Money. Identity. Technology.
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AI, money & persuasion
ControlAI identifies itself; the two accounts dispute editorial demands.
Solid lines: documented in a cited record. Dashed: reported or inferred. Hollow arrows: proposed powers. Choose a connection for its evidence.
The offer is not recorded as a completed sponsorship. ControlAI’s response is self-reported, and the emails have not been published.
Max Winga → Outreach lead; coauthors public account → ControlAI creator-outreach programme
Checked 12 September 2026
Max Winga coauthored the September 8 explanation and is the programme’s listed contact. Coauthorship and public role do not establish that he personally wrote every negotiation email.
Andrea Miotti → Coauthors public account → ControlAI creator-outreach programme
Checked 12 September 2026
Andrea Miotti coauthored the response identifying ControlAI and explaining its creator partnerships.
ControlAI → Runs creator partnerships → ControlAI creator-outreach programme
Checked 12 September 2026
ControlAI describes a creator programme supporting its campaign for an international ASI ban.
ControlAI → Identifies itself behind disputed offer → Sabine Hossenfelder
Video 5 September; response 8 September 2026
ControlAI identifies itself as the organization that approached Hossenfelder; the parties dispute the requested editorial control. No completed sponsorship, payment to Hossenfelder or verbatim final instruction established. Accounts are attributed, not reconciled by unseen correspondence.
ControlAI → Names as sponsored partner → Rational Animations
Checked 12 September 2026
ControlAI names Rational Animations as a paid video partner in its September 8 account. Sponsor self-report; contract, payment amount and complete-video authorship not established.