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Chris Messina

@chris
75 posts
2024-12-05
Christmas came early this year!
2024-12-05 View on X
The Verge

Threads users can now follow fediverse accounts that have interacted with a Threads post; users won't see fediverse posts in feeds, but will on account profiles

However, I believe that interoperability is necessary for survival of all of these platforms. … Eugen Rochko / @Gargron@mastodon.social : @mosseri just announced that #Threads user...

You can now follow people from the fediverse on Threads!
2024-12-05 View on X
The Verge

Threads users can now follow fediverse accounts that have interacted with a Threads post; users won't see fediverse posts in feeds, but will on account profiles

However, I believe that interoperability is necessary for survival of all of these platforms. … Eugen Rochko / @Gargron@mastodon.social : @mosseri just announced that #Threads user...

2024-12-03
The new @threads Search experience is * chef's kiss * so good!  OMG.  I've been waiting so long for this — being able to filter results from a single profile AND set a time period.  —  (Now add hashtags!)  —  #NewThreads  —  [images]
2024-12-03 View on X
The Verge

Threads is rolling out a search update globally over the next few weeks that will let users filter searches by “After date,” “Before date,” and “From profile”

Threads is rolling out a search update globally over the next few weeks that will let users filter searches …

2024-11-08
As I predicted: you can now share from Spotify to TikTok and from Instagram to Spotify!  —  https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...  #NewSpotify  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/...  [images]
2024-11-08 View on X
TechCrunch

TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages

TikTok on Thursday debuted a new feature that will more closely connect its app, which already influences which songs top the charts …

2024-11-05
AI won't take your job as long as you promise to never go strike  —  https://techcrunch.com/...
2024-11-05 View on X
TechCrunch

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says his offer to help the NYT was “to provide technical infra support” and “not to replace journalists or engineers”

The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services …

2024-10-16
What's up AIM buddies?  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/...
2024-10-16 View on X
The Verge

Meta rolls out “activity status” to Threads that shows a green dot next to a user's profile picture to show the user is online, if they have the feature enabled

RE: https://www.threads.net/... Chris Messina / @chris : What's up AIM buddies?  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/... X: @gateklons : And the GDPR legal basis for this disclosure is?...

2024-10-13
@meta doesn't even bother to use Threads's native “AI Label” feature when posting AI-generated images.  —  Sure, there's a subtle watermark, but what's the point of the label if the platform owner doesn't even bother with it?  —  [image]
2024-10-13 View on X
The Verge

Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account

Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it!

2024-10-12
Loss likes the Tesla RoboTaxi is a hit!  📉 $TSLA
2024-10-12 View on X
Business Insider

Analysts question the feasibility of Tesla's robotaxi plan, citing a lack of rideshare partnerships and Musk's history of missing FSD targets; TSLA drops 8.8%

- Tesla's driverless taxi plan has been met with skepticism over its feasibility and competition with rivals.

2024-10-11
Loss likes the Tesla RoboTaxi is a hit!  📉 $TSLA
2024-10-11 View on X
Business Insider

Experts question the feasibility of Tesla's robotaxi plan, getting scale without rideshare partners, and cite Musk's history of missed FSD dates; TSLA down 7%+

- Tesla's driverless taxi plan has been met with skepticism over its feasibility and competition with rivals.

2024-10-02
Silicon Valley is now airing Game of Thrones Season 9.
2024-10-02 View on X
TechCrunch

Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma, who spent years as a doctoral fellow at Google before joining OpenAI's founding team as a research scientist

a great hire for anthropic Shakeel / @shakeelhashim : Big get for Anthropic: one of OpenAI's first employees and a long-time Google AI scientist. @luke_metro : Announcing this in t...

2024-08-31
It's going to be Claude (Alexa) vs ChatGPT (Siri) in the next evolution of the voicebot wars.  Given Amazon's investment in @anthropicai, this totally makes sense.  Amazon also is adding rundles outside of Prime, adding a la carte subscriptions for Whole Foods delivery, Ring home monitoring, and more. …
2024-08-31 View on X
Reuters

Sources: Amazon's revamped “Remarkable” Alexa, due for release in October 2024, will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude, and cost $5 to $10 per month

the path to scale will still be tough Brad Linder / Liliputing : Lilbits: Amazon's AI-powered subscription voice assistant could launch in October Omar Gallaga / CNET : Amazon's Al...

2024-08-29
Wired: Threads Graph API ⇒ Threads ⇔ Fediverse  —  Tired: Threads Graph API ⇒ Threads ⇏ Fediverse  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/...
2024-08-29 View on X
TechCrunch

Threads now lets users see and like fediverse replies on other posts besides their own, and will syndicate posts submitted via the Threads API to the fediverse

Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon …

2024-08-26
Telegram CEO arrested in France.
2024-08-26 View on X
Reuters

Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation

Related by education: Saint Petersburg State University BBC : Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport Jones Hayden / Politico : Telegram CEO reportedly arrested at Fren...

Telegram CEO arrested in France.
2024-08-26 View on X
Politico

French President Emmanuel Macron says the government was not involved in the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and “this is in no way a political decision”

French president condemns “false information” as Pavel Durov's detention in Paris triggers global outcry.

2024-08-25
Telegram CEO arrested in France.
2024-08-25 View on X
Reuters

Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderators on the app

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly …

I have risen.  ✝️  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/...  [image]
2024-08-25 View on X
TechCrunch

Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific

Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools …

“Technologist Christ Messina also found hints about these posts in the iOS app's code earlier this month.”  My son, nothing lasts forever.
2024-08-25 View on X
TechCrunch

Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific

Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools …

2024-08-15
The free speech wing of the free speech party
2024-08-15 View on X
The Verge

Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails

xAI's Grok chatbot now lets you create images from text prompts and publish them to X — and so far, the rollout seems as chaotic …

2024-06-07
Identity is the platform and keeping your secrets is how Apple and Google will prevent you from ever leaving their walled gardens.  AI apps require your data to personalize their responses; what protects that data?  Your keys and passwords.  Apple will unveil a dedicated Passwords app next week.  Game on.
2024-06-07 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple plans a new Passwords app in macOS 15, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18, powered by iCloud Keychain, and will let users import passwords from rival services

Apple Inc. will introduce a new homegrown app next week called Passwords, aiming to make it easier for customers to log …

Identity is the platform and keeping your secrets is how Apple and Google will prevent you from ever leaving their walled gardens.  AI apps require your data to personalize their responses; what protects that data?  Your keys and passwords.  Apple will unveil a dedicated Passwords app next week.  Game on.
2024-06-07 View on X
Bloomberg

What to expect at WWDC 2024: plans to integrate AI into its apps with a new opt-in service called Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, macOS 15, visionOS 2, and more

The company will introduce ‘Apple Intelligence,’ its long-awaited push into modern AI for the iPhone, iPad and Mac.