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GOOGLE AND THE GENOCIDE

In 2021 Google signed a $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, Project Nimbus. In 2024 they sacked 50 employees for protesting the contract over concerns company technology was being used to target Palestinians for murder by the…
AI OVERVIEW

Small addition to a Google AI Overview advert featuring some genuine responses that have been given by this ‘service’. “AI” is a problem looking for a solution it can make more complicated. Nobody wants this stuff inserted into every crevice of their digital lives. LLMs have some limited use cases sure, but no “inevitable” revolutionary technology in history has required this level of foisting on the public. It’s very reminiscent of Meta’s long-running ad campaign for its multi-billion dollar VR Metaverse, which would fantasise about ways in which it might be useful or popular, one day! If it was that useful I would be using it, and big tech wouldn’t feel the need to shove it down my throat and hit me over the head with their pipe dreams about how these products could one day be useful and even profitable.
