After Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” X replies, xAI says “an unauthorized modification was made to Grok response bot's prompt” at 3:15 AM PST on May 14
We are regularly updating this repository with the system prompts that we use … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Grok “White Genocide” Controversy Leads xAI to Publish Internal System Prompts Mary P...
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...
A profile of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, which has 100K+ data labeling contractors, as he looks to expand to higher-margin AI tools to sustain growth
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal : X: @natolambert , @morqon , @william_fitz , @garybasin , and @deliprao X: Nathan Lambert / @natolambert : Confirmation of one of my points of analysis for the futur...
Dropbox plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees; CEO Drew Houston blames slowing growth and because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived”
Today, our cofounder and CEO Drew Houston shared the difficult news … Emma Roth / The Verge : Dropbox is laying off 500 people and pivoting to AI Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Dropbox blames AI and the eco...
Documents show Google Cloud will be used for its AI capabilities by the CBP in conjunction with Anduril Industries' surveillance tech on the US-Mexico border
The Intercept : Tweets: @lhfang , @samfbiddle , @thedailymao , @raicestexas , @evan_greer , @aaschapiro , @laikenjordahl , @emeryjohnr , @noahpinion , @ethicalgooglers , @william_fitz , @samfbiddle ,...
A look at the growing tensions between tech investors, company managers, and activist employees, as companies try to limit workplace discussion on social issues
great piece by @nitashatiku that will give you an idea of the snowflakes of Silicon Valley: Coinbase's response to BLM reveals Silicon Valley's reactionary streak - The Washington Post https://www.w...
Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries unveils a military drone that can fly autonomously, form a data-sharing swarm, and track people, missiles, equipment using AI
depending on who you ask.” I'll got out on a limb and say it's neither nor. https://www.wired.com/... William Fitzgerald / @william_fitz : or maybe just don't make autonomous lethal weapons? https://t...
Amazon had job listings, now removed, for “intelligence analysts” who would assess “labor organizing threats” and contribute to filings like restraining orders
Open Markets Institute Nandita Bose / Reuters : Amazon's surveillance can boost output and possibly limits unions: study Bloomberg : Amazon Posts, Then Pulls Job Listing to Probe Union Threats Nick St...
Sources: Facebook didn't apply hate speech rules to at least four flagged individuals and groups in India, showing a pattern of favoritism to Modi's party
Company executive in vital market opposed move to ban controversial politician; some employees allege favoritism to ruling party Tweets: @jeffhorwitz , @seemay , @rmac18 , @tmclaughlin3 , @jeffhorwitz...
Over fifteen journalists describe covering Facebook, which they say lies on the record, has ghost-written op-eds, and received quote approval for interviews
One day in July 2016, Casey Newton, a tech reporter for The Verge, sat down at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park for the biggest interview of his career. Tweets: @mattrosoff , @silvermanjacob , @dse...