GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe
Time spent on the platforms is declining in every age group, though is most pronounced in younger generations … Stefano Santinelli : AI floods our feeds - and social media's ceiling is showing. — 📊 ...
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...
The US Secret Service says it has dismantled 300+ SIM card servers in the NYC area that could have disrupted communications ahead of the UN General Assembly
NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/... Anthony Guglielmi / @ajguglielmi : While investigating threats against senior officials, the @SecretService uncovered & dismantled a telecom network capable of disr...
A look at the potential future of personalized, AI-generated entertainment, and how it could both submerge human originality and enable new forms of expression
NOTE: Our Forums and CMS and RSS were nixed when our host updated Perl … Phil Hoad / The Guardian : An inside look at how Netflix's use of data led to generic “algorithm films” intended for broad appe...
Anthropic's Threat Intelligence report for August says Claude was weaponized for sophisticated cybercrimes, including a “vibe-hacking” data extortion scheme
and It Could Happen Again Vyom Ramani / Digit : Vibe-hacking based AI attack turned Claude against its safeguard: Here's how Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2503: Anthropic's Claude helps ...
Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after the Apple Wallet app pushed a notification that promoted a $10 discount at Fandango for Apple's F1 movie
Casey Liss: … In case you forgot after F1 got multiple sections … Kelsey Fogarty / Pocket-lint : This F1 stunt in your Apple Wallet deserves a penalty flag David Uzondu / Neowin : Apple faces backlash...
How some authors are embracing ChatGPT and other chatbots as the latest iteration of an ancient literary conceit, a writer's “muse”
GROK: Sit down, you stupid meatbag, and I'll tell you an epic cosmic story that would make Rick Sanchez impressed. [embedded post] @afnarratives.bsky.social : Why would you do this. Tell your plots ...
How some authors are embracing ChatGPT and other chatbots as the latest iteration of an ancient literary conceit, a writer's “muse”
GROK: Sit down, you stupid meatbag, and I'll tell you an epic cosmic story that would make Rick Sanchez impressed. [embedded post] @afnarratives.bsky.social : Why would you do this. Tell your plots ...
How some authors are embracing ChatGPT and other chatbots as the latest iteration of an ancient literary conceit, a writer's “muse”
What happens to literature when writers embrace A.I. as their muse? — The robots of literature and movies usually present either an existential danger or an erotic frisson. Threads: @lalatellsastory...
Digital Youth Index study: young LGBTQ+ people in the UK are more than twice as likely to face hate speech online compared to those identifying as heterosexual
Alex Hern / The Guardian : Tweets: @jenslater_ and @charliechar Tweets: Jen Slater / @jenslater_ : Good job The Guardian haven't done anything to fuel this eh https://twitter.com/... Charlie Phillips...