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Mastodon user questions Linux Foundation, draws parallels to 1930s industry cover-ups

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A user on Mastodon is questioning the Linux Foundation's response to a situation, referencing a link to the Linux kernel mailing list. In a separate post, the same user draws a parallel between companies in the 1930s and current LLM developers, suggesting that LLM developers' claims of AI being "just a tool" ignore political implications, similar to historical industry cover-ups. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of two unrelated Mastodon posts from the same user, one questioning the Linux Foundation and the other making a tangential comparison between LLM developers and historical industry cover-ups. Neither post constitutes significant news.

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Mastodon user questions Linux Foundation, draws parallels to 1930s industry cover-ups

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    still wondering when the Linux foundation will respond: https:// lore.kernel.org/lkml/e12330b9- [email protected]/T/ (They're CC'ed at one

    still wondering when the Linux foundation will respond: https:// lore.kernel.org/lkml/e12330b9- [email protected]/T/ (They're CC'ed at one point) # ai # genai # noai # ensloppification # sloppening # ensloppification # linux # foss # floss # opensource

    LINKS lore.kernel.org/…/T lore.kernel.org/…/e12330b9-
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    companies in the 1930s: https:// confrontpower.org/asbestos-ind ustry-cover-up-in-documents/ LLM devs: "AI is just a tool, now stop bringing politics into free

    companies in the 1930s: https:// confrontpower.org/asbestos-ind ustry-cover-up-in-documents/ LLM devs: "AI is just a tool, now stop bringing politics into free software" (is this too much of a stretch?) # ai # genai # noai # slop # sloppening # ensloppification # foss # floss # o…

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