John Oliver's Last Week Tonight looks at AI slop, how it corrodes the concept of objective reality, the slop economy, tech leaders' enthusiasm for gen AI, more
Recall that the right wants to ban AI legislation *at the state level*. They're cashing in on the mis/dis information AND from the tech flooding us with it. — www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg... Stefan...
Free Our Feeds, backed by Jimmy Wales and others, aims to raise $30M by 2028 to billionaire-proof the AT Protocol by making it easier for Bluesky users to leave
The non-profit social media foundation space is really heating up. Ciarán Mather / Silicon Republic : Campaign aims to protect Bluesky's tech from billionaires Thomas Claburn / The Register : Hulk sma...
Federated networks like Mastodon and a growing acceptance of paying for content may help move people away from big social platforms and improve online discourse
We're in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it's broken. That's not news. Mastodon: @stefan@gardenstate.social , @jangles@mastodon.social , @Cassandra@artisan.chat , @timbray@cosoci...
Sources: Twitter has downranked accounts from its rivals like Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December 2022, plus accounts like the US Department of Health's
It would be nice if one of the two actually links was to the article. Instead one is to a Tweet with the link and the other is to your site with a link. 😇 @patrida1941@mstdn.social : @caseynewton @z...
Sources: Twitter downranked rivals' corporate accounts including Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December, as well as non-rivals like the US @HHSGov account
Little scoop from me today: Twitter has been down-ranking the corporate accounts of its competitors, including 19 official TikTok accounts, 3 Snap accounts, and 2 Instagram accounts. This means their ...