Apple removes Eyes Up, which simply archives videos of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, Eyes Up doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations
and it's not masked agents of ICE www.404media.co/apple-banned... Benn Jordan / @bennjordan : Your smartphone manufacturer doesn't think you deserve 1st or 4th amendment rights. — www.404media.co/ap...
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. — 📊 ...
Analysis: US and UK entry-level graduate job listings have plunged since 2022, but there's only tentative evidence of AI-related disruption in some occupations
www.ft.com/content/99b6... #ai #entryjobs Christopher Mims / @mims : Great piece, data do not support “AI is taking all the jobs” — “AI may be part of the picture but other factors, including econom...
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...
Elon Musk boosts a post that disparages the abilities of “women and low T men”, advocates a “Republic of high status males”, and mentions a “Reich effect”
With about two months until Election Day, the guardrails established … Ariana Baio / The Independent : Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ Jyoti M...
Research: the number of freelance jobs on platforms like Upwork, in areas where generative AI excels, have dropped by as much as 21% since ChatGPT's debut
The more a job is strictly about writing about a known topic or creating art, the more likely it is replaceable by generative AI. … X: Steve Hsu / @hsu_steve : WSJ: Impact of genAI on freelance work L...
Several legal experts say Section 230 will not protect firms from lawsuits over the outputs of generative AI, echoing SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch's 2023 statement
Legal scholars, lawmakers and at least one Supreme Court justice agree that companies will be liable for the things their AIs say and do … Mastodon: @statesdj@genomic.social and @mimsical@mastodon.soc...
Spotify's TikTok-like redesign reveals top podcasters' follower counts: The Joe Rogan Experience has 14.5M, TED Talks Daily has 5M, and Call Her Daddy has 3.7M
It's Even More Than You Thought Connor Bennett / Dexerto : Joe Rogan's Spotify dominance finally revealed & it dwarfs every other podcast Podnews : How big is Joe Rogan? Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : Jo...
How quick fixes and old code in systems compound technical debt and raise hacking risks, requiring an estimated $1.52T to fix and costing the US $2.41T per year
Old code piles up and raises the risk of hacks and other breaches, even on new devices. Our compounding ‘technical debt’ X: @lessin and @humancell LinkedIn: Vincent Delaroche , Alan Balutis , Donald ...
How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change has made more typical kinds of coverage unprofitable
Navigating an increasingly challenging cyber insurance market Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : There's nothing like money to incentive people to change behavior. People can deny clima...