How David Sacks and AI adviser Sriram Krishnan overcame MAGA's opposition to Trump's AI executive order, talking to lawmakers and finally modifying its language
Some of Trump's decisions will always remain a mystery Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Donald Trump has filed an executive order asking federal agencies to fight state AI laws including using tactics ...
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis pushes back on claims by Meta's Yann LeCun that he, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei are fearmongering to achieve AI regulatory capture
Ng states that the idea that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity is a lie being spread by big tech in the hope of triggering heavy regulation that would shut down competit...
Shadowbanning is real and social media platforms should be more transparent; a survey shows nearly one in 10 US social media users report being shadowbanned
and who it really hurts. … Will Oremus / @willoremus@mastodon.social : Another reason to appreciate Mastodon: no shadowbanning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tweets: Dave Lee / @daveleeft : @Wil...
Critiques of “anti-crypto media personalities” and the “podcast circuit” miss an essential point: Web3 currently sucks and saying so is not a conspiracy
Read to the end for a truly cursed TikTok — Web3 Being Not Very Good Is Not A Conspiracy Tweets: @sriramk , @devon_wiersma , @broderick , @levie , @rjcc , @josephmdurso , @willoremus , @coloradotrav...
TikTok's networks effects, largely driven by remixability of content and features that interconnect, cannot be easily cloned by rivals to recreate the ecosystem
I promised one final piece on TikTok, focused primarily on the network effects of creativity. And this is that, in part. Tweets: @eugenewei , @sarthakgh , @joshelman , @johnbattelle , @patrick_oshag ...
Q&A with Alex Stamos about Mark Zuckerberg's recent comments on free speech and where he went wrong, Facebook's News tab, fact-checking political ads, and more
Facebook relationship to speech is complicated: It takes down some forms of hate speech, provided it meets certain criteria … Tweets: @mathewi , @sriramk , @maxorgel , @benthompson , @mathewi , @mathe...
Jeff Bezos' security chief says his investigation concluded with high confidence that Saudi Arabia “had access to Bezos' phone, and gained private information”
These are not April Fool items. Bobby Hellard / IT PRO : Jeff Bezos allegedly hacked by Saudi Arabia Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Security consultant claims Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked by Saudi Arab...
An in-depth analysis of social media platforms through the lens of social capital theory and why we should think of them as “Status as a Service” businesses
Editor's Note 1: I have no editor. — Editor's Note 2: I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my posts are not as long as this one. Tweets: @eugenewei , @ingridlunden , @sriram...