How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral
Piketty was wrong about the past. He's probably right about the future. — 1. Introduction X: @briancalbrecht , @saikatc , @harryh , @jankulveit , @daniel_271828 , @krishnanrohit , @besttrousers , @...
After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, Including A “Black Qu...
Uber's slow response to law enforcement requests and a complex request process are leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks by riders using fake accounts
An investigation by The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks Tweets: @andyjayhawk , @sisiwei , @jonkeegan , @themarkup ...
The person claiming responsibility for the FBI email server hack says they were able to send spam messages by abusing insecure code in the FBI's LEEP portal
even with how silly it was written AND not following protocol — was NOT the weird juju I wanted going into this weekend. https://krebsonsecurity.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... @embryoresist : 1) Bre...
NFT marketplace OpenSea acknowledges that its head of product, Nate Chastain, purchased NFTs he knew were going to be displayed prominently
On Wednesday the crypto marketplace … Will Feuer / New York Post : Mark Cuban-backed NFT marketplace admits insider trading incident Justina Lee / Bloomberg : Insider Scandal Shakes Up the Booming Wor...
Researchers find 1,000+ web apps, from Ford, American Airlines, and others, mistakenly exposed 38M records stored on Microsoft's Power Apps service
Including Contact-Tracing Info Keumars Afifi-Sabet / IT PRO : Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes 38 million records James Vincent / The Verge : Check your permissions: default settings in M...
With products like Dash Buttons and Echo Look, Amazon uses customers to test features then sunsets the devices too quickly due to low sales or negative feedback
Brian X. Chen / New York Times : Tweets: @elephantjournal , @rgmcgrath , @gregbensinger , and @chey_cobb Tweets: @elephantjournal : Amazon's experimental approach to product design can hurt your wall...
Twenty-three current and former Coinbase employees allege mistreatment and racial discrimination, as some say the cryptocurrency startup ignored complaints
whose CEO said “keep politics out of the workplace”—has a hostile and racist workplace. https://www.nytimes.com/... Wynter Mitchell Rohrbaugh / @wyntermitchell : Y'all gon learn the hard way to not tr...
To duck accountability, “on background” has become the default method by which Silicon Valley disseminates information, often abetted by tech journalists
it's become a scourge, and it's time to unite to destroy it. Me in @CJR: https://www.cjr.org/... Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : I'm with @bcmerchant on this one. Tech companies spinning on background...