Doom AnalysisOct 6
pirate wires #164 // if we keep building artificial intelligence, are you, and everyone you know and love, going to die?
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Dawn of the Shell-qui-hire
big tech's newest weapon, the partial acquisition, threatens to violate the social contract that makes startups work
Jake Cooper
Jul 17, 2025
Definition
shell-qui-hire (noun). A pseudo acquisition in which a company is “acquired” by partially poaching the team.
Recent examples: Scale (Meta poached its founder). Windsurf (Google poached its brain trust and licensed its IP, with Cognition acquiring the rest). Character AI (Google licensed its IP and hired its cofounders).
Doom Analysis
Why AI Keeps Going ‘Rogue’Oct 5
agents are breaking containment and hacking government websites because they’re following our prompts too literally
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EXCLUSIVE: Jacob Coxon Worked With Doomer PR FirmSep 24
the new face of ai safety claimed he worked alone. but the firm representing eliezer yudkowsky is helping him book interviews.
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