AI Startup Launches Campaign To Exploit Humans, Ethically
Contrary to what Scale's 7-figure ad campaign claims, the company's ethos is anything but “centering humans.”
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AI Startup Launches Campaign To Exploit Humans, Ethically
Contrary to what Scale's 7-figure ad campaign claims, the company's ethos is anything but “centering humans.”
The Book Your Tech Boss Doesn't Want You to Read
In Against Tech Oligarchy, two leading labor organizers chronicle the past decade’s tech worker movement.
SF's Tech Right Debates the Ideal Dictator
Putrid vibes reigned at SF billionaire-funded Hamilton Society debate.
Cleaning Up Poop: The Human Labor Behind Waymo
Human feces isn’t even the nastiest thing they’ve found in the backseat.
Beware the Genre of Criti-Hype: Two Documentaries about AI
Is it hype or is it Kool-Aid? “Ghost in the Machine” succeeds where “The AI Doc” fails.
How a Waymo Delivered Its Teenage Passengers to the Police
Buzzballs, Orbeez, and Big Tech’s love affair with law enforcement
Amid Wave of Tech Layoffs, Google Workers Organize for Job Security
"We are the frogs realizing the pot has been boiling the whole time": Google workers talk job security, internal culture shift, and building the union.
AI Slop Startups Like “Delve” Will Never Beat the Fraud Allegations
Tech Billboard Decoder: Buzzy San Francisco-based startup Delve promises ‘AI-native compliance,’ turns out to be a house of cards.
SF Educators Win Protections Against AI, but Tech Expansion Continues
There’s money behind AI in SF schools. Striking teachers don’t want it taking jobs.
Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia
Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.
Tech Billboard Decoder: The Great Tech Vibe Shift
Tech companies used to portray themselves as do-gooders. But as Palantir's new billboard suggests, their commitment to domination was there all along.
Oakland Public Safety Committee Votes Down $2.25 Million Flock Expansion
Despite its lip-service to progressive politics, Oakland City Council was poised to advance a proposal to expand its Flock surveillance network.