Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year and examines AI's effect on the economy, geopolitics, and how people interact with the world
😂 — Karma for rigging a war map, or making money on bets with insider knowledge. — An upside of Time's dumb 2025 choice, I suppose. Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : The arrogance of the Tech Br...
How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefit his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts
Calls Conflict Claims “Nothing Burger” Mike Pearl / Gizmodo : 438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government Mark Toon / Protos : David Sacks sends silly legal threat to ...
GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe
Time spent on the platforms is declining in every age group, though is most pronounced in younger generations … Stefano Santinelli : AI floods our feeds - and social media's ceiling is showing. — 📊 ...
Meta VP of Generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle denies a rumor that the company trained Llama 4 Maverick and Scout on test sets, saying that Meta “would never do that”
but the EU doesn't get everything Pascale Davies / Euronews : From a political shift to a more powerful AI: Everything to know about Meta's Llama 4 models Jay Bonggolto / Android Central : Meta is com...
Mozilla responds to backlash over Firefox's new Terms of Use, which critics have called out for being overly broad, and says it won't use people's data for AI
“These changes are not driven by a desire by Mozilla to use people's data for AI or sell it to advertisers,” Mozilla spokesperson Kenya Friend-Daniel said in an email to TechCrunch. techcrunch.com/20...
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
here's what's going on Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : ‘Ghosts’ of Spotify — Liz Pelly, Harpers: … Reading this article made me feel quite sad. Bluesky: @nanobii.com : the spotify “fake artist” issue appar...
Researchers detail a “nearest neighbor attack” by Russia's APT28, which remotely breached a target's Wi-Fi by hijacking a laptop in a building across the street
The “Nearest Neighbour attack” (very cool name, btw) involves connecting with nearby organizations and using their Wi-Fi networks to reach the main target organization. … @xpnsec.com : This hack is br...
Dave Mills, who created the Network Time Protocol in 1985 to synchronize time across different computer systems and networks, died at age 85 on January 17
https://arstechnica.com/... Zeb Palmer / @zebpalmer@syringa.social : I've spent a surprisingly significant percentage of my career trying to get thousands of servers scattered around the globe to all ...
A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don't appear to make any money from the content
The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now — “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms. It was on TikTok first. X: @wsj and @anupamchander . Forums: Hacker News X: @wsj : Face...
OpenAI and DeepMind executives, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others sign a statement saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority”
and says computer scientists need ethics training Brian Fung / CNN : AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of ‘extinction’ risk Alka Jain / Livemint : Industry leaders warn ‘AI poses risk...