"group of anonymous residents" says it all. But remember NIMBY's, no data centers, no internet can't have one with out the other.
This will all blow over, when/if the right people receive their $$$$. It is pay up or drop the project.
When nonprofit lawyers are involved it is usually a shake down. That is how today's NGO's and nonprofits work.

Anthropic file confidential ipo information. Knowing that, take everything else coming out of the company accordingly.

"as soon as one develops a self-improving AI" Well! to get there one of the AI companies needs to develop Artificial Intelligence first.
But on the flip side, the automation they currently sell as AI works great for weaponization. None of that ethics, honor or morals stuff to worry about, just sensor tripped at location X Fire!

in their daily lives, the more dependent, helpless and dumber they will become. But then that might be the goal.

rise and repeat!

BS the technical people I know do side stuff to scratch and itch. Not to pad a resume.

As they build out their massive automation machines.
It remains to be seen if the users can afford the Automation as a Service that these companies are trying to sell.
Everything these AI companies have at this point, is heavy on the Artificial part and completely lacking even a hint of the Intelligence part.

I am not going to get into this one or that one is best.
There are several that work. I think most people prefer what they are familiar with.
The main point over all is, the internet with a good script blocker is radically better than running without one.

So your telling me that no one @ Meta corporate leadership or IT asked the question "What if someone asks our AI to hack us?" now that is amazing!
It would be #1 on my list!

I use script blocker -> I use a script blocker

I use script blocker and it is amazing what commercial sites allow to run on their sites. 10-20-30 or more 3rd party libraries doing god knows what.
Even if they were checked out in the beginning they can get changed at any time and no one would be the wiser.
If your site requires anything beyond what is @ (your-domain.xyz) my first question to myself is "Do I really need to figure this out" and most often the answer is No. And I am gone.

And if you need to relay any information you make a note(for yourself) or talk it over(development group).
But if you are a programmer, the truth is, a programs code is the documentation. And you read/compile/run/tweak the code and that tells you what you need to know.
I have walked into projects blind where the client had the executables. Along with what they thought was the developers source but no one could get anything to compile.
It was like archeology and walking into a failing project as an outside contractor often is.

Funny! "The smarter the phone, the dumber the user."

Today's AI is being used as (ad placement automation). What I see is the info I am looking for buried in the supposed AI return. So I avoid it where ever I can.
Just think! Coming next is, Our AI Search subscription is just x per month.

Sure glad I'm in the automation business and not the AI business.