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"Builder-ai Collapses: $1.5bn 'AI' Startup Exposed as 'Actually Indians' Pretending to Be Bots" - Vinay Patel, IBT, 02JUN2025
>Builder-ai, the British no-code AI startup that once garnered acclaim for its partnership with Microsoft and secured a $250 million investment led by the Qatar Investment Authority, declared Tuesday that it is initiating bankruptcy protection.
>The company's dramatic decline occurred after a key lender, Viola Credit, withdrew $37 million from its accounts, leaving a mere $5 million in restricted funds and effectively paralysing operations in five nations.
>Bloomberg notes that these allegations initiated a cascade of investor apprehension, internal changes, and an eventual erosion of confidence. Adding to the troubles, Linas Beliūnas, Director of the financial company Zero Hash, recently exposed that Builder-ai lacked true AI, instead utilising a group of Indian developers who were merely pretending to be bots writing code.
https://archive.ph/GiGyX
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>Builder-ai, the British no-code AI startup that once garnered acclaim for its partnership with Microsoft and secured a $250 million investment led by the Qatar Investment Authority, declared Tuesday that it is initiating bankruptcy protection.
>The company's dramatic decline occurred after a key lender, Viola Credit, withdrew $37 million from its accounts, leaving a mere $5 million in restricted funds and effectively paralysing operations in five nations.
>Bloomberg notes that these allegations initiated a cascade of investor apprehension, internal changes, and an eventual erosion of confidence. Adding to the troubles, Linas Beliūnas, Director of the financial company Zero Hash, recently exposed that Builder-ai lacked true AI, instead utilising a group of Indian developers who were merely pretending to be bots writing code.
https://archive.ph/GiGyX
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JUST IN - Trump says Elon "just went CRAZY!"
UPDATE - Elon Musk: "Such an obvious lie. So sad."
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UPDATE - Elon Musk: "Such an obvious lie. So sad."
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The U.S. is calculating potential air battle scenarios with Russia over Europe, according to an analytical report by the Rand Corporation, prepared at the request of the U.S. Air Force.
The report suggests that in the initial days of a conflict, Russia may be able to strike NATO forces. However, the alliance is expected to achieve air superiority over Eastern Europe shortly afterward.
Experts note that neutralizing Russia’s air defense systems would pave the way for active reconnaissance and precision strikes. NATO aircraft could then track enemy movements, identify vulnerabilities, and conduct large-scale attacks on command centers, logistics hubs, and mobile combat units—allowing the alliance to seize the initiative quickly.
At the same time, the report warns that such a conflict could escalate into nuclear war, especially if Russian forces suffer severe losses or if NATO’s actions are perceived as a threat to Russia’s territorial integrity.
The report suggests that in the initial days of a conflict, Russia may be able to strike NATO forces. However, the alliance is expected to achieve air superiority over Eastern Europe shortly afterward.
Experts note that neutralizing Russia’s air defense systems would pave the way for active reconnaissance and precision strikes. NATO aircraft could then track enemy movements, identify vulnerabilities, and conduct large-scale attacks on command centers, logistics hubs, and mobile combat units—allowing the alliance to seize the initiative quickly.
At the same time, the report warns that such a conflict could escalate into nuclear war, especially if Russian forces suffer severe losses or if NATO’s actions are perceived as a threat to Russia’s territorial integrity.
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NEW - Humans are now also blamed for altering the planet's mass distribution and "throwing the Earth's axis out of balance."
https://www.nationalgeographic.de/wissenschaft/2025/06/die-erdachse-verschiebt-sich-und-unser-wasserverbrauch-ist-schuld
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"For over a decade, the federal government has had the authority to conduct border searches of travelers’ personal electronics, including phones, laptops and tablets. In recent years, such inspections have steadily increased, though they happen to only a small portion of people entering the United States."
https://archive.is/2025.05.02-060842/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/technology/personaltech/travel-burner-phone-cbp.html#:~:text=For%20over%20a,the%20United%20States.
https://archive.is/2025.05.02-060842/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/technology/personaltech/travel-burner-phone-cbp.html#:~:text=For%20over%20a,the%20United%20States.
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How to Protect Your Phone While Traveling Abroad - The New York Times
archived 2 May 2025 06:08:42 UTC
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Belligerence Has Consequences
The British are suddenly not celebrating the drone attacks on the Russian airbases now that Russia is showing signs of holding them responsible: Russia has blamed Britain for Ukraine’s devastating drone attacks on its airfields. And it claimed that this country’s alleged role in the strike that destroyed as many as 40 Russian aircraft could […]
https://voxday.net/2025/06/05/belligerence-has-consequences/
The British are suddenly not celebrating the drone attacks on the Russian airbases now that Russia is showing signs of holding them responsible: Russia has blamed Britain for Ukraine’s devastating drone attacks on its airfields. And it claimed that this country’s alleged role in the strike that destroyed as many as 40 Russian aircraft could […]
https://voxday.net/2025/06/05/belligerence-has-consequences/
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WTF?! FBI Director Kash Patel: "My house just got swatted yesterday."
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Forwarded from Today I Learned
TIL that Eisenhower had an alternate speech prepared in case the D-Day invasion failed in which he takes full responsibility for the failure by calling the decision to attack “my decision” and going on to write: “If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."
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The Six Best Doctor Who Episodes of the Tom Baker Era
An unkempt mass of curls, a red long coat and a ludicrously long scarf. When people hear the name Doctor Who, this is the Who they think of.
https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/the-six-best-doctor-who-episodes
An unkempt mass of curls, a red long coat and a ludicrously long scarf. When people hear the name Doctor Who, this is the Who they think of.
https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/the-six-best-doctor-who-episodes
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TIL that so many Chinese women get plastic surgery in South Korea that China now warns them to get a doctor’s note since their appearance no longer matches their passport
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TIL Possession of the Anarchist Cookbook is illegal in the UK and they've sent young men to jail for years over it.
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Today 81 years ago, the largest amphibious invasion in history began along the coast of Normandy, known as D-Day
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Conquest of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan by Spanish conquistador Cortez, 1521. Illustration from the late 1600s
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