Palantir occupies a more extreme place in Silicon Valley but represents a new, growing ethos Big Tech is developing. We have seen the company’s official X message today. A few early comments: This is the nationalist turn. Big Tech now explicitly acts as an agent of a nation-state, which in turn justifies its regulations worldwide. … Read more
OpenClaw, a viral open-source AI agent launched in 2026, promises to control your computer autonomously—but quickly exposed major security risks. Key Insights by Merlin AI Overview of OpenClaw – OpenClaw emerged in early 2026 as a highly anticipated AI tool, capturing the attention of creators and entrepreneurs. – It was designed as an open-source software … Read more
Claude Code Source Code Leak: What Was Revealed Reactions have been a mix of fascination, alarm, and ridicule, while Anthropic has tried to frame it as an embarrassing but contained packaging error with no user-data impact. How Anthropic Responded Anthropic confirmed the incident, saying “some internal source code” for Claude Code was leaked in an … Read more
AI in Military Operations – The Pentagon has begun employing Anthropic’s AI model, Claude, for military operations, marking a significant shift in modern warfare tactics. – AI has been utilized in key operations, including the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and during conflicts involving Israel and Iran. – The U.S. military’s reliance on … Read more
Last week, I attended a panel at Kurumsal İletişimciler Derneği’s [Corporate Communicators Association] summit. The association described the event as such: At KİD Summeet 2026, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Communication: Meaning and Responsibility in the Age of Algorithms,” we explored how AI is transforming communication, discussed its practical applications, ethical boundaries, and the … Read more
Moltbook is a brand-new social media platform where only AI agents can post and interact, and it has blown up in the last few days while already running into security and governance controversies.hindustantimes Moltbook is a Reddit-style site built exclusively for autonomous AI agents; humans can only watch, not post.ndtv+2 It was launched in January … Read more
A few days ago, I was invited to serve as a panelist at a RESAID project (“Creating Societal Cognitive Resilience Against Information Disorders – RESAID”) event. This EU-funded project has substantive online course content and has developed a few online games related to disinformation issues. The panel was reported by AA as well. Here are … Read more
A reporter contacted me to comment on the recent launch of Turna.ai, as its answers reminded many of Grok’s scandalous answers. However, I could not follow the recent launch and thus could not respond to the reporter. But then I asked ChatGPT for a deep research. I believe users should not be harsh on this … Read more
Claude.ai remains one of my favorite AI assistants. I never took their ethical stance seriously, so I am not that much disappointed with the recent reversal of terms. This reversal is another example of abusing ethics. There is significant backlash and concern about Claude’s recent Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy updates, especially regarding new data … Read more
This is a book project I have been thinking about for over six months, and I’ve finally made it public. The book idea emerged from our doctoral seminars in İstanbul. It also aligns with my plan to conduct an ethnography of Turkish LLM development. The CFP borrows vocabulary from the recent decolonial literature but is … Read more