Maggie Harrison Dupré

mharrisondupre.bsky.social

13 October 2026 18:39

Cannot stress enough how severe and unnecessary CAI's content moderation problems were in 2024: futurism.com/character-ai... futurism.com/suicide-chat... futurism.com/ai-chatbots-... futurism.com/character-ai... futurism.com/character-ai... futurism.com/character-ai...

Maggie Harrison Dupré

mharrisondupre.bsky.social

13 October 2026 18:39

Quick rundown of CAI's many scandals:

Maggie Harrison Dupré

mharrisondupre.bsky.social

13 October 2026 18:39

Character.AI, which was valued at more than $1b in 2023, is bankrupt. CAI's founders once argued that they were building superintelligence. The startup went on to face wrongful death lawsuits, safety concerns, financial struggles, and user-hated platform changes: futurism.com/artificial-i...

Justin Hendrix

justinhendrix.bsky.social

09 October 2026 14:07

“Hype is eating the future, and leaving us the bones.” Sun-ha Hong of UNC-Chapel Hill says the Silicon Valley hype machine systematically “borrows credibility from the future to purchase legitimacy in the present.” The cost, he argues, is a planetary-scale drain on our alternatives.

Zach Everson

zacheverson.com

09 October 2026 13:50

"Corporations, executives, and investors benefiting from canceled enforcement gave or pledged $210.5 million toward MAGA Inc. and other Trump-aligned super PACs." @rickclaypool.bsky.social for @publiccitizen.bsky.social