Lawyers for a teen who died by suicide after allegedly discussing methods with ChatGPT call OpenAI's request for all memorial documents “intentional harassment”
Family of teen who took his own life after ChatGPT use alleges chatbot maker intentionally weakened protections X: @cristinacriddle , @justinbullock14 , @grady_booch , @sachalouise , @codytfenwick , @...
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab raised a $2B seed led by a16z at a $12B valuation; Nvidia, Accel, ServiceNow, Cisco, AMD, and Jane Street also invested
bsky.app/profile/wire... [embedded post] @akhilrao : i feel like i've known Murati is at a startup called Thinking Machine Labs for months. maybe idk what “stealth” means [embedded post] Michael / @f...
A profile of, and interview with, Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau on her career path, the FAIR lab, leading ~1,000 people across 10 locations, and more
Meta's head of research into the technology explains the career path that led to weighing questions on society's future X: @cristinacriddle X: Cristina Criddle / @cristinacriddle : One of my favourite...
An interview with WhatsApp Product Director Alice Newton-Rex on end-to-end encryption, spotting misinformation, the UK's Online Safety Act, Telegram, and more
The messaging platform's director of product discusses privacy issues, AI and new features for the app's 2bn users X: @cristinacriddle , @gateklons , @aservais1 , and @1br0wn X: Cristina Criddle / @cr...
Microsoft blocks the term “Disney” from Bing Image Creator over copyright concerns raised by a viral trend where users created Disney film posters of their pets
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : X: @kantrowitz , @brianroemmele , @cristinacriddle , and @mrgunn Forums: r/technews , r/StableDiffusion , and Ars OpenForum See also Mediagazer X: Alex Kantrowitz...
As the UK announces its National Semiconductor Strategy advisory panel, tech minister Paul Scully says the country plans to focus on chip design over subsidies
story today by @CristinaCriddle @ft https://t.co/... Luke / @l_account0 : UK's tech minister admits that “we are not going to recreate Taiwan in south Wales”. Well yes - this shouldn't ever have even ...
Sources: TikTok restructures its ecommerce business to focus on markets where the service has already been introduced, like the UK, the US, and Southeast Asia
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : Tweets: @cristinacriddle Tweets: Cristina Criddle / @cristinacriddle : SCOOP - TikTok has undergone a significant restructure in e-commerce: ✈️ staff in Brazil an...
A journalist recounts discovering that ByteDance surveilled her in 2022 after reporting on TikTok's staff troubles in London and wonders why she was targeted
The FT's Cristina Criddle on discovering she'd been surveilled by the controversial social media company
A look at the challenge of moderating livestreams for children and vulnerable users, even if age verification can be improved and privacy concerns addressed
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : Tweets: @mabsoud , @jimpethokoukis , @aadilbrar , @mr_james_c , @cristinacriddle , and @mattnavarra Tweets: Michael Absoud / @mabsoud : “During the pandemic, the ...
Sources: BeReal is exploring adding paid features to avoid advertising; the app now has 15M DAUs, up from 10K in March 2021, and is now valued at ~$600M
Photo-sharing app BeReal is exploring the addition of in-app payments for extra features to avoid Instagram-style advertising … Tweets: @cristinacriddle Tweets: Cristina Criddle / @cristinacriddle : I...