OpenAI's Sora 2 generates copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips featuring SpongeBob, Pokémon, Mario, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars
From Dildo Ads to Furry CEOs Alex Mahadevan / Poynter : My journey into the artificial world of Sora 2 X: Paul Yacoubian / @paulyacoubian : Just found out if you try to delete your Sora app account yo...
Crypto and tech entrepreneurs are attending Network School, founded by Balaji Srinivasan in Forest City, Malaysia, to test his concepts about the Network State
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg : LinkedIn: Anders Melin and Ryan Weeks Forums: r/Buttcoin and Slashdot LinkedIn: Anders Melin : Much has been written about Forest City, the troubled moonshot $100 billion dev...
Crypto and tech entrepreneurs are attending Network School, founded by Balaji Srinivasan in Forest City, Malaysia, to test his concepts about the Network State
Balaji Srinivasan wants to design a new kind of nation state, and he's making a troubled megaproject a testbed for his ideas. LinkedIn: Anders Melin and Ryan Weeks LinkedIn: Anders Melin : Much has be...
Source: Ethena, which runs the USDe stablecoin, marketed as a “synthetic dollar” with a 9% yield and almost $6B in circulation, raised $100M in December 2024
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg :
As Meta proudly unveils AI tools, Facebook users find feeds clogged with AI junk, even when Facebook is needed as a civic resource to coordinate disaster relief
by which they mean there are no instances of deep fakes of candidates themselves or voting-related activities. It has been a weird coverage cycle. Mark Little / @marklittlenews : A big concern at the...
Nick Clegg criticizes the then PM Rishi Sunak's doomerism during November 2023's AI safety summit, saying UK “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on AI risks
Five case business case is something Gov Clegg would be aware of. What are the benefits, yes. Which are never viewed in isolation from the risks, costs, need, impact, reputation etc. He can't just ...
Elon Musk boosts a post that disparages the abilities of “women and low T men”, advocates a “Republic of high status males”, and mentions a “Reich effect”
With about two months until Election Day, the guardrails established … Ariana Baio / The Independent : Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ Jyoti M...
An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp of Twitter Blue, including Elon Musk's haphazard planning and Esther Crawford's involvement
From @kateaconger and @mac_ryan_'s new book: “Ms. Crawford and Mr. Jones faced a maelstrom of criticism across Twitter, and the product designer wanted to delete his post. … Kate Conger / @kateaconger...
An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp of Twitter Blue, including Elon Musk's haphazard planning and Esther Crawford's involvement
By Nov. 9, 2022, anxiety was high among the Twitter employees gathered at the company's San Francisco headquarters. Threads: @oliverdarcy , @kateaconger , @sheerafrenkel , @mac_ryan_ , @thekenyeung , ...
A US district judge in Texas strikes down the FTC's ban on worker noncompete agreements, due to start September 4, after temporarily blocking the rule in July
Potential $400B Earnings Boost For Workers Over Next Decade Blocked Ben Werdmuller / Werd I/O : The FTC's noncompete agreements ban has been struck down Todd Spangler / Variety : Judge Strikes Down FT...