President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by “overfitting” in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech
Plus: otherworlds, cozy lit and VHS rentals Max Read / Read Max : Will A.I. writing ever be good? Alberto Romero / The Algorithmic Bridge : The Death of the English Language X: Joe McKendrick / @joemc...
A look at the unraveling of John McAfee, a cybersecurity pioneer and cryptocurrency hawker who grew a conspiracy-minded fan base and built a fortune on paranoia
Elon Musk, in replies to a Breitbart tweet about Trump calling him a “bullshit artist”, says Trump should “hang up his hat” and DeSantis would easily beat Biden
What Happens Next Tweets: Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @BreitbartNews I don't hate the man, but it's time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset. Dems should also call off the attack - don't m...
Some indie game developers say connecting with fans on Discord is helping humanize developer teams, shielding them from backlash and abuse
Ian Birnbaum / VICE : Tweets: @benyt , @sullydish , and @clarknova1 Tweets: Ben Smith / @benyt : Bit of a treasure hunt for the sponsored-content disclosure on this one! https://www.vice.com/... Andr...
South Korean show Squid Game, topping Netflix charts in 90 countries, vindicates Netflix's strategy of creating franchises using content from around the world
including the debate over the show's title, which wasn't decided in Hollywood: https://www.vulture.com/... https://twitter.com/... @zemthings : I love how shocked studios are every time something that...
How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help artists find their superfans and target them for monetization opportunities
New tech that allows artists to interact with superfans — and turn their data into dollars — promises to open long-term revenue streams Tweets: @sharasenderoff , @uniteamusic , @billboard , @mitchlafo...
How a years long effort to create Cyberpunk 2077, marred by infighting, incompetence, and poor planning, brought the Polish studio CD Projekt RED to its knees
Nearly a decade of hype led to a troubled release riddled with glitches, a livid fan base, refunds for potentially millions of players and a possible class-action lawsuit.
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who left Twitch for an exclusive deal with Mixer in August 2019, is back on Twitch, exclusively, in a multiyear deal with the site
for real this time Nathan Grayson / Kotaku : Ninja Is Back Exclusively On Twitch Tweets: Eric Feng / @efeng : I can't help but wonder why didn't @Ninja just launch https://ninja.gg/ and go direct to h...
CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat; app to be shut down, team to form a new media startup as an extension of CNN
With millions of people regularly tuning in to his YouTube video blogs every morning, Casey Neistat has a millennial fan base coveted by both marketers and media companies.