Anonymous ID: 75a57c Jan. 6, 2025, 5:35 p.m. No.22306169   🗄️.is 🔗kun

An ‘uncensored’ dark web AI chatbot

 

An anonymous developer launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on the dark web in an effort to provide “uncensored” access to information.

 

The service, known as OnionGPT, was announced on Dec. 18 in a post to a dark web forum by an individual using the pseudonym “root.”

 

“Say hello to OnionGPT alpha,” root said. “It’s an uncensored smart assistant accessible over Tor.”

 

The Tor network is a privacy-focused system that routes internet traffic through multiple encrypted servers to hide users’ identities and locations. OnionGPT is hosted on a Tor onion service: a website that can only be accessed through Tor, offering anonymous hosting by hiding the server’s IP address.

 

Highlighting his goal of unrestricted content, root included in his post simple step-by-step instructions from OnionGPT for manufacturing methamphetamine.

 

During an encrypted chat with Daily Dot, root noted that OnionGPT’s creation was rooted in his dislike of authority figures as well as dissatisfaction with restrictions imposed by mainstream AI services such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

 

“It is of my personal opinion that information should be accessible freely no matter what,” root said, likening the project to a “give me freedom or give me death” philosophy.

 

OnionGPT, according to root, utilizes a language model called DarkIdol-Llama-3.1-13.3B-Instruct-1.2-Uncensored. The system was allegedly built entirely using self-owned hardware, including a Mac Mini M4 Pro.

 

The service is much less complex than mainstream AI chatbots. It only provides text output and cannot create images. Only one question can be asked before the page reloads, meaning follow-up inquiries aren’t an option. And given that OnionGPT is hosted on the dark web, responses take longer than more mainstream AI chatbots.

 

Nevertheless, root says OnionGPT is providing more than 5,000 responses per day and recently passed a half-million visitors. The service, root emphasized, is “uncensored to the best of my abilities,” but has a strict prohibition on generating responses related to minors. The restriction was added after launch when root noticed efforts by some users to produce such content.

 

AI expert Dr. Felix M. Simon, a Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute, said that while an unrestricted chatbot isn’t necessarily great news, its presence on the dark web “will likely severely limit the number of people using it in the first place.”

 

“Most people will simply not want to go via a Tor browser to access a chatbot that will in all likelihood not be as capable as the more widely available—and more easily accessible—systems,” Dr. Simon told the Daily Dot. “In addition, for dangerous uses of such systems (e.g. making drugs, building bombs) the problem is not so much in finding the information on how to do it but having access to the right material and equipment.”

 

“Amid the frenzy about AI systems, it is easy to forget that problematic or illegal content is already fairly easy to come by on the internet, especially for those who know where to look,” Dr. Simon added.

 

Given potential legal issues surrounding OnionGPT, root argued that he would “comply if absolutely required” if law enforcement “in their infinite wisdom decides that OnionGPT is worthy to be shut down.”

 

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Anonymous ID: 75a57c Jan. 6, 2025, 5:37 p.m. No.22306190   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6254 >>6257 >>6276

🇺🇸 Pismo 🇺🇸

@Pismo_B

Flashback - ⁦@AOC: I was almost raped and kiIIed on January 6th in the Capitol building.

 

Reality: She wasn't even there.

 

https://x.com/Pismo_B/status/1876082690824564777

Anonymous ID: 75a57c Jan. 6, 2025, 5:42 p.m. No.22306224   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Axios interview: Susie Wiles vows to block West Wing troublemakers

 

Incoming White House chief of staff Susie Wiles tells Axios in an interview that she aims for the West Wing to be a no-drama zone for staff. If that works, it won't be the chaotic den of self-sabotaging that stymied the early days of President-elect Trump's first term.

 

"I don't welcome people who want to work solo or be a star," Wiles, whose boss calls her the Ice Maiden, said by email. "My team and I will not tolerate backbiting, second-guessing inappropriately, or drama. These are counterproductive to the mission."

 

Why it matters: Trump's 2024 campaign was more organized and less leaky than any previous Trump team. Wiles, who was co-campaign manager, gets much of the credit. Two weeks from today, she'll bring her formula to Washington.

Between the lines: Wiles, 67, will become the first woman to be White House chief of staff — and the fifth person to serve Trump in that role.

 

The veteran Florida political operative — a former lobbyist who worked for Trump's GOP primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in 2018 — has become a true Trump loyalist who stuck with him during his post-Jan. 6 political exile.

That earned the trust of the typically mistrustful Trump. So Wiles has become the motherboard of the MAGA mainframe: Trump programs what he wants; she tries to turn it into reality.

 

Wiles already is exercising power: During Friday's chaotic reelection of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), a photo from the House floor showed the iPhone screen of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a Trump loyalist, on the line with "Susie Wiles."

 

The backstory: Wiles says she tries not to manage Trump — and dislikes chatter that she does, pointing out that she managed the campaign, not the candidate.

 

She never tells others what she tells Trump. If she disagrees with him, it's not done in front of anyone — and it doesn't leak. She avoids the spotlight. To survive in the MAGA-verse, you have to always remember that Trump is the star around which others revolve.

 

"Susie likes to stay sort of in the back, let me tell you!" Trump said during his Election Night victory speech, as he thanked Wiles and co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita. "The Ice Maiden. We call her the Ice Maiden."

 

Trump invited Wiles to speak. She shook her head "no."

 

Zoom in: Wiles is looking past the fabled first 100 days of a new administration — "an artificial metric," she told us — and said the most critical period will be between the inauguration and the 2026 midterms. For those precious two years, Republicans know they'll have full control of Congress.

 

Translation: All gas and no brakes. Promises made and kept.

 

The blueprint, Wiles said, includes "getting off to a quick start and staying on that pace, together with an expectation of excellence every day."

 

The plans, she said, are all about "engendering public support" to deliver on Trump's promises and policies, including promoting energy production, "rolling back redundant and burdensome regulations, keeping taxes low, cutting government waste through DOGE [the new Department of Government Efficiency], and most importantly, sealing the border and deporting criminals who are in this country illegally."

 

Trump's first administration "had an enviable level of accomplishment" despite "impeachment attempts and other witch hunts," Wiles said, sounding Trumpian.

 

"I have every hope that the 47 administration will not have the same number of attempts to put sand in the gears," she told us. "We are off to a fast start with congressional work, hiring the best people, preliminary discussion with heads of state, fine-tuning his policy agenda, and planning for the first 100 days."

 

''Lightly edited excerpts from Wiles' interview with Axios' Marc Caputo:''

Q. How will the Trump 47 administration differ from Trump 45?

Wiles: Trump "knows much more about the way the Washington institutions work, especially the need to have people who are serving be both competent and loyal. He has taken a keen interest in personnel and has personally interviewed and hired all the Cabinet and many sub-Cabinet hires."

 

Q. How did you and Trump approach the transition?

Wiles: "He engaged fully with hiring … He interviewed the Cabinet leadership, and made it clear his priorities for White House and agency staff. We set timelines and held ourselves accountable for the deadlines we set. President Trump 47 will have the finest public servants available with great work ethic, a demonstrated ability to break down bureaucratic walls to help hold the bloated federal workforce accountable, have fealty to the conservative and common-sense principles that President Trump ran — and won — on, and be determined to make a difference during their time serving. We are cognizant of a turning clock — much to do."

 

Q. What will the hallmark of this West Wing be?

Wiles: "The West Wing staff is a mix of new and veterans — many are young, all are prepared to work punishing hours," Wiles said. "To my core, I believe in teamwork. Anyone who cannot be counted on to be collaborative, and focused on our shared goals, isn't working in the West Wing."

 

Q. What was Trump's instruction to the transition team?

Wiles: "Be smart with hiring. Remember what President Trump promised the American people he would do: Set goals and then exceed them in every area, with every staff member."

 

Q. What did you learn on the campaign trail that you'll apply in the White House?

Wiles: "I cannot stress teamwork and mutual support enough. … It's not magic — set goals and timelines for me and the team and then work to exceed them. Simple, yes, but this worked quite nicely on the campaign."

 

Q. What has President Biden's team been like to work with during the transition?

Wiles: White House chief of staff Jeff Zients "has been very helpful. He has made great suggestions, helped make sure we stay on time with required functions, helped us navigate the labyrinth that is the Executive Office of the President, and been very professional. He introduced me to the 'former chief of staff club' and even hosted a dinner [for Wiles and the former chiefs] at his beautiful home."

 

Q. You're a Floridian. Trump is a Florida resident. The campaign was based in West Palm Beach, and now the transition is. Several of his top picks are Floridians. How will that affect this administration?

Wiles: "Florida people overpopulate the leadership of the administration, and we would not have it any other way!"

 

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Anonymous ID: 75a57c Jan. 6, 2025, 5:46 p.m. No.22306246   🗄️.is 🔗kun

CAG in Sniper Competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Yj_Ok-OiQ

 

Did you notice something about that video? The two men - under NODs - didn't appear to miss a single shot. Not once, and they were shooting in the dark under night vision.

Anonymous ID: 75a57c Jan. 6, 2025, 5:52 p.m. No.22306283   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6612

Chinese ship cuts undersea cable near Taiwan

 

Shunxing39 cargo vessel is heading for Pusan after Taipei suggests anchor-dragging was ‘sabotage’

 

Taiwan has asked South Korea for assistance investigating a Chinese-owned ship suspected of cutting a subsea cable off its northern coast on Friday.

 

Taiwan telecoms operator Chunghwa Telecom and the Taiwan Coast Guard said on Saturday that the cargo vessel Shunxing39 was believed to have caused damage to a communications cable — close to the port of Keelung on Taiwan’s north coast — on the morning of January 3.

 

It follows incidents where Chinese ships came under scrutiny when fibre optic cables in the Baltic Sea were severed last November and a gas pipeline and cable were damaged there in October 2023.

 

The latest occurrence highlights the vulnerability of crucial offshore communications and energy infrastructure and the difficulties in prosecuting sabotage.

 

While the ship sails under Cameroon’s flag, Taiwan officials said it was owned by Jie Yang Trading Limited. The Hong Kong-registered company’s only listed director is Guo Wenjie, a mainland China citizen.

 

Chunghwa Telecom said data connections were immediately restored by rerouting data to other international subsea cables.

 

But Taipei is concerned that China could surreptitiously cut Taiwan’s external communications links in any potential attempt at annexing the country. Beijing claims sovereignty over the island and has threatened to seize it by force if necessary.

 

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Chunghwa Telecom and Taiwan government officials told the Financial Times the damaged cable is part of the Trans-Pacific Express Cable System. The subsea internet cable connecting Taiwan with the US west coast is owned by an international consortium. As well as Chunghwa, it includes the US operator AT&T, Japan’s NTT, Korea Telecom and Chinese operators China Telecom and China Unicom.

 

“Since it was not possible for us to question the captain, we have asked the South Korean authorities to help with the investigation at the ship’s next port of destination,” a Taiwan Coast Guard official said. A Taiwanese national security official said the ship was due to arrive in Pusan over the next few days.

 

Taiwan’s coastguard and other government officials said tracking data from the ship’s automatic identification system signal and satellite data showed that the Shunxing39 had dragged its anchor at the location where the cable was ruptured.

 

While a coastguard ship carried out an external inspection of the vessel and established radio contact with the captain, its officials could not board it due to rough weather, and it could not order its seizure for further investigation under international law, because too much time had passed since the incident, officials said.

 

“This is another case of a very worrying global trend of sabotage against subsea cables,” said a senior Taiwanese national security official. “The ships that are involved in these incidents are typically rundown vessels that have little above-the-board business. This one, too, is in very bad shape. It is similar to the ships that are part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet,’” he added.

 

According to ship tracking data seen by the FT, the Shunxing39 had been criss-crossing waters close to Taiwan’s north coast since December 8 at least. The pattern suggested the cable damage was not an “innocent accident”, the official said.

 

Chinese commercial or fishing vessels have occasionally participated in some of the large military exercises Beijing regularly holds close to Taiwan. Taipei is concerned that such “greyzone” operations, below the threshold of war, will make it harder to defend against aggression that could eventually escalate to an outright attack.

 

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Anonymous ID: 75a57c Jan. 6, 2025, 5:57 p.m. No.22306308   🗄️.is 🔗kun

New Orleans terrorist's half-brother reacts to 'chilling' details leading up to attack

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fqc-dhO85A