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The big tech defectors you’re not hearing about

Brian Merchant · 23 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Tech workers who speak out about harms AI companies are causing now get far less media attention than those who warn of future AI catastrophe.

    Their wordsThose workers get invited onto primetime news shows and weeks of high-profile media coverage. And yet, those who've protested, resigned, or been fired for speaking up about the harms these companies are causing right now are given nowhere near the same treatment.

  2. Our reading

    AI companies are already helping to automate and facilitate mass death in wars such as those in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, so the harm does not need to be speculated about.

    Their wordsthe AI companies are currently, as we speak, helping to automate, abet and facilitate mass death in Iran, Gaza, and Ukraine. We don't have to speculate about some horrible future tragedy; the tech companies are directly involved in those tragedies, today.

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