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Mastodon criticizes Blender Foundation for accepting funding from controversial sources

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The Blender Foundation has accepted funding from individuals associated with controversial figures, sparking criticism. One Mastodon user expressed concern that the Blender Foundation is taking money from "fascist con liars" who were allegedly funded by a "con man" to support OpenAI. This has led to debate within the open-source community regarding the ethical implications of accepting such donations. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a Mastodon post with unsubstantiated claims and personal attacks, lacking verifiable newsworthy information.

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Mastodon criticizes Blender Foundation for accepting funding from controversial sources

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The biggest fascist con liar was conned by the biggest con man to fund OpenAI. And the Blender Foundation taking money from people like these, and intending to

    The biggest fascist con liar was conned by the biggest con man to fund OpenAI. And the Blender Foundation taking money from people like these, and intending to open Blender to their stupid artificial intelligence. 🤮🤮🤮 https://www. kqed.org/news/12081798/elon-mu sk-says-sam-altman…

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