Signal's Meredith Whittaker says AI agents doing tasks on users' behalf pose security and privacy risks and refers to their use as “putting your brain in a jar”
techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/s... … Paul Rietschka / @prietschka : Agents agents agents! — Yes, Whittaker is right! — Also: agents agents agents! If you say it enough — I've been told — it becomes t...
SXSW shows crypto and the metaverse are underwhelming, mundane, and pathetic; the biggest boosters are rich enough to generate interest but not social utility
The first SXSW in three years was taken over by crypto-mania fueled by marketing hype. — It did not really hit …
The state of crypto and the metaverse, as seen at SXSW, is underwhelming and pathetic, showing off only how rich its boosters are and little of social utility
The first SXSW in three years was taken over by crypto-mania fueled by marketing hype. — It did not really hit … Tweets: @chrismessina , @oneunderscore__ , @nd_kane , @mariabustillos , @jscros , @bi...
How Foursquare, which tracks the location of millions via their smartphones and has 100K+ clients including Snapchat and Uber, makes sure its data isn't misused
exactly what most tech companies don't do.” http://www.engadget.com/... Martin Bryant / @martinsfp : For whatever reason, I've always had the gut sense that Foursquare is a responsible data custodian....
Wikimedia says it was unaware of YouTube's plans to use Wikipedia content next to conspiracy videos, amid concerns it could increase article vandalism
Well, this is awkward — At SXSW yesterday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the platform would start adding information …
In SXSW interview Nick Denton talks about how Gawker's Hogan coverage could have been better and the importance of conversation-driven platforms to media
“Facebook makes me despise many of my friends and Twitter makes me hate the rest of the world," Gawker founder Nick Denton said.