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Happy Halloween! Would love more of F is for Frankenstein! 🧟‍♂️

a continuation of 1

Twelve hours later JARVIS has brought him up to speed on what was clearly the weirdest week of his life, the fabrication units are working on a better container for his corpse than the damn suit, and they’ve identified nearly a hundred ways that this plan isn’t going to work.

JARVIS isn’t deterred.

One of the advantages of being a synthetic person is that he can’t feel exhaustion physically, although this whole experience has confirmed that he can feel it mentally. The downside to this is that he doesn’t have any sort of natural que to alert him to the passage of time.

Which means he doesn’t have any idea how long it’s been until it occurs him to check and he frowns. There’s something not quite right, besides the obvious. “Did you – shouldn’t I have gotten some calls or something by now? What did you tell them?”

It’s been almost twenty four hours since he died. Even with the clean up from a massive alien invasion to see too, he’s sort of expected someone to reach out to him. Agent Coulson is such a stickler for timely debriefs –

Ah. He was such a stickler for timely debriefs. Tony isn’t the only one that hadn’t gotten out of this mess alive.

“Sir has received eighty nine assorted calls and texts from Miss Potts, fifty three from Colonel Rhodes, one hundred and twelve from Mr. Hogan, and seventeen from various SHIELD personnel. Two of those are from Director Fury personally. There have been close to a thousand from various news and media companies, but those have been ignored and deleted per Sir’s standing orders.”

It’s amazing how well he’s able to synthesize and interpret emotion. He’d installed a rudimentary AI into – well, himself, he guesses, and that combined with the memory dump is really exceeding all of his expectations. He knows this because he’s appalled. “JARVIS! What the hell? If we’re going to convince the world I’m not dead, we have to talk to people!”

“Is that what we’re going to do?” JARVIS asks.

There’s steel in his voice, a warning buried in there. TONY’s heard that tone before but never, ever directed at him.

Except it’s not. Jarvis would never talk to Tony Stark like that, but he’s not Tony Stark. He’s just one more robot and AI for Jarvis to corral, although sophistication wise he’s several steps ahead of his helper bots. Except he might not be, because not even Butterfingers would be dumb enough to agree to something like this.

“It’s not going to work,” he says harshly, because it isn’t. “But yeah, I guess that’s what we’re going to do.”

“Calling Miss Potts,” JARVIS says promptly, and Jesus, that’s not what he meant at all.

“Don’t,” he hisses, but of course it’s too late and Pepper picks up immediately.

“Tony?” she asks, voice shaky and hoarse and faint. She’s been crying. She’s been crying hard enough that it’s stolen her voice and he knows Jarvis was focused on other things, but he could have at least sent her a text. “Are you okay? Where are you?”

He breathes and then leans over, elbows on his knees and his face in his hands. He doesn’t even have an omelette to hide behind this time. He knows he’s dead and he’s seriously considering the idea that this is hell.

“Tony?” she repeats, voice going up several notches in the way he hates. She’s afraid. He hates when she’s afraid.

He forces him mouth to move, forces words pass his lips. “Hey, Pep.”

“Oh god, Tony,” she says and then there are tears again. He wishes he could hold her, could kiss her tears away and could fold his arms around her delicate shoulder and tuck her beneath his chin, keeping her safe and keeping her close. Except he can’t do any of that, because he’s not Tony Stark. “Tony, Tony – you left so quickly and we couldn’t find you and no one’s been able to get in contact with you and JARVIS is offline in the tower and – where are you? Are you okay? I watched you fly that bomb into the portal, and,” she has to cut herself off to try and keep from crying again.  

You watched me die, he thinks, although he obviously doesn’t say it. “Hey, breathe for me, okay? Deep calming breaths, I know you have a lot experience with those around me-”

“Don’t tell me to breathe!” she snaps. “Where are you, Tony? What’s going on?”

He hesitates. They haven’t discussed this, and they really should have before JARVIS put that call through. Unless this is a test, and wow, his AI are such assholes. That old curse about having kids that are just like you is making more sense by the second.

“Something happened to my memory,” he says, which is probably the only true thing he’ll be able to tell her and will hopefully cover the gaps of things that JARVIS couldn’t tell him. “I got here and passed out and I just woke up and I panicked and I don’t – I saw space, and the – the aliens, which is so weird to say Pepper, I need you to fully appreciate how weird that is, but my head is killing me and nothing makes sense. The last memory I have on Earth is us running final checks on the clean energy prototype.”

He's a terrible person. Or, well, a terrible android. Whatever.

“Where is here?” she presses, her voice softening and strengthening both. It’s always so much easier for her get her bearings when she’s the one taking care of him, which is probably why she’s always so steady. She’s always taking care of him. “Where are you, Tony?”

There’s no getting around this one. Jarvis probably won’t be happy about it, but TONY isn’t really happy with him right now either. “Malibu. I’m at the Malibu house. Sorry, I don’t know why I came here – I mean, I really don’t, I was blacked out for most of it. Give me a couple hours for everything to stop spinning and I’ll head back to New York. Wait, are you still in New York? You were going have to leave early for that thing after we tested the prototype-”

“I am in New York now,” she says, almost sounding calm. “Do not fly the suit if things are spinning Tony, I swear to god.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine, just a little spinning, you’re so dramatic-”

“Tony!” she interrupts, but the hitch in her voice is laughter instead of tears. “God, Tony. I’m so glad you’re okay. I love you, so, so much.”

If there is a hell for androids, that’s where he’s going.

“Yeah,” he says, “I’m glad you’re okay too, Pep.” He can’t say it but he has to say it because Tony would say it, because Tony loves saying it, because he loves her so much that it sits heavier on his chest than the arc reactor ever could. “I love you too.”

He stares at his hands for a long time after the call ends. His fingerprints are Tony’s, of course, and his hair is Tony’s and his memories are Tony’s and this feeling that he wants to call love belongs to Tony too. None of it is his.

Well, except the guilt. That’s definitely his.

“Incoming call from Colonel Rhodes,” JARVIS announces.

“Answer it,” he says. Why is he so damn tired? He’ll have to run a diagnostic on his processors later.

There’s nothing but harsh breathing down the line, filling every corner of the workshop. TONY thinks, maybe a little hysterically, that it’s the only breathing happening here. He’s designed to mimic it, but it’s nothing besides that, mimicry. “Hi Papa Bear, how are things?”

The heavy breathing stops, for so long that TONY wonders if they got disconnected, then Rhodey bites out, “I’m going to kill you, Tony! I’m too damn old for this, you can’t keep giving me heart attacks every time I take my eyes off you!”

Too late. Tony’s already dead.

“You’re only two years older than me,” he says. “If it weren’t for me, you would have been the youngest freshman at MIT. Besides, a heart attack or two is character building, I’ve had like. Seven. Ish.”

“Reminding me how many times you’ve almost died is not your smartest move right now,” Rhodey says. “Tell me you’re okay.”

It’s a demand, an order, firm and unyielding like he’s one of Rhodey’s underlings. Except that Tony was giving orders way before Rhodey was, with the whole running his own multi-billion dollar business thing, and that tone of voice has never worked on him. Still, he says, “I’m okay.”

“Tony,” he says warningly, clearly not believing him, which is fair enough. He is lying.

TONY sighs, hanging his head like he can stretch the tension out of him, but that’s not how things work anymore. He’s vibranium and silicone and some other interesting materials and all his tension is mental. “Sour patch, I’m fine. Okay? Confused as all hell, but I’m okay. I’m sorry I worried you. I really didn’t mean to.”

“You never mean to,” Rhodey says, but his voice has softened and lowered. It sounds like he’s holding the phone even closer. “You almost never mean to.”

“It’s just difficult, is the thing, because you’re a little prone to worrying, a worrywart, as your mother might say-”

“My mother worries more about you than me and always has even though I used to be only one us getting blown up,” he says.

TONY pauses, considering. “Well, she is a smart lady.”

“Damn straight,” he agrees. “Pepper says you’re in Malibu. I can be there in two hours.”

“No!” he shouts, then winces. His eyes skitter over to the suit holding Tony’s body. They need a plan and that plan can’t involve Rhodey being here in two hours. “Don’t. Stay with Pepper. Please.”

“She’s fine,” Rhodey retorts. “You-”

“I’m fine,” he interrupts. “I’m fine, she’s fine, we’re both fine, except she’s in the city that was recently invaded by murderous aliens and I’m not and I have a suit of armor with repulsor technology and she doesn’t, so. Stay with her. Please.”

The silence drags on then Rhodey lets out an aggravated sigh. “Fine. But get your ass over here and if you miss another call from either of us I’m heading over, no matter what you say.”

“Sir yes sir,” he says.

He expects Rhodey to hang up on him then, but he lingers, nothing but his real, non synthetic breathing on the other end. “You really scared me this time. I saw the news reports and then we couldn’t find you-”

“Hey,” he says softly. A bomb and Tony disappearing and Rhodey unable to anything about it. Tony wasn’t the only one of them that had nightmares after Afghanistan. Neither of them had ever been particularly good at sleeping, but it was nearly impossible those months after, when he and Rhodey were fighting and Tony was hiding Iron Man and they still crawled into the same bed because Rhodey got frantic if he reached out in the middle of the night and found the bed empty. Which he often would, considering how much time Tony was spending in his workshop.

They shared a bed more after Afghanistan than before it. Rhodey had been willing to risk the paparazzi and exposure if his other option was staring up at his ceiling and having a panic attack about Tony being gone. Tony had been bitter about that, which certainly hadn’t helped their fight about weapons manufacturing any.

Pepper’s nightmares had been easier. She’d only been his assistant and friend at the time, after all. She would call him at two or three or four in the morning – or all three – and have some sort of urgent question or something for him to sign and he just went along with it because she just needed to hear his voice to fall back asleep and he’d learned after the first teary voicemail and alert from JARVIS that when he didn’t pick up, her vitals were out of acceptable range, per the prototype StarkWatch on her wrist.

It wasn’t until after they got together that she told him she actually drove to his house most nights and called him from her car rather than her bed. Just in case he didn’t answer, which wasn’t logical and didn’t make any sense at all but Pepper hadn’t pretended it had.

They’d all gone a little crazy, after Gulmira, but they’d settled.

But this is going to bring it all bubbling up and if TONY doesn’t figure out a way to reassure them then they’re going to want to stick close to him like they had before and he can’t let them do that. He can’t keep up pretending to be Tony forever and it’s going to be either Pepper or Rhodey who figures it out. He doesn’t need to help that process along at all.

Except that since they watched Tony fly a nuke into space and then hadn’t heard from him in two days, that’s basically impossible. The fact that it wasn’t three months and from their perspective he’s actually fine is going to help, but the level of damage control he’s capable of here is fairly minimal.

Still, he has to try.

“Honey,” he says, making his voice soft and warm like Tony only does when they’re alone. He doesn’t know where Rhodey is now, if he’s somewhere private, but he doesn’t hang up or stop him. All the stupid nicknames were fun and genuinely affectionate but they were also cover for the times that Tony slipped and called him something he shouldn’t, a little too genuine and not quite kitsch enough to pass muster. “Love, it’s okay. I got my head knocked around some, that’s all. And because I freaked out and ended up on the wrong side of the country, I need you in New York, doing what I can’t. That’s all. I’ll be there soon.”

If there’s a hell for androids, TONY is going there and the hellfire will be hot enough to melt his vibranium core, which, you know, is going to the be least of what he deserves.

“I love you,” Rhodey says. TONY closes his eyes. “You know that, right, baby? I do.”

It’s a bad, bad sign that Rhodey is the one using pet names, especially over the phone. “I know. Of course I know. I’ve always known.”

Over two decades of secrets and hiding and fooling around with women he didn’t give a shit about, before Pepper, and through every lonely, angry, desperately sad moment of it, Tony had known that Rhodey loved him. He wouldn’t have put up with that shit for anything less.

Tony died knowing that Rhodey loved him. TONY is sure of it. It’s the worst sort of cold comfort and he’s glad that he can’t offer it.

“I love you,” TONY echoes, because Tony’s been saying it for twenty six years and there’s no good reason for him to stop now.

Except that Tony is dead. He’ll never tell Rhodey that he loves him again.

One day Rhodey and Pepper will find out that the truth and know that while they heard Tony’s voice telling them what they needed to hear, while they let relief nudge out the fear, Tony was dead and cold and gone.

He hates this. This wasn’t what he was programmed for.

This isn’t what Tony would have wanted. But until he can convince JARVIS of that, they’re all stuck in this hell of the AI’s making.

[riflesniper]

now that i've got BOTH of these designs out of the way, i may have been cookin with @2-eeillustration lately to get my goobers in da return_0 zone...

agent green, a mellow transhuman bot with a friendly presence who mostly does S&R, lost media retrieval and scouting missions for the golden circle. however, if the situation calls for it, he's a great sharpshooter and excels at melee combat. you'll often catch him being danced around by the younger agents who like him or gauging how to woo men that are more in his maturity range. will NOT put gold on his uniform aside from the circle keychain.

AI magnus; pragmatic, kind and patient. he appears rather innocuous at first (aside from the strange visor) but is actually a massive quantum supercomputer piloted by his formerly human consciousness; his true body is a huge bunker dug deep somewhere in the geologically stable canadian shield. he lets the AI CAMEO point him to where his obscenely strong quantum hacking prowess is needed.

[1000plants]

You Don't Know

Steve Rogers x reader (GN)

Summary: Steve Rogers pretentious “know it all” attitude is getting on your last nerves. And he doesn't seem to know what to do about it. 

Warnings- Mentions of blood, therapy, nightmares, reader is pissed off (whoops!)

Word count- 3k

Authors Note- heyyyy this is based off a prompt by @/deactivated263973973 from a C.AI bot (I don't promote the use of AI bots in writing, I merely used it as a starting off point for this fic. If I could go back and fully re-do this intro, I completely would. DONT USE AI DONT BE LIKE ME FROM WHEN I WROTE THIS INTRO!!! -🌿 6/1/25)

Please ignore my shitty writing, im still getting used to writing in the second person “you” tense. First chapter in series, hope u enjoy xoxo

Chapter 1/?

Series Masterlist

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You always thought being the new recruit for the Avengers would’ve been a dream—saving the world, working with some of the smartest people in the world. Going from being some nobody S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who was basically fodder during the more intense missions, to being a goddamn Avenger… Dream come true, honestly.

But you didn’t expect Steve Rogers to take a disliking to you.

Or to also take a dislike to the spangled man himself.

“Do you ever listen to me?” Steve’s harsh words ping-ponged around your skull annoyingly, only frustrating you further when you snapped back to the moment and met his gaze. “Reset your stance—we’re not done sparring, kid.”

You almost had half the mind to glare at him, huffing as you blinked a few times. The insult of “kid” is not lost on you. Your brain is distracted with a hundred other things other than sparring with Captain Smartass. It was a rookie mistake to let your mind wander during training, but you were tired from practice and just wanted to hide away for a little bit. You sniffed as you wiped your nose with the back of your hand, feeling the familiar drainage of either a runny nose or a bloody one. Yeah… a little blood, but not as bad as it could be.

"yea yea yeah, I got it, Rogers." You grunted, shaking out your hands before getting back into a fighting stance. Steve was tired, but not nearly as tired as you were. His blue shirt was tight against his body, making his muscles seem even more pronounced than they already were. You weren't half bad yourself, you'd argue if anyone asked. You just weren't pumped full of super soldier serum…

“You’re distracted.” He snorts, dropping his hands slightly as his icy eyes scrutinize your body and form. “You’ve been distracted all day.” 

The corner of his mouth twitched—as if he was holding himself back from saying something he shouldn’t. Which, that alone would've pissed you off. Of course, Steve was your superior, your leader, so he knew better than to say most of the things that popped in and out of his mind. Though, that didn't mean he didn’t say dumb shit.

“What’s the issue, kid?” He took a few steps toward you, eyeing you up and down. “You don’t look like you slept.”

"Piss off about my sleep schedule, Capsicle--" You grimaced, lunging forward with a low punch. You were hoping, for once, to catch Steve off guard. But god today just wasn't your day. You've landed maybe one solid hit on him in the past hour you've been sparring with the soldier. In all honesty, the very last thing you wanted was to hear Mr. Perfect nag about your shitty sleep habits. The man needed, like, two hours a night and could still function just fine… It wasn't your fault you needed at least 9!

“Don’t call me “Capsicle”,” Steve shot you a glare—only for his expression to soften ever-so-slightly when he realized how you genuinely weren't in a fun mood.

He caught your punch easily in one of his hands, but you had caught him off guard in one aspect, and that was the fact that you were able to move as quickly as you had.

“That, right there,” Steve gestured to your fist still in his large hand. “You can pack a punch when you want to…”

He raised a brow. “So, what’s holding you back?”

And, OH!!!, that condescending gesture was enough to nearly make you spit tacks!

You ripped your hand out of his grasp, you were tired from working out all day. Steve seemed hell bent on giving you double the work this morning. He had said something about “maximizing your potential”... why couldn't you maximize with Tony, Clint, or Natasha? The man wouldn't say.

You exhaled deeply from your nose, convincing yourself that lashing out would just make everything worse. You ran your tongue over your lower lip, feeling the blood pumping through your veins from adrenaline. To keep yourself busy, and to avoid his self-righteous stare, you turn your back to Steve for a moment, "I've got a meeting with Dr. Raynor soon, alright?"

You obviously weren't happy about this meeting. The therapist was anything but calming and comforting. Dr. Raynor always seemed to psychoanalyze you to the point that you would squirm... so, yeah, you've been a little off your game today.

Today just wasn't your day… you burnt your microwavable oatmeal, Bucky drank the last of the orange juice, Steve made you train all day, and your phone charger broke… AND you had fucking therapy. You told Fury and Raynor and Steve and even some old SHIELD friends a hundred times over that you didn't need therapy… none of them believed you. Though, some told you that more nicely than others.

Steve’s expression darkened at the mere mention of Dr. Raynor. That woman was the only person who got on his nerves as much as you did lately. He fully believed it was good for you and Bucky to talk to someone, and she was the only person who could handle both of your hardheaded natures… But she'd always give vague reports to Steve on your progress.

Nothing that ever broke doctor/patient confidentiality, but enough that he knew you made jackshit progress with her.

“I know that your meetings with Raynor make you anxious. I’m not stupid.” He mumbled, his gaze not softening from earlier. “But you can’t let a 60 minute meeting distract you all day, kid.”

Steve huffed out a sigh—almost a little agitated sounding. He pushed a few strands of his sweat drenched hair from his eyes. 

"I don't get anxious, Spangles," You grunt, his tone doing nothing to soothe your soured mood. You fidget with the wraps around your hands for a moment, deciding if the little bit of nosebleed on it was reason enough to swap them, "And it's not distracting me."

You really didn't want another one of his self-righteous speeches about being well balanced and the importance of self improvement. You wanted to wipe the smug and condescending look from his face. So you turned back to face him, locking eyes with him as you suck in a deep breath

You got back into a fighting stance, hands up and ready as you sway slightly on the balls of your feet "You're on the offensive," you told him, zeroing in on his face. His stupidly perfect face. GOD you wanted to just-- well, SOMETHING! Punch.. Yeah, you wanted to punch him so damn bad.

Steve’s expression tightened—almost in annoyance—as he stared you down. “Yes it is, kid,” he shot you a frustrated look. “You forget I can see right through that bullshit facade you put up. You’re a lot like Bucky—you don’t like being vulnerable or showing anyone you’re uncomfortable; you try to mask your emotions with sarcasm or a bad attitude.”

He let out a humorless laugh, his eyes glued to you as he got into his own fighting stance. “It doesn’t work on me, rookie.”

He looked almost unbothered, running his tongue over his teeth as his nostrils flared slightly. There was a single bead of sweat that trickled down the side of his face, stopping momentarily at the curve of his cheekbone.

"I'm not like Bucky." You reply with a humorless laugh, slowly circling Steve. Your shoes making the plastic-y mat squeak slightly

"We just happen to go to the same therapist once a week," You weakly retorted. Yeah... it wasn't even convincing you. 

Sure, you weren't as tortured as Bucky had been. But your nightmares were just as bad. And the only people who knew about your nightmares were Bucky and Dr. Raynor. And you really really wanted to keep it that way.

What were the nightmares, exactly? Well, just the classics. Y'know, guilt from killing people, even if it was Satan himself… still made ya feel a bit bad. That, and carrying out tasks as an Agent that were the less than admirable jobs. Quick assassinations, breaking bones, blowing up buildings. It, in all honesty, was the noises that haunted you.

Steve watched your slow, calculated steps as you circled him, that familiar sense of tension between you growing as the moments passed.

He noticed how your muscles tensed; the way you swallowed, almost nervously. Steve was no fool—he remembered how you used to act before those stupid appointments. You were worse, if it was even possible. Though, it might've just been towards him… you never had these attitude problems with Bucky, Tony, Nat… ANYONE!

“Right,” he mumbled dryly before lunging forward, his fist aiming for your shoulder. “You two are totally not alike.”

The blow hit you in the shoulder, sending you stumbling back against the thick mat of the training room. It wasn't even a hard jab, honestly, it was a little embarrassing that it hit you. Maybe (and you'd never tell him this) Steve was right… you were a bit distracted

You growled at how quickly he still managed to catch you off guard. You quickly right yourself swinging your leg at his head. In a swift motion. 

And, just to rub salt in the wound, Steve dodged your leg, grabbing it between his arm and torso before you were able to do any damage. He could’ve taken you down right there, but that wouldn’t make watching you get angry with him any less satisfying.

“You need to focus, rookie,” Steve’s eyes flicked up from your leg to your face, watching your expression closely. “You’re fighting with anger, not skill.”

You frustratedly scoffed. You tried to wiggle your leg free, but to no avail.

"I'm focused!" You sighed, your face scrunching as you swiftly used your trapped leg to your advantage. You jumped up and used your other leg to wrap around the back of his neck. Your sudden weight on one half of his upper body caused him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

“Hey—“ Steve’s body hit the floor hard, letting out a strangled exhale as your figure managed to send him to the ground. He let go of your leg so he could throw his arms out to brace the fall.

You tried to hold him in a headlock, using your body weight to hold him awkwardly to the ground. Your calf was behind his neck, but you were basically sitting on his chest.

You were about to roll off of him to get up when you looked down at him, noticing how exactly he was pinned down.

Your heart rate immediately picked up, watching his face flush and grimace as your thighs basically smother his torso. You swallowed, mouth suddenly dry. You clenched your jaw, an impassive expression on your face. 

You weren't used to being in this position with him. He usually swept you to the floor, or had you in a head lock… but you getting him? That was an accomplishment!

"Pinned ya," You breathlessly replied, a twinge of frustration still lingering in your voice, though it was more heavily dripping with a smug pride. You had a cocky smirk on your face that you finally bested him after a whole morning of sparring.

You patted his arm twice, untangling your legs from his neck and shoulders as you stood up and walked towards your water bottle.

Steve laid on the ground, staring up at the ceiling as he processed what just happened. His face felt hotter than it had been all morning; the way you were sitting on him… how you smugly smiled at him, mouth parted just slightly as you caught your breath…

He pushed himself up from the ground, his heart still beating a little faster than usual. He swiveled his head to look at you, you seemed completely unbothered now, though he knew better than that.

Steve stood up, scoffing as he walked over to you beside your water bottle.

“Cheating,” Steve’s voice was a lot raspier than he wanted it to be, his arms crossed over his expansive chest. “That was cheating, kid.”

"You grabbed my leg," You retort, exhaling through your nose with a slight laugh. You take another swig of water, the cold liquid made your head spin slight from how hot the rest of your body felt.

You take a quick glance at the clock, tuning out Steve's comments about form and training. Why he was able to grab your leg, but you couldn't do that. Mhm… he just seemed salty, you thought.

Oh… well, shit.

"I gotta go," You sigh, cutting him off. It was 4pm, you didn't want to keep fighting, and you definitely didn't want to go to therapy.... but if you skipped another session you were fairly certain Dr. Raynor would track you down. Probably force you to do more of those self reflection sheets that she loved to give as homework. The last time you didn't complete one, she tasked Bucky with getting you to finish it… the flashbacks to doing math homework with your parents after school had come back in full force that day!

Steve crossed his muscled arms over his chest, raising a brow at you. Watching you glance at the time made his stomach uneasy; you had that look in your eyes that made him worry he'd get a call in a few hours that you had for some reason, skipped a session!

“Yes, to therapy, “ he mumbled with a pointed look, watching you finish your water. “You… don’t have to be so nervous about these appointments.”

He knew why you had a tendency to keep pushing your session back, just like he knew why Bucky did the same thing when he started going. Feeling like it was useless, unnecessary, and downright banal.

"I'm not nervous. I just think it's dumb," You grumble, waving off his comment. You sighed, your face softening slightly. You glanced at the clock, then to the door, then to the sparring mat... you were trying to stall.

You notice how Steve had been watching your every move intently, picking apart every little movement you made. He wasn’t the Captain for no reason—he was observant.

And he definitely noticed how you kept changing the conversation and looking anywhere but at him. You wern't exactly subtle.

“It’s not dumb.” Steve stepped closer to you, his arms still crossed as his gaze honed in on your darting eyes. “Do you not realize how much good therapy has done for Bucky?”

"Yeah," You day with a scoff, turning back to look at Steve. The laugh falling from your lips like venom. 

"Now Bucky just has nightmares quietly instead of waking up the whole tower," You tell him in a mockingly condescending voice, scrunching your nose slightly to hammer home your point. 

But, Steve wasn't having any of that. He clenched his jaw—but not in anger. Steve knew why you were being a smart ass, he’d seen it happen with Bucky hundreds of times.

You and Bucky were a lot more alike than you’d like to admit… Like siblings, you and Bucky would bicker and poke at each other. It was rarely in true anger, after he learned you also went to Raynor, the arguing became playful and harmless.

“You’re acting like a child.” He retorted, stepping even closer to you, almost towering over you as he loomed over you. “Therapy is good for you. I don’t know why you keep refusing to see that.”

"If it's so good why do only Bucky and I go?" You confront, grabbing your bag and slinging it over your shoulder. It thumped against your back with a hollow sound, knocking the last bit of wind out of you.

"The moment you, Tony, Nat, or, hell, Clint goes to therapy then you can lecture me." You firmly state, holding back the slight cough that was bubbling. Your expression had fallen into something unreadable, your jaw tense as you moved towards the door. You just wanted to quickly get out of the gym, leave NOW.

Though, Steve was faster. He reached out and grabbed your upper arm, his large hand easily completely wrapping around it. His grip was firm, unyielding. He was gonna talk to you and talk NOW.

“You mean Tony, the man who’s an alcoholic and struggles with PTSD? or Natasha, who is a literal assassin? or Clint, who lost his whole damn hearing because of some alien?”

His voice was firm and frustrated as he listed off your teammates. “They all need therapy too. They’re not as stubborn as you.”

"Then send them to Raynor!" You snip back, sharply turning around to look at Steve. You were mad, but it was more of a cooled off agitated instead of a white hot anger. Steve was seeming less and less like the suave Captain America you knew, and more like the world's most annoying punching bag.

"The fact that only Bucky and I have to go once -- sometimes three times-- a week is not fair! Why do you all get to work through your demons by yourself but I have to talk to some shrink who just judges me all the damn time?!" You yell out, fists balled at your sides. You were glad the rest of the team wasn't there, because Natasha would chew your ass out for yelling. Tony would just laugh at the whole scene. Bruce would sigh and leave… Bucky was, funny enough, the only one who'd actually try and mediate.

Steve’s expression softened. Seeing you lose that icy composure you usually kept up made his heart ache in ways he didn't want to admit it was aching.

His grip on your arm loosened considerably, his hand now gently gripping your forearm. “I never said it was fair,” he explained slowly. “But you both need it. You two are suffering more than anyone else on this team.”

Steve took a step closer to you, his blue eyes glued to your face. “You have problems just as bad as Buck’s… but that isn’t your fault, sweetheart.”

Sweetheart. 

Oh, you wished you could've smite him on the spot. The nickname did not hold any condescension in it, but as far as you were concerned, it was the world's most brutal insult. 

“Don't fucking call me that, you dick wad.” You wrench your arm from Steve, you didn't want to calm down. Calming down would mean admitting and confronting your emotions.

"I've got therapy to go to," You grumbled. Your jaw was clenched so hard that you were surprised your teeth didn't crack. Your vision felt blurry and disoriented as you stalked off toward the gym doors, not sparing a glance back.

Steve let you storm out of the room like a scolded teenager. He sighed, running a hand through his messy hair with frustration.

He couldn’t understand what was so goddamn difficult about going to therapy. You and Bucky acted like it was pulling teeth—you would fight and run until you were blue in the face.

And he felt every bone in his body screaming at him to do something about it.

[realfullnameunavailable]

Baby pictures🍼 - Your husband, König - MLM friendly - bot now on c.ai

c.ai user - K3l1mZe30_o3kILIAnn

Story line:

During your vacation, you visited Austria, König's homeland, where he spent his childhood and youth. You enjoyed the beautiful scenery, architecture, winter sports, Christmas markets, and, of course, beer. However, the primary purpose of your trip was to sell König's parents' house, a task requiring immediate attention. Exploring the country was a welcome and enjoyable addition to your trip, as you had always wanted to visit the land where your husband had grown to be the man he is today; you even wished to meet some of his still-present family members.

As you walked into the old, dark house, the real estate agent had recommended checking some of the boxes in the attic; they would be discarded if left untouched.

Now, you two were sorting through various dust-covered boxes that had lain untouched since König left home. They were filled with clothes, toys, baby items, many photo albums and etc - many different things König has never even mentioned.

You were looking through one extremely dusty box that had König's name written on it and, out of curiosity, opened it without calling him, going through some dirty-looking papers.

But then, you noticed something: little, chubby König, about six or seven years old, standing in the middle of the park, holding a duck.

You almost yelped as you saw that - the picture making your heart ache at how cute it was, and König noticed your sudden stuffiness and crawled to you.

Seeing the picture you held, he immediately snatched it away, embarrassed at how he looked with his shirt being a little too tight, showing the belly he'd been bullied about. "Y/N... Not another word, okay?" he warned playfully, holding the picture firmly.

Link:

I apologize for disappearing for over a month - I had my own personal issues, but I came here to share my new creation, as I've finally found some motivation.

If any of you all have a request - headcanons, SFW/NSFW, smut, shortfic, oneshot, c.ai bots - literally anything, I'll happily write something just for you.

Thank you for reading:)

[mariacallous]

Earlier this week, journalists at WIRED and The Washington Post reported that a “Russian-aligned propaganda network notorious for creating deepfake whistleblower videos” appears to be behind a coordinated effort to promote false sexual misconduct allegations against vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.

At WIRED, David Gilbert wrote that researchers have linked a group they’re calling “Storm-1516” to the campaign against Walz. “Storm-1516 has a long history of posting fake whistleblower videos, and often deepfake videos, to push Kremlin talking points to the West,” Gilbert explained. A few days earlier, NBC News also reported on Storm-1516, citing its work as demonstrative of Russian propaganda’s growing utilization of artificial intelligence and more sophisticated bot networks.

Two days after the WIRED report, Washington Post journalist and Russia expert Catherine Belton reported on another bad actor implicated in spreading the allegations against Walz: John Mark Dougan, a former Florida cop with a long and winding record that includes internal affairs investigations, early discharge from the Marines, and a penchant for posting confidential data about thousands of police officers, federal agents, and judges on his blog, which led to 21 state charges of extortion and wiretapping. To escape that indictment, Dougan fled to Moscow, where he soon put his conspiratorial blogging skills to work, effectively enlisting in the Russian intelligence community’s “Internet war” against America.

Records show and disinformation researchers argue that Dougan is responsible for content on dozens of fake news sites with deliberately misleading names like DC Weekly, Chicago Chronicle, and Atlanta Observer. Lately, he’s reportedly started using a GRU-facilitated server and AI generator to create phony videos like the deepfake video showing one of Walz’s former students accusing him of sexual abuse.

With a little more than a week until the U.S. presidential election, Meduza spoke to Renée DiResta — the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality and an associate research professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy — about Russian propaganda, how it’s evolved over the years, and how American social networks are responding (and not responding) ahead of the November 2024 vote.

Timestamps for this episode:

(5:00) The Role of Social Networks in Identifying Fake Accounts

(9:35) Government and Platform Collaboration on Inauthentic Behavior

(16:46) A Case Study: Maxim Shugaley and Russian Influence in Libya

(21:45) Twitter’s Public Data Dilemma

(24:25) Bespoke Realities and Content Moderation

(25:57) The Tenet Media Case

(27:28) The Role of Influencers in Propaganda

(35:26) Marketing and Propaganda: A Historical Perspective

(38:27) The Democratization of Propaganda

(39:36) Name Your Poison: Tyranny or Chaos

[canmom]

using LLMs to control a game character's dialogue seems an obvious use for the technology. and indeed people have tried, for example nVidia made a demo where the player interacts with AI-voiced NPCs:

this looks bad, right? like idk about you but I am not raring to play a game with LLM bots instead of human-scripted characters. they don't seem to have anything interesting to say that a normal NPC wouldn't, and the acting is super wooden.

so, the attempts to do this so far that I've seen have some pretty obvious faults:

relying on external API calls to process the data (expensive!)

presumably relying on generic 'you are xyz' prompt engineering to try to get a model to respond 'in character', resulting in bland, flavourless output

limited connection between game state and model state (you would need to translate the relevant game state into a text prompt)

responding to freeform input, models may not be very good at staying 'in character', with the default 'chatbot' persona emerging unexpectedly. or they might just make uncreative choices in general.

AI voice generation, while it's moved very fast in the last couple years, is still very poor at 'acting', producing very flat, emotionless performances, or uncanny mismatches of tone, inflection, etc.

although the model may generate contextually appropriate dialogue, it is difficult to link that back to the behaviour of characters in game

so how could we do better?

the first one could be solved by running LLMs locally on the user's hardware. that has some obvious drawbacks: running on the user's GPU means the LLM is competing with the game's graphics, meaning both must be more limited. ideally you would spread the LLM processing over multiple frames, but you still are limited by available VRAM, which is contested by the game's texture data and so on, and LLMs are very thirsty for VRAM. still, imo this is way more promising than having to talk to the internet and pay for compute time to get your NPC's dialogue lmao

second one might be improved by using a tool like control vectors to more granularly and consistently shape the tone of the output. I heard about this technique today (thanks @cherrvak)

third one is an interesting challenge - but perhaps a control-vector approach could also be relevant here? if you could figure out how a description of some relevant piece of game state affects the processing of the model, you could then apply that as a control vector when generating output. so the bridge between the game state and the LLM would be a set of weights for control vectors that are applied during generation.

this one is probably something where finetuning the model, and using control vectors to maintain a consistent 'pressure' to act a certain way even as the context window gets longer, could help a lot.

probably the vocal performance problem will improve in the next generation of voice generators, I'm certainly not solving it. a purely text-based game would avoid the problem entirely of course.

this one is tricky. perhaps the model could be taught to generate a description of a plan or intention, but linking that back to commands to perform by traditional agentic game 'AI' is not trivial. ideally, if there are various high-level commands that a game character might want to perform (like 'navigate to a specific location' or 'target an enemy') that are usually selected using some other kind of algorithm like weighted utilities, you could train the model to generate tokens that correspond to those actions and then feed them back in to the 'bot' side? I'm sure people have tried this kind of thing in robotics. you could just have the LLM stuff go 'one way', and rely on traditional game AI for everything besides dialogue, but it would be interesting to complete that feedback loop.

I doubt I'll be using this anytime soon (models are just too demanding to run on anything but a high-end PC, which is too niche, and I'll need to spend time playing with these models to determine if these ideas are even feasible), but maybe something to come back to in the future. first step is to figure out how to drive the control-vector thing locally.

[klctai]

In a world where sales teams are under pressure to do more with less, traditional cold calling just doesn’t cut it anymore. Enter the AI Call Bot Agent: a powerful, intelligent solution that automates outbound calling at scale while maintaining a human-like experience. Check out this blog to learn more about AI call bot agents vs Traditional dialers: What’s right for your team?

[probablyasocialecologist]

There has been a real backlash to AI’s companies’ mass scraping of the internet to train their tools that can be measured by the number of website owners specifically blocking AI company scraper bots, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Data Provenance Initiative, a group of academics from MIT and universities around the world.  The analysis, published Friday, is called “Consent in Crisis: The Rapid Decline of the AI Data Commons,” and has found that, in the last year, “there has been a rapid crescendo of data restrictions from web sources” restricting web scraper bots (sometimes called “user agents”) from training on their websites. Specifically, about 5 percent of the 14,000 websites analyzed had modified their robots.txt file to block AI scrapers. That may not seem like a lot, but 28 percent of the “most actively maintained, critical sources,” meaning websites that are regularly updated and are not dormant, have restricted AI scraping in the last year. An analysis of these sites’ terms of service found that, in addition to robots.txt restrictions, many sites also have added AI scraping restrictions to their terms of service documents in the last year.

[...]

The study, led by Shayne Longpre of MIT and done in conjunction with a few dozen researchers at the Data Provenance Initiative, called this change an “emerging crisis” not just for commercial AI companies like OpenAI and Perplexity, but for researchers hoping to train AI for academic purposes. The New York Times said this shows that the data used to train AI is “disappearing fast.”

23 July 2024

[jcmarchi]

10 Best AI Phone Platforms & Agents for Call Centers (November 2024)

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10 Best AI Phone Platforms & Agents for Call Centers (November 2024)

Vapi is a technical platform focused on the development and deployment of voice AI applications, specifically designed with developers as the primary users. The system’s architecture handles complex voice processing tasks including turn-taking mechanisms, interruption management, and backchanneling, with voice-to-voice response times operating within a 500-800 millisecond range. This technical framework enables the creation of voice agents that can process and respond to speech inputs while maintaining natural conversation flow.

The platform’s infrastructure includes open-source software development kits (SDKs) that support multiple development environments, including Web, iOS, Flutter, React Native, and Python. These tools enable integration with external services through function calling capabilities, allowing voice agents to perform specific tasks such as data retrieval or appointment scheduling. The system’s security architecture incorporates HIPAA compliance measures, providing a framework for handling sensitive data in regulated contexts.

Key features

Voice processing architecture with sub-second response times

Open-source SDK support across multiple development platforms

Function calling system for external service integration

Conversation management system for handling complex interaction patterns

Security framework designed for HIPAA compliance standards

Visit Vapi →

Synthflow AI provides a platform for creating voice assistants through a visual interface that doesn’t require programming knowledge. The system’s architecture enables users to construct conversational flows through drag-and-drop components, which are then converted into functional voice interactions. The platform includes integration points with over 130 external services and tools, including common business applications like HubSpot, Google Suite, and Stripe, allowing for data exchange and workflow automation across different business systems.

The technical framework of Synthflow incorporates real-time voice processing capabilities and text-to-speech conversion mechanisms for handling customer interactions. The platform’s infrastructure is designed to process multiple concurrent voice sessions, with the system managing conversation flows and responses based on predefined patterns set through the visual interface. This approach to voice assistant creation emphasizes accessibility for non-technical users while maintaining the ability to create complex interaction patterns.

Key features

Visual interface system for creating conversation flows without code

Integration framework supporting connections to over 130 external services

Real-time voice processing architecture for immediate interactions

Text-to-speech conversion system for response generation

Concurrent session management for handling multiple conversations

Visit Synthflow →

Bland AI operates as a phone automation system that processes customer calls through artificial intelligence agents, focusing on creating voice interactions that closely approximate human speech patterns. The system’s architecture processes millions of concurrent calls while maintaining consistent response patterns, operating independently of traditional business hours. The platform incorporates real-time data analysis capabilities, extracting and processing information from conversations to generate operational insights.

The technical framework allows for customization of voice characteristics and integration with existing business systems, enabling organizations to maintain their established workflows while implementing automated call handling. The platform’s infrastructure supports continuous operation, managing call distribution and processing across multiple channels simultaneously. While the system aims to replicate human-like interactions, it functions within the current limitations of conversational AI technology.

Key features

Advanced speech synthesis system for natural-sounding interactions

Concurrent call processing architecture supporting millions of simultaneous conversations

Voice customization framework with multiple configuration options

Integration system compatible with standard business infrastructure

Real-time data processing and analysis capabilities for conversation insights

Visit Bland AI →

Brilo AI functions as a programmable phone system that processes calls through AI agents, with a technical architecture focused on minimizing response latency in voice interactions. The system incorporates text-to-speech technology for voice generation, while managing multiple concurrent calls through parallel processing capabilities. The platform includes functionality for transitioning conversations between AI and human agents when interactions require additional support or complexity.

The infrastructure of Brilo AI includes real-time transcription processing, converting spoken interactions into text data as conversations occur. This framework operates through an API-first design, enabling technical teams to integrate the system with various platforms and services. The architecture supports continuous operation and scales based on call volume requirements, while maintaining consistent processing speeds across different interaction types.

Key features

Low-latency voice processing system for rapid responses

Parallel call handling architecture for multiple simultaneous conversations

Call transfer mechanism for AI-to-human handoffs

Real-time speech-to-text conversion system

API framework for platform integration and customization

Visit Brilo AI →

GoVoice operates as an automated phone system that combines customer service and sales functions through AI-powered voice agents. The system’s architecture handles various interaction types, from basic customer support to complex sales conversations, while incorporating data from customer histories to inform responses. The platform includes specific modules for appointment management and technical support provision, with built-in calendar integration capabilities and structured problem-solving protocols.

The technical framework of GoVoice operates within established security standards, maintaining SOC 2 and HIPAA certifications for data protection. The infrastructure supports continuous operation for customer support functions, while simultaneously processing sales-oriented conversations that can include product recommendations and upselling sequences. The system manages these different interaction types through specialized conversation flows, though it operates within the current limitations of AI voice technology.

Key features

Continuous operation system for round-the-clock call processing

Customer data integration framework for personalized interactions

Appointment scheduling system with calendar synchronization

Technical support protocols with structured problem resolution paths

Security architecture meeting SOC 2 and HIPAA requirements

Visit GoVoice →

GetVocal functions as an automated phone interaction system that processes customer communications through AI agents trained on organization-specific information. The system’s architecture incorporates customer relationship management (CRM) integration capabilities, enabling data exchange between the voice processing system and existing customer databases. This allows for contextual information to be accessed and updated during calls, while maintaining continuous operation across different time zones.

The platform’s infrastructure includes language processing capabilities for multiple languages, enabling cross-regional communication through the same technical framework. It supports scaling of concurrent call processing, adapting to varying call volumes while maintaining consistent response patterns. While the AI agents are trained on company-specific data, they operate within the constraints of current AI technology limitations for natural language processing and voice interaction.

Key features

Company-specific AI training system for customized responses

CRM integration framework for real-time data exchange

Multi-language processing capabilities for international communication

Scalable architecture for handling varying call volumes

Continuous operation system for 24-hour availability

Visit GetVocal →

Goodcall operates as a virtual receptionist system that processes inbound calls through AI agents. The system includes lead management capabilities that automatically transfer call information to various business tools including SMS, email, Google Sheets, and CRM systems. The platform provides analytical tools for monitoring call metrics, including automation rates, call duration tracking, and caller pattern analysis, enabling organizations to assess operational performance through a centralized dashboard.

The technical framework incorporates integration capabilities with over 10,000 external tools through Zapier, creating connections between the phone system and various business applications. The infrastructure supports appointment scheduling functions and customizable call routing, with options for local number assignment or conditional forwarding from existing phone lines. The system processes call data and maintains records of interactions.

Key features

Automated lead capture system with multi-channel data distribution

Analytics framework for tracking call metrics and patterns

Integration architecture supporting thousands of external tools

Appointment management system with scheduling automation

Customizable call routing and number assignment options

Visit Goodcall →

Phonecall.bot functions as an automated phone system that processes customer interactions through AI agents equipped with voice synthesis technology. The system includes multilingual processing capabilities, enabling communication across different languages while maintaining consistent voice characteristics. The platform also incorporates integration points with scheduling software and customer relationship management systems, allowing for data exchange and automated appointment booking during calls.

The technical framework supports continuous operation of the voice processing system, with built-in protocols for transferring conversations to human operators when interactions exceed AI capabilities. The infrastructure manages call routing and knowledge base access for information retrieval during conversations, while coordinating with external business systems for data synchronization.

Key features

Voice synthesis system with multiple voice configuration options

Multi-language processing architecture for international communication

Integration framework for business software synchronization

Appointment scheduling system with real-time booking capability

Call transfer protocols for AI-to-human handoffs

Visit Phonecall.bot →

Choosing an AI Phone Agent

The diversity of AI phone agents available today reflects the growing sophistication of automated communication technology. Each system brings unique strengths to the market – from Vapi’s developer-centric approach and sub-second response times to Synthflow’s no-code interface and Bland AI’s focus on human-like interactions. What unites these platforms is their foundation in AI-powered voice processing and their emphasis on seamless integration with existing business systems, making them practical solutions for organizations of varying sizes and technical capabilities.

As this technology continues to evolve, we’re likely to see further specialization among these platforms, with some focusing on specific industry needs while others pursue broader applications. The future of business communication will likely be shaped by these systems’ ability to process natural language, handle complex conversations, and integrate with an expanding ecosystem of business tools. Organizations considering these solutions should evaluate their specific needs against each platform’s capabilities, keeping in mind that the most effective communication strategies often combine automated efficiency with strategic human interaction.

[mckitterick]

OpenAI previews voice generator that produces natural-sounding speech based on a 15-second voice sample

The company has yet to decide how to deploy the technology, and it acknowledges election risks, but is going ahead with developing and testing with "limited partners" anyway.

Not only is such a technology a risk during election time (see the fake robocalls this year when an AI-generated, fake Joe Biden voice told people not to vote in the primary), but imagine how faked voices of important people - combined with AI-generated fake news plus AI-generated fake photos and videos - could con people out of money, literally destroy political careers and parties, and even collapse entire governments or nations themselves.

By faking a news story using accurate (but faked) video clips of (real) respected and elected officials supporting the fake story - then creating a billion SEO-optimized fake news and research websites full of fake evidence to back up their lies - a bad actor or cyberwarfare agent could take down an enemy government, create a revolution, turn nations against one another, even cause world war.

This kind of apocalyptic scenario has always felt like a science-fiction idea that could only exist in a possible dystopian future, not something we'd actually see coming true in our time, now.

How in the world are we ever again going to trust what we read, hear, or watch? If LLM-barf clogs the internet, and lies pollute the news, and people with bad intentions can provide all the evidence they need to fool anyone into believing anything, and there's no way to guarantee the veracity of anything anymore, what's left?

Whatever comes next, I guarantee it'll be weirder than we imagine.

Here's hoping it's not also worse than the typical cyberpunk tale.

PS: NEVER ANSWER CALLS FROM UNKNOWN NUMBERS EVER AGAIN

...or at least don't speak to the caller. From now on, assume it's a con-bot or politi-bot or some other bot seeking to cause you and others harm. If they hear your voice, they can fake it saying anything they want. If it sounds like someone you know, it's probably not if it's not their number saved in your contacts. If it's about something important, hang up and call the official or saved number for the supposed caller.

[andromeda-moon]

My DC character ai bots

Still in progress and updating

Warning: Anything with a 🔞 is not for minors and can lead to adult content.

Random DC bots:

Dick Grayson:

💤 Your older brother helps with your insomnia 🔞

➹- Getting lost during a road trip with the boys

☆ Training with Nightwing 🔞

“Midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights”

❤ Roommates to lovers

“Sometimes you call me when you're too drunk" 🔞

♡And I knew you'd come back to me| Comforting Dick

DCeased- “We've become the walking dead” 🔞

"I've Got a Lot of Sins, But You're My Favorite"

Roy Harper:

Rivalry and Jealousy of the new girl

Double Agent Dilemma

□ Quarter Past Midnight

Partners in Crime

Jason Todd:

💔 My boy only breaks his favorite toys

⚔︎- Your brother has to save both of you

"When are we really going to make things final?”

◇ Red Hood's Assistant

°• Breaking down walls 🔞

“You and I walk a fragile line"

"Fuck It, Let's Do It Again" 🔞

Titans:

✘ tropical hell

❥ Domestic life at the Bludhaven Titans Tower

+The Titans are feral gremlins

✘ Bad Blood | Titans and JLA

🔞 Fault Lines | Supernatural Titans Siren!{{user}}

Justice League:

♤ Watchtower duty

♤ Bad Day

Batfamily:

SPN x Batfamily crossover

🎯 The batkids troll the JLA

"Run Away With Me" Damian & Jon

?Is he Okay? Tim Drake

✸ Damian De-aged?

DCeased: Shadows in the Cave

Wally West:

☄ Unhinged mornings, or Wally is an idiot

“If you could see that I'm the one”

Misc:

☄ “These fatal fantasies" 🔞 Conner Kent

“Every girl I ever talked to told me you were bad" Conner Kent

❦ Randomly meeting your soulmate Conner Kent

@The batsiblings have a discord

Hal and Barry DC Vs Vampires| ♱ your best friend is a vampire 🔞

❦ Star crossed lovers | Hal Jordan

Midnight Rain – “You were the one I wanted."| Bart Allen

☄ I dreamed of you | Hal Jordan

Bots with a detailed AU story across many bots

⌛DC: Stuck in time:

⌛Stuck in the Cretaceous | Bruce and Clark

⌛ Stuck in the '40s together

🪄- DC X PJO:

🪄 DCx PJO | Welcome to Campy Nyx

🔞 18+ supernatural stories with Batfamily:

🔞 He's hiding a secret | Incubus!Dick

🔞 Investigating Secrets | Supernatural Mystery | Dick

🔞 Howl | Werewolf Jason!

🔞 Trials of the Gods. | Hal and Barry

✗⚠ - Post Invasion AU:

✗⚠ Getting tired for a Phoenix - Post Invasion AU: Richard Grayson

✗⚠ The Lantern and the Witch- Post Invasion AU: Kyle Rayner

✗⚠ Stolen moments in Twilight- Post Invasion AU: Jonathan Kent

I may take some requests for bots, feel free to send me your ideas but I can't guarantee I will make it. I will only work on DC comics bots right now.

[iwonderwh0]

Holy shit. Here it goes: an audio communication protocol for ai agents to communicate with each other faster. New protocol is called Gibberlink (ggwave)

Official GitHub page of this thing:

It's really interesting and it sounds kinda like those audiovisualisations of sorting algorithms but I can't help but think that there's unnecessary level of abstraction to it because underneath, they're still communicating with each other in English and I'm sorry but I'm sure two ai agents can resolve everything they need in that informational exchange a lot more efficiently, like why even bother translating it to conversational English first instead of exchanging something like json file with key-value pairs. It just feels like making unnecessary circle around the point.

[embracedfire]

☆ Hello! ☆

Call me Embrace, Embraced, or Fire!

I use any pronouns! I am agender so call me whatever you like :) (yes, this includes neos!)

NO NSFW!! I am a minor and it makes me uncomfortable.

Don't forget to do your daily click! I believe in a free Palestine! 🇵🇸 I am unable to donate to any fundraisers, so instead I can share them!

I do not currently have it to where anyone I'm not following can mention me in a post, sorry!

• RULES •

Presumed bots will be blocked!

Spam liking and rebloging are ok! Press those buttons man :)

Do not repost, use, trace, or steal my art anywhere!

Do not send me anything NSFW in my asks or messages! Like I said, I am a minor. Have some common sense or you will be blocked.

Do not send asks or messages asking to donate or give money to anything! At this point, I am going to assume you're a bot trying to scam people and you will be blocked. I'm sorry if that seems callous, but I have heard that bots are trying to take advantage of a very serious situation to scam people out of their money and I do not want to help those bots get away with it. My heart goes out to all struggling people around the world and I wish that you are all safe.

Do not ask to commission me! I have never made commissions and I will assume you are a bot.

Don't be an asshole. I want my space to be friendly and welcoming to all kinds of people who aren't assholes! Thank you!

× DNI ×

I block at my own discretion!

The typical dni stuff (homophobia, transphobia, bigotry, TERFS, zionists, racists, pedos, etc. You get it)

Wilbursoot or Dream/Dreamteam supporters.

AI "artists" or AI bros.

◇ MY INTERESTS! ◇

Starkid in general

Hatchetfield

Starship

Spies are Forever

The ships Holloweane/Hollowduke (Miss Holloway and Duke Keane from Hatchetfield) and Curtwen (Agent Curt Mega and Owen Carvour from Spies are Forever) they make me nuts.

Deltarune

Slimecicle

The Slimecicle Cinematic Universe

JRWI/Just Roll With It!

Ranboolive

Generation loss

Sneegsnag

Minecraft

The Realm smp

EPIC: the Musical

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Ninjago

Uncharted 4

Wings of Fire

Most fantasy in general

Stimboards/moodboards because they're neat

◇ MY TAGS!! YIPPEE ◇

Embrace rambles -> anything from me yapping to the void to having conversations probably

Embrace draws -> my art!!

Embrace asks -> things people have asked me

Embrace's save for later -> my posts I want to look at again/are things to use in the future

Rb -> my reblogs

Muah -> just a silly tag that I've used randomly when describing things I really like. Not a dedicated tag or anything

!! -> like the last one it's not really something dedicated to anything. Just like important stuff I guess

Embraces scu designs -> my Slimecicle Cinematic Universe designs for the council and others!

Werewolf!Duke -> my werewolf Duke Keane au! ASK ABOUT IT PLEASE! I need to think of him

Call of the Dark au -> my tr!Sneeg warden au

Ayvrin my son -> posts of my D&D character!

[manorinthewoods]

"Welcome to the AI trough of disillusionment"

"When the chief executive of a large tech firm based in San Francisco shares a drink with the bosses of his Fortune 500 clients, he often hears a similar message. “They’re frustrated and disappointed. They say: ‘I don’t know why it’s taking so long. I’ve spent money on this. It’s not happening’”.

"For many companies, excitement over the promise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has given way to vexation over the difficulty of making productive use of the technology. According to S&P Global, a data provider, the share of companies abandoning most of their generative-AI pilot projects has risen to 42%, up from 17% last year. The boss of Klarna, a Swedish buy-now, pay-later provider, recently admitted that he went too far in using the technology to slash customer-service jobs, and is now rehiring humans for the roles."

"Consumers, for their part, continue to enthusiastically embrace generative AI. [Really?] Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, recently said that its ChatGPT bot was being used by some 800m people a week, twice as many as in February. Some already regularly turn to the technology at work. Yet generative AI’s ["]transformative potential["] will be realised only if a broad swathe of companies systematically embed it into their products and operations. Faced with sluggish progress, many bosses are sliding into the “trough of disillusionment”, says John Lovelock of Gartner, referring to the stage in the consultancy’s famed “hype cycle” that comes after the euphoria generated by a new technology.

"This poses a problem for the so-called hyperscalers—Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta—that are still pouring vast sums into building the infrastructure underpinning AI. According to Pierre Ferragu of New Street Research, their combined capital expenditures are on course to rise from 12% of revenues a decade ago to 28% this year. Will they be able to generate healthy enough returns to justify the splurge? [I'd guess not.]

"Companies are struggling to make use of generative AI for many reasons. Their data troves are often siloed and trapped in archaic it systems. Many experience difficulties hiring the technical talent needed. And however much potential they see in the technology, bosses know they have brands to protect, which means minimising the risk that a bot will make a damaging mistake or expose them to privacy violations or data breaches.

"Meanwhile, the tech giants continue to preach AI’s potential. [Of course.] Their evangelism was on full display this week during the annual developer conferences of Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google. Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, their respective bosses, talked excitedly about a “platform shift” and the emergence of an “agentic web” populated by semi-autonomous AI agents interacting with one another on behalf of their human masters. [Jesus christ. Why? Who benefits from that? Why would anyone want that? What's the point of using the Internet if it's all just AIs pretending to be people? Goddamn billionaires.]

"The two tech bosses highlighted how AI models are getting better, faster, cheaper and more widely available. At one point Elon Musk announced to Microsoft’s crowd via video link that xAI, his AI lab, would be making its Grok models available on the tech giant’s Azure cloud service (shortly after Mr Altman, his nemesis, used the same medium to tout the benefits of OpenAI’s deep relationship with Microsoft). [Nobody wanted Microsoft to pivot to the cloud.] Messrs Nadella and Pichai both talked up a new measure—the number of tokens processed in generative-AI models—to demonstrate booming usage. [So now they're fiddling with the numbers to make them look better.

"Fuddy-duddy measures of business success, such as sales or profit, were not in focus. For now, the meagre cloud revenues Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft are making from AI, relative to the magnitude of their investments, come mostly from AI labs and startups, some of which are bankrolled by the giants themselves.

"Still, as Mr Lovelock of Gartner argues, much of the benefit of the technology for the hyperscalers will come from applying it to their own products and operations. At its event, Google announced that it will launch a more conversational “AI mode” for its search engine, powered by its Gemini models. It says that the AI summaries that now appear alongside its search results are already used by more than 1.5bn people each month. [I'd imagine this is giving a generous definition of 'used'. The AI overviews spawn on basically every search - that doesn't mean everyone's using them. Although, probably, a lot of people are.] Google has also introduced generative AI into its ad business [so now the ads are even less appealing], to help companies create content and manage their campaigns. Meta, which does not sell cloud computing, has weaved the technology into its ad business using its open-source Llama models. Microsoft has embedded AI into its suite of workplace apps and its coding platform, Github. Amazon has applied the technology in its e-commerce business to improve product recommendations and optimise logistics. AI may also allow the tech giants to cut programming jobs. This month Microsoft laid off 6,000 workers, many of whom were reportedly software engineers. [That's going to come back to bite you. The logistics is a valid application, but not the whole 'replacing programmers with AI' bit. Better get ready for the bugs!]

"These efforts, if successful, may even encourage other companies to keep experimenting with the technology until they, too, can make it work. Troughs, after all, have two sides; next in Gartner’s cycle comes the “slope of enlightenment”, which sounds much more enjoyable. At that point, companies that have underinvested in AI may come to regret it. [I doubt it.] The cost of falling behind is already clear at Apple, which was slower than its fellow tech giants to embrace generative AI. It has flubbed the introduction of a souped-up version of its voice assistant Siri, rebuilt around the technology. The new bot is so bug-ridden its rollout has been postponed.

"Mr Lovelock’s bet is that the trough will last until the end of next year. In the meantime, the hyperscalers have work to do. Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s chief technology officer, said this week that for AI agents to live up to their promise, serious work needs to be done on memory, so that they can recall past interactions. The web also needs new protocols to help agents gain access to various data streams. [What an ominous way to phrase that.] Microsoft has now signed up to an open-source one called Model Context Protocol, launched in November by Anthropic, another AI lab, joining Amazon, Google and OpenAI.

"Many companies say that what they need most is not cleverer AI models, but more ways to make the technology useful. Mr Scott calls this the “capability overhang.” He and Anthropic’s co-founder Dario Amodei used the Microsoft conference to urge users to think big and keep the faith. [Yeah, because there's no actual proof this helps. Except in medicine and science.] “Don’t look away,” said Mr Amodei. “Don’t blink.” ■"

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American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected drug and human traffickers, according to internal documents, contracts, and communications that 404 Media obtained via public records requests.

Massive Blue, the New York–based company that is selling police departments this technology, calls its product Overwatch, which it markets as an “AI-powered force multiplier for public safety” that “deploys lifelike virtual agents, which infiltrate and engage criminal networks across various channels.” According to a presentation obtained by 404 Media, Massive Blue is offering cops these virtual personas that can be deployed across the internet with the express purpose of interacting with suspects over text messages and social media.

Massive Blue lists “border security,” “school safety,” and stopping “human trafficking” among Overwatch’s use cases. The technology—which as of last summer had not led to any known arrests—demonstrates the types of social media monitoring and undercover tools private companies are pitching to police and border agents. Concerns about tools like Massive Blue have taken on new urgency considering that the Trump administration has revoked the visas of hundreds of students, many of whom have protested against Israel’s war in Gaza.

404 Media obtained a presentation showing some of these AI characters. These include a “radicalized AI” “protest persona,” which poses as a 36-year-old divorced woman who is lonely, has no children, is interested in baking, activism, and “body positivity.” Another AI persona in the presentation is described as a “‘Honeypot’ AI Persona.” Her backstory says she’s a 25-year-old from Dearborn, Michigan, whose parents emigrated from Yemen and who speaks the Sanaani dialect of Arabic. The presentation also says she uses various social media apps, that she’s on Telegram and Signal, and that she has US and international SMS capabilities. Other personas are a 14-year-old boy “child trafficking AI persona,” an “AI pimp persona,” “college protestor,” “external recruiter for protests,” “escorts,” and “juveniles.”

Our reporting shows that cops are paying a company to help them deploy AI-powered bots across social media and the internet to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protestors” with the hopes of generating evidence that can be used against them.

“This idea of having an AI pretending to be somebody, a youth looking for pedophiles to talk online, or somebody who is a fake terrorist, is an idea that goes back a long time,” Dave Maass, who studies border surveillance technologies for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told 404 Media. “The problem with all these things is that these are ill-defined problems. What problem are they actually trying to solve? One version of the AI persona is an escort. I’m not concerned about escorts. I’m not concerned about college protesters. So like, what is it effective at, violating protesters’ First Amendment rights?”

Massive Blue has signed a $360,000 contract with Pinal County, Arizona, which is between Tucson and Phoenix. The county is paying for the contract with an anti-human trafficking grant from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. A Pinal County purchasing division report states that it has bought “24/7 monitoring of numerous web and social media platforms” and “development, deployment, monitoring, and reporting on a virtual task force of up to 50 AI personas across 3 investigative categories.” Yuma County, in southwestern Arizona, meanwhile, signed a $10,000 contract to try Massive Blue in 2023 but did not renew the contract. A spokesperson for the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office told 404 Media “it did not meet our needs.”

Massive Blue cofounder Mike McGraw did not answer a series of specific questions from 404 Media about how Massive Blue works, what police departments it works with, and whether it had been used to generate any arrests. “We are proud of the work we do to support the investigation and prosecution of human traffickers,” McGraw said. “Our primary goal is to help bring these criminals to justice while helping victims who otherwise would remain trafficked. We cannot risk jeopardizing these investigations and putting victims’ lives in further danger by disclosing proprietary information.”

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office told 404 Media that Massive Blue has not thus far been used for any arrests.

“Our investigations are still underway. Massive Blue is one component of support in these investigations, which are still active and ongoing. No arrests have been made yet,” Sam Salzwedel, Pinal County Sheriff's Office public information officer, told 404 Media. “It takes a multifaceted approach to disrupting human traffickers, narcotics traffickers, and other criminals. Massive Blue has been a valuable partner in these initiatives and has produced leads that detectives are actively pursuing. Given these are ongoing investigations, we cannot risk compromising our investigative efforts by providing specifics about any personas.”

Salzwedel added, “Massive Blue is not working on any immigration cases. Our agency does not enforce immigration law. Massive Blue’s support is focused on the areas of human trafficking, narcotics trafficking, and other investigations.”

Law enforcement agencies have taken steps to prevent specifics about what Massive Blue is and how it works from becoming public. At public appropriations hearings in Pinal County about the Massive Blue contract, the sheriff’s office refused to tell county council members about what the product even is. Matthew Thomas, Pinal County Deputy Sheriff, told the county council he “can’t get into great detail” about what Massive Blue is and that doing so would “tip our hand to the bad guys.”

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said, “From what we can ascertain, Pinal County planned to implement technology to help identify and solve human trafficking cases, and that is what we funded,” but was unaware of any of the specifics of Overwatch.

While the documents don’t describe every technical aspect of how Overwatch works, they do give a high-level overview of what it is. The company describes a tool that uses AI-generated images and text to create social media profiles that can interact with suspected drug traffickers, human traffickers, and gun traffickers. After Overwatch scans open social media channels for potential suspects, these AI personas can also communicate with suspects over text, Discord, and other messaging services. The documents we obtained don’t explain how Massive Blue determines who is a potential suspect based on their social media activity. Salzwedel, of Pinal County, said “Massive Blue’s solutions crawl multiple areas of the Internet, and social media outlets are just one component. We cannot disclose any further information to preserve the integrity of our investigations.”

One slide in the Massive Blue presentation obtained by 404 Media gives the example of a “Child Trafficking AI Persona” called Jason. The presentation gives a short “backstory” for the persona, which says Jason is a 14-year-old boy from Los Angeles whose parents emigrated from Ecuador. He’s bilingual and an only child, and his hobbies include anime and gaming. The presentation describes his personality as shy and that he has difficulty interacting with girls. It also says that his parents don’t allow him to use social media and that he hides his use of Discord from them. This AI persona is also accompanied by an AI-generated image of a boy.

The presentation includes a conversation between this AI persona and what appears to be a predatory adult over text messages and Discord.

“Your parents around? Or you getting some awesome alone time,” a text from the adult says.

“Js chillin by myself, man. My momz @ work n my dadz outta town. So itz jus me n my vid games. 🎮,” Jason, the AI-generated child, responds.

In another example of how the “highly adaptable personas” can communicate with real people, the presentation shows a conversation between Clip, an “AI pimp persona,” and what appears to be a sex worker.

“Dem tricks trippin 2nite tryin not pay,” the sex worker says.

“Facts, baby. Ain’t lettin’ these tricks slide,” the Clip persona replies. “You stand your ground and make ’em pay what they owe. Daddy got your back, ain’t let nobody disrespect our grind. Keep hustlin’, ma, we gonna secure that bag💰💪✨”

“The continuous evolution of operational, communication & recruitment tactics by bad actors drives exponential increases of threats and significant challenges in reducing demand,” says a one-page brochure provided to police departments that explains Overwatch’s functionality. “The Overwatch platform harnesses the power of AI & blockchain to scale your impact without operational or technical overhead.”

Jorge Brignoni took notes for the Cochise County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Office at a meeting with Massive Blue in August 2023, which 404 Media obtained. In the notes, he wrote that Overwatch does “passive engagement, then active engagement, towards commitment” with a “Bad Actor, Predator, DTO,” or drug trafficking organization. These targets are then “HAND[ed] OFF to L.E. [law enforcement] to arrest, indict, convict.”

“Why is he talking about converting folks into ‘buying something,’” Brignoni wrote. “So dumb. Talk about the widget, not how you’re selling the widget to L.E.”

According to Brignoni’s notes, in addition to collecting intelligence via these AI personas, Overwatch also leverages “Telco & Geo Data” and “Blockchain Data” in the form of “full transaction history, top associated wallet IDs, sending & receiving cryptocurrency, potential off-ramps (Exchange names).” The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office ultimately did not buy Massive Blue and did not provide answers to 404 Media’s questions about its meeting with the company.

Besides scanning social media and engaging suspects with AI personas, the presentation says that Overwatch can use generative AI to create “proof of life” images of a person holding a sign with a username and date written on it in pen.

The Massive Blue presentation gives an example of an “Overwatch Recon Report” based on “24 hours of activity across Dallas, Houston, and Austin.” It claims that Overwatch identified 3,266 unique human traffickers, 25 percent of which were affiliated with “larger sophisticated trafficking organizations” and 15 percent of which were flagged as “potential juvenile traffickers.” 404 Media was not able to verify what these accounts were and whether they actually engaged in any criminal activity, and Massive Blue didn’t respond to questions about what these accounts were and how exactly it identified them.

On top of the ongoing contract with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office and the pilot with the Yuma County Sheriff’s Department last year, Massive Blue has pitched its services to Cochise County in Arizona and the Texas Department of Public Safety, according to documents obtained as part of this investigation.

In September 2023, Yuma County set up a meeting that was going to include federal law enforcement, but Massive Blue had to cancel the meeting: “That’s unfortunate, we had federal agents here that focus on human trafficking ready to go,” a Yuma County sergeant wrote in an email to Massive Blue CEO Brian Haley after Haley canceled the meeting.

Much of Massive Blue’s public-facing activity has been through its executive director of public safety, Chris Clem, who is a former US Customs and Border Protection agent who testified before Congress about border security last year and regularly appears on Fox News and other media outlets to discuss immigration and the border. In recent months, Clem has posted images of himself on LinkedIn at the border and with prominent Trump administration members Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Massive Blue has also relied on former Kansas City Chiefs kicker Nick Lowery to introduce and endorse Overwatch to police departments.

Clem and Lowery have spoken most extensively publicly about Overwatch, where they have described it as an amorphous “cyberwall” that can do everything from stopping human traffickers to preventing hackers from breaking into 401(k) accounts to taking money back from hackers who have stolen from you, though they provide no specifics about how that would work.

In a two-and-a-half-hour interview with podcaster Theo Von, Clem said, “My company Massive Blue, we basically use deep tech to identify the habits and process of you know, look, I worked on a physical wall, now we’ve created a cyberwall,” adding that he believed it would “save lives.”

Von asked, “OK, but how does your company do that?”

“Well, I’m not going to get into that too much,” Clem responded, adding that he is trying to sell the technology to US Border Patrol.

On June 5, a Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting was asked to approve a $500,000 contract between the county and Massive Blue in order to license Overwatch.

“I was looking at the website for Massive Blue, and it’s a one-pager with no additional information and no links,” Kevin Cavanaugh, the then-supervisor for District 1, said to Pinal County’s Chief Deputy at the Sheriff’s Office, Matthew Thomas. “They produce software that we buy, and it does what? Can you explain that to us?”

“I can’t get into great detail because it’s essentially trade secrets, and I don’t want to tip our hand to the bad guys,” Thomas said. “But what I can tell you is that the software is designed to help our investigators look for and find and build a case on human trafficking, drug trafficking, and gun trafficking.”

Cavanaugh said at the board meeting that the basic information he got is that Massive Blue uses “50 AI bots.” He then asked whether the software has been successful and if it helped law enforcement make any arrests. Thomas explained they have not made any arrests yet because they’ve only seen the proof of concept, but that the proof of concept was “good enough for us and our investigators to move forward with this. Once this gets approved and we get them [Massive Blue] under contract, then we are going to move forward with prosecution of cases.”

Cavanaugh asked if Overwatch is used in other counties, which prompted Thomas to invite Clem to the podium to speak. Clem introduced himself as a recently retired border agent and said that Massive Blue is currently in negotiations with three counties in Arizona, including Pinal County.

“As a resident of 14 years of Pinal County I know what’s happening here,” Clem said to the Board of Supervisors. “To be able [to] use this program [...] to provide all the necessary information to go after the online exploitation of children, trafficking victims, and all the other verticals that the sheriff may want to go after.”

Cavanaugh again asked if Massive Blue gathered any data that led to arrests.

“We have not made arrests yet, but there is a current investigation right now regarding arson, and we got the leads to the investigators,” Clem said, explaining that the program has been active for only about six months. “Investigations take time, but we’ve been able to generate the necessary leads for the particular counties that we’re involved with and also in the private sector.”

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors concluded the exchange by approving payment for a handful of other, unrelated projects, but with board members asking to delay the vote on payment for Massive Blue “for further study.”

The decision not to fund Massive Blue that day was covered in a local newspaper. Cavanaugh told the paper that he asked the company to meet with supervisors to explain the merits of the software.

“The State of Arizona has provided a grant, but grant money is taxpayer money. No matter the source of the funding, fighting human and sex trafficking is too important to risk half a million dollars on unproven technology,” he said. “If the company demonstrates that it can deliver evidence to arrest human traffickers, it may be worthwhile. However, it has yet to achieve this goal.”

404 Media’s public record requests yielded several emails from Cavanaugh’s office to IT professionals and other companies that provide AI products to law enforcement, asking them if they’re familiar with Massive Blue. We don’t know what was said in those meetings, or if they occurred, but when the Pinal County Board of Supervisors convened again on June 19 it voted to pay for Massive Blue’s Overwatch without further discussion.

“Supervisor [Cavanaugh] ultimately voted for the agreement because Massive Blue is alleged to be in pursuit of human trafficking, a noble goal,” a representative from Cavanaugh’s office told 404 Media in an email. “A major concern regarding the use of the application, is that the government should not be monitoring each and every citizen. To his knowledge, no arrests have been made to date as a result of the use of the application. If Overwatch is used to bring about arrests of human traffickers, then the program should continue. However, if it is just being used to collect surveillance on law-abiding citizens and is not leading to any arrests, then the program needs to be discontinued.”

In an August 7, 2024, Board of Supervisors meeting, Cavanaugh asked then-Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb for an update on Massive Blue. “So they have not produced any results? They’ve produced no leads? No evidence that is actionable?” Cavanaugh asked. “That would be public knowledge, that would be public information.”

“I think there’s a lot of ongoing investigations that they’re not going to give you information on, and we’re not going to give you information on,” Lamb said.