@pivic

AI -- a product no one wants except fascist billionaires and petrostate despots, such a dilemma.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/from-bill-gates-to-mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump-dines-with-ai-and-tech-leaders-in-pics/photostory/123715431.cms

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival-uae-s-tech-hub

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/

https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/25/05/45424189/nvidia-amazon-tesla-palantir-among-top-beneficiaries-of-1-trillion-saudi-arabia-ai-push-analyst-says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/

https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-keep-citizens-on-their-best-behavior-2024-9

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/larry_ellison_wants_all_data/

https://cloudwars.com/ai/larry-ellison-and-oracle-beat-microsoft-for-largest-tech-contract-ever-100-billion-openai-stargate-deal/

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-600b-saudi-arabia-investment-deal-2072228

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/may/19/trump-middle-east-ai-deals

https://www.404media.co/larry-ellisons-ai-powered-surveillance-dystopia-is-already-here/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/17/donald-trump-gulf-states-ai

https://www.latintimes.com/oracle-founder-larry-ellison-praises-ai-surveillance-state-video-clip-resurfaced-after-trump-ai-573189

https://qz.com/openai-palantir-anthropic-aws-ai-startups-us-defense-1851693801

@grammargirl

The slaps on the wrist are getting fainter & fainter.

Fines becoming "cost of doing business" payoffs and bribes, instead of a deterrent.

Everyone's copyright theft now has a legal precedent & a threshold. A price point, if you will.
https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/2019/9/10/20857109/facebook-equifax-companies-break-law

https://www.theregreview.org/2020/07/06/lund-sarin-corporate-criminal-punishment-another-cost-doing-business/

https://www.ft.com/content/ba6eb664-b981-42d7-b24a-65e7e19889f8

Corporate crimes are characterized as "misconduct" and not criminal conspiracies as long as you fund Republican campaigns.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-80-billion-in-coporate-fines-can-become-48-billion-in-tax-breaks/

https://inthesetimes.com/article/walmart-corporations-wage-theft-labor-settlements-firms