's 'tech industrial complex', and how to stop it

The fires are everywhere

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-fires-are-everywhere

Published: January 9, 2025 23:28

On living in an LA in flames, our degraded information ecosystem, and trying to put out fires now and in the future

The year ends with our hammers up

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-year-ends-with-our-hammers-up

Published: December 26, 2024 22:08

My favorite stuff of the year, and a very happy holidays to critical thinkers, workers and luddites everywhere.