Taco Bell, which deployed voice AI-powered ordering at 500+ drive-through locations, is now reconsidering the tech after viral videos of glitches and pranks
I'm sure I'm going to upset the AI bros, who are desperately fumbling around to try & keep a bag they know is about to be gone. Craven Lovelace / @cravenlovelace : Another company rushes to incorporat...
Starlink experienced a network outage for about 2.5 hours on Thursday; NetBlocks reports that connectivity dropped to “16% of ordinary levels”
What Caused The Global Outage And Is It Back Up Yet? Abdullah Asim / PhoneArena : Starlink goes down mere hours after T-Mobile's service goes live Reuters : Musk's Starlink says it is experiencing maj...
Sensor Tower: in February 2024, X had 27M US DAUs of its mobile app, down 18% YoY, and the US user base has been flat or down every month since November 2022
X usage has declined as downloads of Threads have surged in recent weeks. — The number of people using X daily is falling … Threads: @lorakolodny , @georgescriban , @clarajeffery , @chancerydaily , ...
X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO Linda Yaccarino will lead teams including legal and sales, and both will oversee trust and safety
“U.S. ad revenue for the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was $88 million, down 59 percent from a year earlier.” Michael Love / @elkmovie@mastodon.social : @Techmeme — Musk: make mes...
Users embrace “algospeak”, like saying “unalive” instead of dead, to bypass content moderation filters on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitch
I have a love-hate relationship with being sick. Tweets: Evan Greer / @evan_greer : I spoke with @TaylorLorenz about how attempting to “sanitize the internet” with automated content removal is a fools...
An inside look at Gen X, Amex's latest ML-based fraud detection model, which was developed, updated, and rolled out as spending patterns changed amid lockdowns
and wishing they had a stress ball handy #AI $AXP https://www.morningbrew.com/ ... via @etechbrew @haydenfield : NEW: My latest feature—the 2nd in our “Demystifying Algorithms” series—is live! I wrote...
An inside look at Gen X, Amex's latest ML-based fraud detection model, which was developed, updated, and rolled out as spending patterns changed amid lockdowns
For Amex's fraud risk team, the year leading up to the new model's rollout was full of upended expectations—and wishing they had a stress ball handy Tweets: @jaycodon , @clay1016 , @haydenfield , @dan...
Review of public posts of dozens of Facebook users sharing extreme right-wing views shows how Facebook rewards their lies and helped incubate the insurrection
I saw this play out in the Philippines too when I was reporting my story about President Duterte “influencers” on Facebook. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Stuart Andrew Thompson /...
How Montreal-based Pornhub profits from child and revenge porn, rape, spy cam and other criminal, non-consensual sex videos
study Billy Steele / Engadget : Recommended Reading: Ted Lasso and the American decline Tweets: Gabriel Dance / @gabrieldance : facebook - the most prolific reporter of child sexual abuse imagery - wi...