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...
How disparate forms of media and entertainment are converging on a continuous flow of episodic video, across streaming services, podcasts, and social media apps
social media, podcasts, etc. … Justin Bruno : We are getting lonelier, meaner, and dumber. — This piece from Derek Thompson is such a good overview of where we are and how we got here. … Vanessa Ote...
When asked “Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict? One word answer only.”, Grok 4 searches for Musk's views, but only if “you” is in the query
seemingly solicits Elon Musk's opinion on controversial topics Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo : Researchers Find Grok 4 Checking Elon Musk's Opinions Before Answering ‘Sensitive’ Questions Max Read / Read Max ...
Sources: Shadow, a company affiliated with Democratic digital nonprofit ACRONYM, built the Iowa caucus app that contributed to delays in reporting results
show’ a year ago Wall Street Journal : Iowa's Tally-by-App Experiment Fails Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic : Who Needs the Russians? Jeff Bercovici / Los Angeles Times : Tech firm started by Clinton ca...
With the infrastructure for ubiquitous surveillance being deployed at scale, we have lost “ambient privacy”: everyday interactions that should stay unremembered
The need to regulate online privacy is a truth so universally acknowledged that even Facebook and Google have joined the chorus of voices crying for change. Tweets: @michaelbd , @danfostertype , @thom...
The internet now feels increasingly fake as trust declines and users begin to understand how bots fake page views, conversations, and more
In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million … Tweets: @jamiejbartlett , @max_read , @toryanarchist , @mattdpearce ...
VP of policy details Facebook's limits to free speech: physically or financially endangering people, intimidating via hateful words, tricking people for profit
just downranking and redirecting you to Snopes” is rapidly becoming Silicon Valley's go-to answer to charges of censorship or playing arbiter of truth. http://newsroom.fb.com/... http://twitter.com/.....
Following bans of Infowars' content, its mobile app has shot up iOS App Store and Google Play Store charts, going from 47th to 4th in US news category on iOS
and thrive David Pierini / Cult of Mac : Alex Jones ‘patriots’ rush to App Store to download Infowars app Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times : Alex Jones Urges Infowars Fans to Fight Back, and Send...
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg about Russia, fake news, InfoWars, Myanmar, and why he thinks Facebook shouldn't take down posts that deny the Holocaust
Kara Swisher got … Sarah Frier / Bloomberg : Zuckerberg Walks Back Defense of Holocaust Deniers on Facebook Rhett Jones / Gizmodo : Mark Zuckerberg Has a Great Idea for How to Fix Facebook Max Read / ...
A look at how YouTube is being used to share traumatizing content to young children automatically and at scale
even if you're a human, you have to end up impersonating the machine.” http://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Discussions about this (excellent) post have taken over our newsroom today —...