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How This Blog’s Palantir Investigation Predicted Congressional Alarm On June 17, 2025, ten Democratic lawmakers led by Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent a formal letter to Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp, demanding answers about the company’s expanding federal contracts and what they described as a government-wide “mega-database” containing sensitive American taxpayer information. The letter raised serious concerns about potential Privacy Act violations and the creation of surveillance infrastructure that could be used to “spy on and target political enemies.” It cited over $113 million in new federal contracts under the current administration and warned that Palantir employees embedded at the IRS were helping create “a single, searchable database” of taxpayer records that would likely be shared throughout the government. ...

Ideas in Motion: When AI Meets Art, Meaning, and the Future of Human Expression Hosted by: CASHE x NY AI (Joint Event) Date: Friday, June 6, 2025, 8:30 PM Format: Online Discussion Host: Tone Fonseca This was the third in a series exploring the intersection of AI, creativity, and meaning-making—building on previous conversations about “The Origins of Art” and “AGI: What, When, How…and Are We Ready?” What emerged was a thoughtful exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of creativity, consciousness, and what it means to be human in an age of thinking machines. ...

The Future of AI Agents: Deep Insights from NYC’s Agentic AI Meetup Hosted by: NYC AI from Scratch Mastermind Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:00-9:00 PM EST Speaker: Dr. Daniel Barulli Location: Online What happens when you give AI systems the ability to use tools, reason through complex problems, and autonomously pursue multi-step goals? Dr. Daniel Barulli took us on a fascinating journey through the rapidly evolving world of agentic AI, demonstrating how these systems are already transforming research, productivity, and our understanding of what artificial intelligence can accomplish. ...

I never bought into the Mark Zuckerberg hype. Sure, Facebook was huge, but let’s be honest—the guy struck me as socially clueless from day one. He got really lucky with an idea and timing that built his early social media fortune, but that doesn’t make him a visionary. It makes him someone who caught lightning in a bottle once. Here’s the thing that’s always bothered me: how did someone so fundamentally unsuited for leadership end up defining what social media standards should be for the entire world? ...

I recently attended a fascinating discussion forum hosted by CASHE and the New York Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group that tackled some of the most profound questions about AI, consciousness, and humanity’s future. The conversation brought together diverse perspectives on topics that sit at the intersection of technology, philosophy, and existential risk. The Central Question: Can AI Be Truly Conscious? The discussion opened with what many consider the fundamental question of our technological age: Could an artificial system ever truly be conscious, or are we destined to create only sophisticated imitations? ...

I logged into a Google Meet expecting the usual tech meetup optimism. What I found instead was something more sobering—a virtual room full of AI researchers, engineers, and enthusiasts genuinely wrestling with whether we’re prepared for what’s coming next. The New York Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group hosted an in-depth virtual seminar on AGI—“AGI: What, When, How…and Are We Ready?"—and the conversations that emerged were both fascinating and unsettling. Here’s what stuck with me from that evening online. ...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how quickly AI is advancing, and I keep coming back to the same question: Are we really prepared for what’s coming? Not just technically, but economically and socially? Last month, I spent some time diving into Thomas Kuhn’s concept of paradigm shifts—those moments when our fundamental understanding of something completely transforms. The more I read about AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), the more convinced I am that we’re standing at the edge of exactly this kind of transformation in economics. And honestly? It’s both fascinating and terrifying. ...

Is Your Business Prepared for Today’s Cybersecurity Threats? Verizon has released its 18th annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), analyzing 22,052 security incidents, including 12,195 confirmed data breaches1. This comprehensive analysis reveals critical trends that every business should understand to better protect their data and operations. What keeps other CEOs up at night? Read on to discover the most pressing cybersecurity threats of 2025. You can download the full 2025 DBIR report from Verizon’s website. ...

The Battle of the Brains: How OpenAI and Anthropic Are Shaping AI in 2025 Ever wondered what’s happening at the cutting edge of AI right now? I’ve been on a journey to discover the real differences between today’s top AI assistants, and I’m excited to share what I’ve learned with you. If you’ve been following tech news, you’ve probably heard about large language models (LLMs) from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These powerful AI systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and they’re changing how we work, create, and solve problems. ...

This article is way more heavily written by AI than most content on this site. Usually I’m the one doing the writing, but I’m using AI as an assistant. In this one, this article is mostly the output of a learning experiment to create a team of agents that would research, write, correct, and optimize an article based on a topic prompt. This one was written by OpenAI GPT-4o based agents. How New US Tariffs Are Shaking Up the Tech Industry in 2025 Thinking about upgrading your phone or laptop anytime soon? You might want to hold off; at least until the latest wave of US tariffs settles in. And even if you’re not planning a purchase, these changes could still hit where it counts: your wallet, your cloud storage, even your upgrade timeline. ...