The Anthropic-DOD skirmish is the first major public debate on control over frontier AI, and institutions behaved erratically, maliciously, and without clarity
On Anthropic and the Department of War — I. — A little more than a decade ago, I sat with my father and watched him die.
The Anthropic-DOD skirmish is the first major public debate on control over frontier AI, and institutions behaved erratically, maliciously, and without clarity
On Anthropic and the Department of War — I. — A little more than a decade ago, I sat with my father and watched him die.
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its X post about its €120M fine of X; X terminates the EC's ad account
to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it...
Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta's Libra stablecoin project, reflects on Libra's failure, what Stripe's Tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more
including one of the card networks the whole thing is designed to replace—and “neutrality.” [image] Brij Singh / @brij : Facebook's Libra turned out to be a strangely “successful” project - if success...
The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that “the window may be closing” for making AI deals
Authors have until the end … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Johns Hopkins Press to License Books for AI Training, Sparking Author Backlash and Industry Debate Bluesky: Christos Lynteris / @visualp...
Investigation: preprint research papers on arXiv from 14 academic institutions in eight countries had hidden prompts telling AI tools to give positive reviews
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review — TOKYO — Research papers …
A Columbia student suspended over a tool to cheat on job interviews says he has raised a $5.3M seed for Cluely, which offers an AI tool to “cheat on everything”
We want to cheat on everything. Yep, you heard that right. Interviews. Business Today : AI startup Cluely raises $5.3 million to let users ‘cheat on everything,’ even job interviews and exams Sean M...
[Thread] A roundup of recent announcements from researchers, businesses, and academic institutions opposing California's AI safety bill
the real experts — agree the risks are real. We all urge you to pass it into law. Titus Wu / @tituswu100 : Pressure is intensifying on #SB1047, California's controversial #AI safety bill, as lawmaker...
Arab and Muslim workers at Meta detail frustrations over Meta's handling of internal discussions on the Israel-Hamas war, worrying it led to bad product choices
Wired : X: @marcowenjones , @nicolefroio , @evystadium , and @wired . Forums: r/worldnews X: Marc Owen Jones / @marcowenjones : This is an essential read in all the ways Meta silence empathy for Pale...
Stanford Internet Observatory's former research director details the online rumor mill that led to SIO ending its rapid-response election observation work
This by the former research director of the #Stanford Internet Observatory. It was one of the leading #US institutions studying #online disinformation, but it's been shut down recently due to lawsuit...