cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32389216

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Main Topic: The video discusses Huawei's strategy of releasing open-source AI models optimized for its Ascend AI chips and how this approach contrasts with the US's AI strategy, potentially giving China an advantage.

Key Points:

• Huawei's Open Source AI Strategy: Huawei is releasing open-source LLMs (Large Language Models) designed to work optimally with its Ascend AI chips. This aims to drive hardware sales and build a complete AI ecosystem.
• Targeted Approach: Unlike the US focus on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Huawei is focusing on specialized AI models for specific sectors like government, finance, and manufacturing.
• Hardware Optimization: Huawei's strategy involves tightly coupling its AI models with its hardware, allowing for optimized AI solutions.
• Developing Markets: Huawei's approach is likely to resonate well in developing countries where price sensitivity is a key factor.
• US Strategy Critique: The video criticizes the US's focus on attracting investors with buzzwords like AGI, arguing that it leads to less practical and useful AI products.
• Huawei's Hardware Design Philosophy: Huawei designs hardware to function in suboptimal environments, unlike Cisco, which requires clean, cooled server rooms.

Highlights:

• Huawei's open-source strategy is a key measure for its Ascend ecosystem strategy, which aims to accelerate the adoption of AI across various industries.
• The video argues that the US is hyper-focused on investors and not on building products that solve people's problems, while China is focused on building and shipping usable products.
• The speaker believes that Huawei's business proposition of less technically impressive but more focused LLMs tied to their hardware seems more appropriate than what many companies in the United States are doing.

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1. Removed unneeded nsfw tag

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32327554

Video Description:

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Lyrics:

1. Everybody in America fat and gay
2. That's the shit Iranians don’t play
3. Like how they get a whole month, a full 30
4. They got AIDS, they blood dirty
5. Y'all letting kids get a sex change
6. Y'all let the kids treat the schools like a gun range
7. It’s a school shooting every fucking day
8. Don't ban the guns, ban the CIA
9. They the villains, they the bad guys
10. They gave y'all Don Julios and Popeyes
11. Death to all you niggas, the US is a fraud
12. Blaming brown for 9/11, that was y'all
13. Fuck Israel, we'll slide on them again
14. Fuck Israel and all they fucking friends
15. Fuck Israel, today I got the timе
16. Fuck Israel, free Palestine nigga^[[1] https://genius.com/Longbeachgriffy-if-iran-made-a-diss-track-towards-the-united-states-lyrics]

Generated Summary:

Main Topic: The video presents a satirical "diss track" from the perspective of Iran, targeting the United States.

Key Points:

• The lyrics criticize American culture, including perceived issues like obesity, LGBTQ+ rights, school shootings, and the CIA.
• It accuses the US of being a "fraud" and blaming minorities for 9/11.
• The track expresses strong anti-Israel sentiments and support for Palestine.

Highlights:

• The song uses provocative and offensive language to convey its message.
• It touches upon various controversial topics related to US domestic and foreign policy.
• The overall tone is highly critical and antagonistic towards the US and its allies.

About:

Anthony Devon Griffin (born: August 29, 1994 [age 26]), better known online as LongBeachGriffy, is an American YouTuber who uploads short, comedy videos rooted in relatable observational humor. He is currently living in Long Beach, California.

U.K. punk duo Bob Vylan released a statement on Tuesday morning responding to the controversy surrounding their Glastonbury performance over the weekend, in which they led chants of “Death to the IDF” and “Free Palestine.”

“We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people,” they said in a post on social media. “We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine. A machine whose own soldiers were told to use ‘unnecessary lethal force’ against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza.”

“Video footage and audio from Bob Vylan and Kneecap’s performances at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday has been reviewed,” the Avon and Somerset police revealed in a Monday statement. “Following the completion of that assessment process we have decided further enquiries are required and a criminal investigation is now being undertaken.”^[[1] https://archive.ph/pCKQp]

ImagetoText:

NOT THE FIRST. NOT THE LAST.

TODAY, A GOOD MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE A PUNK BAND IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO WORLD PEACE. LAST WEEK IT WAS A PALESTINE PRESSURE GROUP, THE WEEK BEFORE THAT IT WAS ANOTHER BAND.

WE ARE NOT FOR THE DEATH OF JEWS, ARABS OR ANY OTHER RACE OR GRO UP OF PEOPLE. WE ARE FOR THE DISMANTLING OF A VIOLENT MILITARY MACHINE. A MACHINE WHOSE OWN SOLDIERS WERE TOLD TO USE 'UNNECESSARY LETHAL FORCE' AGAINST INNOCENT CIVILIANS WAITING FOR AID. A MACHINE THAT HAS DESTROYED MUCH OF GAZA.

WE, LIKE THOSE IN THE SPOTLIGHT BEFORE US, ARE NOT THE STORY. WE ARE A DISTRACTION FROM THE STORY. AND WHATEVER SANCTIONS WE RECEIVE WILL BE A DISTRACTION.

THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT US TO ASK WHY THEY REMAIN SILENT IN THE FACE OF THIS ATROCITY? TO ASK WHY THEY AREN'T DOING MORE TO STOP THE KILLING? TO FEED THE STARVING?

THE MORE TIME THEY TALK ABOUT BOB VYLAN, THE LESS TIME THEY SPEND ANSWERING FOR THEIR CRIMINAL INACTION.

WE ARE BEING TARGETED FOR SPEAKING UP. WE ARE NOT THE FIRST. WE WILL NOT BE THE LAST. AND IF YOU CARE FOR THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH, WE URGE YOU TO SPEAK UP, TOO.

FREE PALESTINE.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32183144

Generated Summary below:

Video Description:

Iran has just shut off GPS across its territory — and switched to China’s Beidou satellite system. Why now? What does it mean for U.S. dominance in space-based navigation and warfare? In this episode of GVS Deep Dive, Najma Minhas unpacks Iran’s bold strategic pivot — and why it may mark the beginning of the end for America’s global GPS monopoly. From WhatsApp tracking scandals and drone warfare to China’s high-precision Beidou system and Belt & Road integration, this decision carries major military and geopolitical consequences.

Watch till the end to understand: Why GPS was always a tool of U.S. soft power

How the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis pushed China to develop Beidou

What makes Beidou uniquely powerful in battlefield environments

How Iran and the Global South are quietly building independence from Western tech

Will more countries ditch GPS and align with China’s Beidou system?

#GVSDeepDive #Beidou #IranGPS #ChinaTech #Geopolitics #SatelliteWars

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Najma tweets @MinhasNajma

Najma Minhas is Managing Editor, Global Village Space. She has worked with National Economic Research Associates (NERA) in New York, Lehman Brothers in London and Standard Chartered Bank in Pakistan. Before launching GVS, she worked as a consultant with World Bank, and USAID. Najma studied Economics at London School of Economics and International Relations at Columbia University, NewYork. She tweets at @MinhasNajma.

Generated Summary:

Main Topic: Iran's decision to disable GPS across its territory and adopt China's Beidou (Bato) satellite navigation system, and the implications of this shift for U.S. dominance in space and global geopolitics.

Key Points:

• Iran's Shift: Iran has disabled GPS and adopted China's Beidou, a geopolitical statement driven by concerns over cyber warfare, electronic jamming, and dependence on Western-dominated systems.
• Reasons for the Shift:
  • Rising cyber warfare threats and tensions with the US and Israel.
  • Geostrategic alignment with China, which offers technical superiority in some areas.
  • A scandal involving alleged leaks of Iranian officials' locations via WhatsApp and Instagram.
• GPS Origins and Dominance: GPS, built and controlled by the US military, became the backbone of global navigation. The US unlocked high precision for civilian access in 2000, fueling the growth of smartphones, Uber, and precision agriculture.
• China's Beidou as a Competitor: China developed Beidou after realizing its military vulnerability during the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis. Beidou now rivals GPS, with more satellites and ground stations, offering better positioning accuracy in some regions and unique features like short message communication.
• Beidou's Capabilities: Beidou offers high accuracy, anti-jamming protections, and short message communication. It powers over 1.5 billion users daily and is integrated into China's Belt and Road Initiative.
• Implications for Iran: Beidou provides Iran with a secure, independent navigation network, enhancing the precision of its military operations and strengthening its economic resilience under sanctions.
• Future Trends: China aims to make Beidou the world's go-to system by 2035. The US is upgrading its GPS system, but these upgrades offer only moderate improvements.

Highlights:

• Iran's move is not just a tech upgrade but a geopolitical realignment, signaling a shift away from Western digital hegemony.
• Beidou is becoming a first-choice alternative for countries seeking political independence.
• The US Space Force acknowledges that GPS is lagging in updates.
• Beidou's short message communication feature is a unique strategic capability not offered by GPS.
• The video poses the question of whether more countries will follow Iran's lead and adopt Beidou.

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Deep diving into major regional and international issues to drill down an understand the how, why, what and where!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28892504

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19211008

Additional Information about the Song:

1. https://genius.com/Dead-prez-police-state-lyrics
2. https://beatcrave.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-police-state-by-dead-prez/
3. https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/83752/]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28384562

Immortal Technique suggests that the 4th branch of the American Government is the Corporate media and it has been used to corrupt people’s ideology.^[[1] https://genius.com/Immortal-technique-the-4th-branch-lyrics]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31160697

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• Main Topic: The video discusses Palantir Technologies and its increasing role in centralizing and managing US government data, raising concerns about privacy and potential abuse of power.

• Key Points:

  • An executive order in 2025 aimed to eliminate information silos within the government, centralizing data access.
  • Palantir is heavily involved in building databases for government agencies, including immigration enforcement (Doge project), the IRS, CDC and Homeland Security.
  • The speaker draws parallels to the Patriot Act and post-9/11 surveillance expansions, arguing that justifications for data collection often lead to broader applications beyond the initial stated purpose.
  • Concerns are raised about the lack of oversight and potential for misuse of centralized data by Palantir, a private company.
  • The video highlights the historical context of Palantir's founding, linking it to the "Total Information Awareness" initiative and figures like John Poindexter.
  • The speaker emphasizes the irony of a private company now holding the kind of data that caused public outcry when the NSA was revealed to be collecting it.

• Highlights:

  • The Trump administration's motto: "Everyone is converting to Palantir."
  • Palantir's involvement in managing sensitive data across multiple federal agencies, including health and financial information.
  • The connection between Palantir's founders and the "Total Information Awareness" program.
  • The comparison of Palantir's current role to the NSA's controversial data collection practices revealed by Edward Snowden.
  • The video ends with a call for more attention to Palantir's activities and its potential impact on civil liberties.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31151788

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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the 2025 Special Competitive Studies Project AI Expo in DC, and how Max got ejected for filming and attempting to question a few of the war criminals on hand.

#TheGrayzone

Generated Summary:

Main Topic: Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone reports on the Special Competitive Studies Project AI Expo in Washington D.C., highlighting the event's focus on AI and cyber warfare, particularly in relation to China and Israel, and his experience being ejected from the conference for asking critical questions.

Key Points:

• AI Expo Focus: The conference, overseen by Eric Schmidt, brings together AI and cyber warfare contractors, military branches, and intelligence agencies, with a strong emphasis on countering China.
• Israeli and Ukrainian Presence: The Israeli and Ukrainian embassies had prominent booths, with Israel being celebrated for its AI advancements in warfare, specifically the Lavender system.
• Palantir's Role: Palantir, a data analytics company, was a major presence, showcasing its Foundry product, which is being used to centralize data on American citizens.
• Blumenthal's Ejection: Blumenthal was initially warned for filming a reporter questioning Palantir representatives. He was later ejected after questioning former Israeli military intelligence head Amos Yadlin about his role in shaping policies that led to civilian casualties in Gaza.
• Confrontation with "Holocaust Supporter": After questioning Yadlin, Blumenthal was confronted by a woman who claimed to be a Holocaust survivor and accused him of antisemitism. Blumenthal responded by accusing her of supporting a current genocide.
• Lack of Critical Journalism: Blumenthal notes the absence of critical journalists at the conference, with most reporters present being paid by the arms industry to ask softball questions.
• Security Measures: Security at the conference was reportedly concerned about protests and critical questions, discussing measures to vet attendees and search bags.
• Rhombus Power: Another major sponsor, Rhombus Power, was showcasing generative AI that they claimed could predict cataclysmic events, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Highlights:

• Blumenthal's direct confrontation with Amos Yadlin and the woman who accused him of antisemitism, highlighting the hypocrisy of those who weaponize the Holocaust to defend current Israeli policies.
• The description of the AI Expo as a gathering of "AI warlords" and the lack of critical media coverage, underscoring the close relationship between the tech industry, the military, and the arms industry.
• The irony of Palantir, a company focused on restoring control and preventing social unrest, being unable to prevent protests at its own conference.

About Channel:

Independent news and investigative journalism on politics and empire.

Politically conscious artists like the Dead Prez understand that our humanity and culture are being viciously and violently undermined by corrupt forces who try to brainwash us and occupy our hearts and mind with political propaganda. The song “Propaganda” gets to the heart of this problem.

Our economic survival is often cited for the reason we have to endure unjust laws and oppressive individuals and institutions. The corrupt forces in our society will tamper with science and present false data to distort reality and keep the people in line. When propaganda doesn’t keep people from exercising their constitutional right to petition the government with legitimate grievances, violence will be unleashed by the state to subdue them, and those caught in the mayhem employed by a corrupt government will be blamed for the situation they find themselves in.

Mainstream media is contaminated with propaganda. Our school curriculums are contaminated with propaganda. Only when we all have the determination to seek truth, demand truth and share truth can we change our world for the better.

The song helps a listener begin to think about their core beliefs about the world they live in. “Propaganda” challenges a person to look carefully at the motivations of those who keep them informed. It dares people to question the sources of all of the things they know. Once you consider the source, the picture of reality becomes clearer. Once you consider the motivations of the source you will be able to see clearly the distractions used to block the truth from view. Once you begin to look closely at economic interests of people distributing information you will begin to hear all of the linguistic manipulations in their speeches that are designed to make us act against our own interests. Once you realize you are being manipulated for socio-economic and political reasons it will become clear exactly who corrupt forces are targeting for destruction, and why.

Human beings have a lot of lies to sift through to find the truth. The lies being fed to us, to perpetuate the status quo, are in abundance. The Dead Prez close the song by getting us to ask ourselves, what is the purpose of life? Living in a world full of lies generated by fear and hatred are undermining our humanity. Too many people are suffering. We must choose to be champions and defenders of the truth if we truly want all people to live in peace and harmony. We must all be united and committed to making sure anyone who lies to us is exposed by the truth. The lies spread by the status quo are keeping us at war with each other and that is not living.^[[1] https://genius.com/Dead-prez-propaganda-lyrics]

[Bridge]

1. Politicians hide themselves away
2. They only started the war
3. Why should they go out to fight?
4. They leave that all to the poor, yeah
5. Time will tell on their power minds
6. Making war just for fun
7. Treating people just like pawns in chess
8. Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah

As the opening track of the influential Black Sabbath album, Paranoid, “War Pigs” was originally titled “Walpurgis.” Walpurgis Night takes place on the 30th April to mark the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century English missionary to the Frankish Empire. It is also believed to be the night of a witches’ meeting or sabbath. The instrumental outro is entitled, “Luke’s Wall.” It is one of the most-covered songs in history and is frequently ranked among the greatest rock songs of all time.

The song talks about war and—like the hippies—Black Sabbath was totally against it, specifically the Vietnam War (occurring at the time), and although Geezer Butler has stated that:

"['War Pigs' is] totally against the Vietnam War, about how these rich politicians and rich people start all the wars for their benefit and get all the poor people to die for them."

And in an interview with Mojo in 2017:

"Britain was on the verge of being brought into it, there was protests in the street, all kinds of anti-Vietnam things going on. War is the real Satanism. Politicians are the real Satanists. That’s what I was trying to say."

Ozzy Osbourne has said that:

"[The group] knew nothing about Vietnam. It’s just an anti-war song."^[[1] https://genius.com/Black-sabbath-war-pigs-lyrics]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30937134

Lyrics.^[[1] https://genius.com/Lowkey-iraq2chile-martyrs-of-hope-lyrics | https://archive.is/vqRhU]

Lowkey is a rapper and activist of English and Iraqi descent who recently released Soundtrack to the Struggle 2, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2011 album Soundtrack to the Struggle.

Part of the reason for the eight-year hiatus is that Lowkey was primarily focusing on his activism.

Lowkey recently released, “Iraq2Chile (Martyrs of Hope)”, which features vocals from Mai Khalil. Both the video and song highlight the political upheaval and protests that have taken place in Iraq and Chile. It also provides historical context in how neoliberalism has led to these issues while celebrating those who sacrificed their lives for freedom.

Concerning his return to the music he made the following statement in an interview with Vice: “First, I had to ask myself: what is my greatest tool to point out responsibility for things that are happening in the world? I could always feel power operating over me, but I couldn’t always identify where that power was situated.”

“Now that I understand that more clearly — understand that neoliberalism, the dominant economic philosophy of our time, leads to decisions being made on paper which cause huge numbers of deaths, I know my best medium to communicate with people it affects most is music.”

He continued, “There is a broader disenchantment with political orthodoxy than ever before right now. A process of widening democratic participation, of redistributing political power, and economic power, is happening. And if my greatest tool to participate in that process is music, I will use it.”

Lowkey’s music was always political, but his increased awareness that the music is an important extension of his activism has given Lowkey greater motivation in creating new music. He is planning on releasing a new album Soundtrack to the Struggle 3 in 2020 (that will include “Iraq2Chile).^[[2] https://www.ongoinghistoryofprotestsongs.com/2019/11/27/daily-dose-of-protest-iraq2chile-martyrs-of-hope-lowkey-featuring-mai-khalil/ | https://archive.is/UTWqx]

About “Lowkey”:

Lowkey is a Hip-Hop artist and political campaigner. He has worked with Immortal Technique, Wretch 32, Akala, Dead Prez and Outlawz. He is part of the supergroup Mongrel alongside members of the Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, and Reverend And The Makers. The band released their album Better than Heavy in tandem with the Independent newspaper in 2009. 
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His critically acclaimed music has received millions of streams on Spotify, sold over 25k albums digitally, and garnered over 45 million YouTube views. His 2011 independently released album Soundtrack to the Struggle charted #6 in the UK RnB chart, #9 in the UK Indie chart, #14 in the UK Download Chart, and #57 in the UK Albums chart. He was included in MTV Base Best of the Best UK MCs two years in a row. Charting at #10 in 2010 and #7 in 2011. 
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His most recent album Soundtrack to the Struggle 2 features Noam Chomsky, Frankie Boyle, and Ken Loach, and has been streamed millions of times. His forthcoming album promises to break further ground for independent political music.^[[3] https://genius.com/artists/Lowkey/bio]

Live Version:

FYI: Audio is not the best.

Victor Jara - El Derecho De Vivir En Paz | 04:50 | https://youtu.be/GSZ5bC0WIGw

“El Derecho de Vivir en Paz” es la primera canción del disco de mismo nombre del artista chileno Víctor Jara.

Escrita en 1969, “El derecho de vivir en paz” es una canción de protesta contra la sangrienta intervención estadounidense en la guerra de Vietnam.

Muchos consideran a esta pista como una de las canciones de mayor innovación en la obra de Jara, juntando guitarras eléctricas, bajo eléctrico, batería y órgano, pero con un sonido ligado ligado a sus raíces.

A través de los años, la canción fue objeto de varias reversiones, a veces con modificaciones en la letra.^[[1] https://genius.com/Victor-jara-el-derecho-de-vivir-en-paz-lyrics]

English Translation:

The Right to Live in Peace is the first song of the album of the same name by the Chilean artist Victor Jara.

Written in 1969, the right to live in peace is a song protesting against the bloody American intervention in the Vietnam War.

Many consider this track to be one of the most innovation songs in Jara's work, bringing together electric guitars, electric bass, drums and organ, but with a sound linked to its roots.

Over the years, the song was the subject of several reversals, sometimes with modifications to the lyrics.

TIL:

Tag: Nueva canción

nueva canción, a genre of pan-Latin American popular music, best known for propelling a powerful populist political movement—especially in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Cuba—during the 1960s and ’70s. The music’s instrumentation, rhythmic character, melodic structure, and textual form and content have been inspired largely by the region’s rural traditions.^[[2] https://www.britannica.com/art/nueva-cancion]

Nueva canción is a left-wing social movement and musical genre in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, characterized by folk-inspired styles and socially committed lyrics. Nueva canción is widely recognized to have played a profound role in the pro-democracy social upheavals in Portugal, Spain and Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s, and was popular amongst socialist organizations in the region.^[[3] wiki]

Genius Annotation:

1. "Poet Ho Chi Minh" - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam's poet and revolutionary hero.
2. "With genocide and napalm" - The Napalm, a highly flammable gel that is difficult to extinguish, was widely used by the U.S. military against those of North Vietnam and Vietcong in the war that took place between 1955 and 1975. The main goal of their use was to eliminate or reduce the dense jungle foliage that was supposed to cover U.S. enemy troops, and greatly reduced the impact of airstrikes (which were the main weapon in the American country).
3. "Uncle Ho, our song, It's a fire of pure love, It's pigeon callomar, Olive olive grove, It's the universal song; Chain that will make it triumph, The right to live in peace | It's the universal song., Chain that will make it triumph, The right to live in peace - Jara expresses solidarity with the socialist faction of the Vietnamese people and with the efforts of one of its leaders, the "Uncle Ho," who according to the author fights for the right to live in peace. | It could also be an allusion to Uncle Tom, character of Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Uncle Toms Cabin, as is his original English title. The book is a classic of American literature and tells the stories of the underground railway, an organization dedicated to freeing slaves before the abolition of slavery. The parallel makes Ho Chi Minh look like an emancipator.