Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies
so poor all they have is money. And Andreessen is the OG — Original Greed www.propublica.org/article/trum... Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : Given all the ways in which the ultra-wealthy have cur...
A deep dive into AI as a normal technology vs. a humanlike intelligence and how major public policy based on controlling superintelligence may make things worse
An alternative to the vision of AI as a potential superintelligence — We articulate a vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as normal technology. Bluesky: @taumuyi , @knightcolumbia.org , @tedunder...
Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X Spaces was derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time on August 12; Musk blamed “a massive DDoS attack”
but Elon Musk Desperately Needs Him Back Simon Sharwood / The Register : Elon Musk claims live Trump interview on X derailed by DDoS Emily Dreibelbis / PCMag : Musk Blames DDoS Attack For 40-Minute De...
Mark Zuckerberg argues that “open source AI” is the path forward, closed models are vulnerable to vendor lock-in and state-backed espionage, and more
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : You can find @zuck's full post here https://www.facebook.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Mark Zuckerberg has shared a persuasive...
Q&A with Center for AI Safety's Dan Hendrycks about his work on California's AI safety bill, the backlash against the bill, advising xAI on safety, and more
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : X: @shiringhaffary , @drtechlash , and @anjneymidha X: Shirin Ghaffary / @shiringhaffary : NEW: For this week's newsletter, I talked to Center for AI Safety's @DanHendry...
X remains a popular destination for people highly engaged in politics, with DC insiders reluctantly buying blue checks and candidates paying for cheap ads
While former President Donald Trump was actively being convicted by a jury of his peers in New York City last week … Threads: @joanwestenberg , @joanwestenberg , @theromit , @moskov , @drewharwell , @...
Meta plans to not “proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow” on Threads, matching the company's policy on Facebook and Instagram
including this feed. … Seth Abramson / @seth.abramson : Now that Threads has announced it will throttle political content, please do, when/as possible: 1. Repost political content you find informativ...
Meta plans to not “proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow” on Threads, matching the company's policy on Facebook and Instagram
including this feed. … Seth Abramson / @seth.abramson : Now that Threads has announced it will throttle political content, please do, when/as possible: 1. Repost political content you find informativ...
After new fight claims from Musk, Zuckerberg warns “anything” Musk says hasn't been agreed on; Musk also said surgery will prevent him from fighting for months
but Zuckerberg Calls BS Stuff.co.nz : Elon Musk to fight Mark Zuckerberg in ‘ancient Roman setting’ MMA Fighting : Mark Zuckerberg denies Elon Musk fight claims, mentions UFC and ONE as ideal partners...
Threads can avoid Google+'s failure by not simply relying on the scale of Meta's existing products, but by giving users a compelling reason to keep coming back
https://lists.w3.org/... Twitter: Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : Google worked VERY hard to make Google+ work, and it didn't, because it wasn't in its wheelhouse and Facebook was so strong. Threa...