Elon Musk Hates Lupita Nyong'o; Meta Is Erasing Queer Accounts; AI Is Penalizing Women - NEWS ROUNDUP

About this episode

The episode discusses various tech and internet stories, including Elon Musk's reaction to Lupita Nyong'o's casting and issues surrounding AI and surveillance.

There Are No Girls on the Internet is a weekly podcast hosted by Bridget Todd. Every week, we break down the tech and internet stories that deserve more attention — especially when they're about AI, power, gender, race, and who actually gets hurt when systems fail. This week: Elon Musk using a Hollywood casting decision to push white nationalist conspiracy theories. The government is surveilling people who oppose data centers as potential terrorists. The DOJ is going after a billionaire who helped fund E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump. And researchers who study online hate speech being threatened with deportation. If that sounds like your thing — Apple Podcasts | Spotify | and come back every week. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE WATCHING THIS WEEK:  🔗  Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is partnering with Jared Leto — a man with nine sexual abuse allegations — to scan people's eyeballs.  Altman's company World has already been banned in multiple countries for exploiting people in impoverished nations for their biometric data. Now it's partnering with Jared Leto — who has nine sexual abuse allegations against him, including behavior…

People in this episode

Host: Bridget Todd

Topics covered

• AI
• gender
• race
• online hate speech
• surveillance
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• Elon Musk
• Lupita Nyong'o
• AI
• surveillance
• online hate speech
• E. Jean Carroll
• Jared Leto
• OpenAI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Meta, DOJ, World

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