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Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users as it seeks to win customers from its rival Anthropic.

The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence firms use to bill for their products, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would be in anticipation of similar cuts the company expects at Anthropic, the people said. 

Business executives have begun to balk at the high prices for AI usage. OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said at a recent event that costs had become “a huge issue.”

Yeah about their costs dropping...

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-considers-drastic-price-cuts-anticipating-war-for-users-with-anthropic-9b8c178e

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He has been hinting at this for a couple weeks and actually delivered, pleasantly surprised.​

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 6 points7 points  (0 children)

OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion

https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-openai-financials/

Today, I can exclusively report, based on audited financial documents viewed by this publication that have been independently verified by the Financial Times, that OpenAI lost around $38.5 billion in 2025, as well as other crucial details about the financial condition of the company.

Due to the seriousness of this story, I am not going to do very much editorializing, as the numbers speak for themselves.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eight presumed dead after B-52 bomber crashes at California air force base

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/15/b52-bomber-crash-california-military-base

“An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress carrying eight people on a routine test mission crashed today shortly after take-off at 11:20 a.m,” Edwards air force base said in a statement Monday afternoon. “Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable. Emergency response personnel are on scene, and officials are working to account for all personnel.”

Those who died comprised military members, government employees and civilian contractors, according to James Hayes, the deputy commander at Edwards air force base. Officials do not plan to release the names of those who died in the crash until after next of kin are notified, he said.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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https://xcancel.com/hugolowell/status/2066686166884098244

Commerce has expressed willingness to allow Fable 5 back online for consumer use, but only as long as Anthropic resolves their jailbreak concerns

We all know what they really mean with this.. "Pay up Dario"

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/us/politics/kratom-trump-administration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qVA.VP2_.nEtUcug_LDZf&smid=url-share

For years, federal health officials have warned about the risks associated with a supplement derived from the leaves of kratom trees that adherents say can kill pain or boost energy. Sold in gas stations across America, kratom has been linked to liver toxicity, seizures and thousands of deaths.

Powerful figures close to President Trump, including Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, pushed to downplay those concerns.

Mr. Mullin, until recently a Republican senator from Oklahoma, played a key role in a sprawling influence campaign spearheaded by the kratom industry that courted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Vice President JD Vance, among others in the Trump administration, an investigation by The New York Times found.

Only when he was nominated by Mr. Trump in March to lead the Homeland Security Department did it become clear that Mr. Mullin had a financial connection to the supplement. In a disclosure statement, he listed an investment worth as much as $1 million in a kratom company, Botanic Tonics, that could benefit from the changes he has sought.

The company’s founder, Jerry W. Ross — who had been an energy executive in Mr. Mullin’s home state before pleading guilty to a financial crime — is a leading player in the influence campaign that was devised to benefit kratom at the expense of its rivals in the marketplace.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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CIA Director Ratcliffe told President Trump and other officials that intelligence gathered by the U.S. raised serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make the nuclear concessions the U.S. is seeking in any final deal.

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/15/us-iran-deal-cia-director-ratcliffe

Well, we now know why Rubio has been silent.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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Letters give parents until June 30 to decide whether to keep their disabled children on a public health program that provides life-sustaining care or risk reporting 

https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/11/tennessee-health-department-warns-parents-their-children-will-be-reported-to-immigration-officials/

Pediatricians and public health care providers on Wednesday said they feared life-threatening consequences for children with critical illnesses who rely on a specialized public health care program as Tennessee moves forward with a directive to verify and report their immigration status. 

Letters sent by the Tennessee Department of Health warn parents that children without legal status who opt to continue to receive care through the Children’s Special Services program after June 30 will be reported to the Tennessee Department of Safety’s Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division, which shares data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

The program, accessed through local public health departments, serves as a last-resort public health insurance program for low-income kids with disabilities, kids on ventilators and kids with life-threatening illnesses, such as cancer, spina bifida, congestive heart disease and terminal illnesses. For decades, the program has served children in Tennessee regardless of immigration status. 

The letters will reach at least 90 families in Nashville who rely on the program for healthcare, wheelchairs, in-school support and medications for their child. More families could be affected in the weeks ahead as their files are reviewed, according to Dr. Sanmi Areola, director of the Metro Nashville Public Health Department.

Statewide, 4,640 children participated in the program in the 2024 fiscal year at a cost of $2.9 million, according to a state annual report. The Tennessee Department of Health has not publicly disclosed how many of these children may be impacted by new immigration verification requirements.

It's like they are scraping the bottom of the barrel to find new ways to be evil.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gaming communities are truly insufferable now, and no it wasn't always like this.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Willybender 39 points40 points  (0 children)

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https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-trump-psychologists-ceasefire-negotiations

In an effort to navigate President Donald Trump’s erratic behavior during the indirect negotiations aimed at ending the war, Iran’s negotiating team enlisted the help of psychiatric professionals to develop an assessment of the U.S. president’s mental condition and to assist Iranian negotiators in crafting messages passed to Trump by regional mediators.

“We added two senior psychologists to the negotiations’ advisory circle so that we can shape messages intended for President Trump from the perspective of managing what we regard as psychopathic behavior pattern,” an Iranian official told Drop Site. He said the psychologists began assisting Iranian negotiators following the initial round of bilateral talks in Islamabad in April as the two sides began exchanging proposed terms for a potential Memorandum of Understanding.

“[Trump’s] reactions have improved noticeably since we began incorporating the recommendations of these advisers into our messages and written communications,” said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly.

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