We launched our AI program at HRF in early 2025 Our first move was asking @Justin Moon to join us He denied knowing anything about AI but thankfully agreed to join us and has been the perfect leader for this initiative We started to film a bit here and there as we began launching a few initiatives and experiences around helping dissidents embrace AI as a tool for freedom. Towards the end of 2025 and especially in January of this year, the tools grew shockingly good to the point that non-technical people could start creating very powerful things very quickly We didn't know WHAT exactly would happen next, but planned to film as much of our work as possible from January to June and then release a mini-doc about the experience Here it is... and it has exceeded our wildest expectations This short video traces the evolution of a simple idea (that AI should be a tool of freedom) into what is now a powerful product (an interface where the world's top dissidents can use versatile and staggeringly-effective personal agents to superscale their work, and critically, they can do this without the inference provider being able to spy on them) Very thankful for everyone involved especially Justin... and Skyler and Paul and Austin and Brandon (the Finite team, they create the activist learning experience "Agent Camp" as well as the Finite AI product itself)... and Rod Roudi at the AI Freedom Lab (Rod produces the AI Hack for Freedom event series)... and Scott at Cultivator Labs (his team captured and directed this film)... and many others including Jack and Miles and team at Block who are truly showing us what is possible with organizations and AI. And of course all the amazing human rights defenders and allies like the Reynolds Foundation who have journeyed with us on the adventure. It has been fun and honestly exhilarating at times but I feel very confident predicting that the big fun still lies ahead 🤖 🚀

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Powerful talk from one of the last voices willing to speak up in El Salvador

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I have been red-light therapy pilled by friends Can’t recommend more highly for injuries

Happy to be quoted in my friend Rainey’s new book about financial censorship Bits on the war on cash and the blocksize war made it in :)

Feel pretty good about my prediction

So sick and tired of the zcash people

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10 new grants from HRF’s AI for Individual Rights Fund 🚀

Is Bitcoin the biggest peaceful protest in history? I was honored to take the main stage in Vegas with three human rights champions to talk about their remarkable lives (two peacefully toppled notorious dictators, the third won her father's freedom from a dictator) and how they have integrated Bitcoin into their work

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Phish at the Sphere: An engineering marvel A 250-foot tall full surround LED screen, the highest-resolution one on earth, joined by a 400,000 pound sound-system. $2.3 billion spent to make the greatest, most technologically-advanced concert possible Now add a band that has been playing together for more than 40 years and has achieved near-telepathic communication Totally pushing the limits of creativity We had so much fun My 40th show 🫶 Pro-tip: go

See you on 4/25 🫡 🐠 🔮

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Announcing the AI Hack for Freedom 2.0 in Nashville, TN on May 9-10 9 world famous activists, with tens of millions of followers, armed with the latest AI tools, will team up with elite open-source devs to build the tech they desperately need $50k in prizes, paid out in BTC There are a few dev spots still open First event was killer in Austin TX in January — and so much has happened since, the tools are so much more powerful Apply today! aihackforfreedom.org/apply

Spotted in the yard Cozy fam #birdsofnostr

A day in the life of Bitcoin’s 17th year: ✅ $1.4 trillion, 90-year-old firm releases new BTC product ✅ Energy exporter demands payment in BTC ✅ NYT still can’t figure out who Satoshi is ✅ Fortune 500 company rolling out BTC payments for 4M merchants How we doing fam?

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