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Thursday January 22nd, 2026

Mental illness and LLMs Dan Lyke / comment 0

Man Who Had Managed Mental Illness Effectively for Years Says ChatGPT Sent Him Into Hospitalization for Psychosis

"They straight up took my data and used it against me to capture me further and make me even more delusional."

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff calls out AI models as 'suicide coaches'

In three public appearances, the executive of San Francisco’s largest tech company used the phrase “suicide coach” to describe the chatbot from Character.AI — a Menlo Park startup sued by multiple families over their children’s mental health crises. Benioff discussed the issue with TV interviewers from CNBC and Bloomberg, then on stage with President Donald Trump’s AI czar David Sacks. Calling out the United States’ failure to regulate social media, the CEO advocated for new accountability measures aimed at chatbot companies.

Looking at replacements for our Ring Dan Lyke / comment 0

Looking at replacements for our Ring cameras. Everything else looks like running a bunch of new wire (POE for Ubiquiti), is just cheap (Wyze, already tried them), and the consumery ones are likely to go the "sell out to the cops" direction anyway. Sigh.

Wednesday January 21st, 2026

LinkedIn spam subject line Youre Dan Lyke / comment 0

LinkedIn spam subject line: "You're invited: Learn how AI can give you an edge"

So... "an edge", huh? You're sending this to people you don't think are very sharp, then.


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