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McCoy

@chrisamccoy
18 posts
2024-02-19
Training Data Wars finally coming out of the shadows
2024-02-19 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Reddit signed a deal early in 2024, worth ~$60M on an annualized basis, allowing a large unnamed AI company to train its models on Reddit's content

including here—is now just an unpaid day laborer on someone else's LLM training farm.  The only difference is that some companies make it more obvious than others. https://www.bloo...

2024-02-17
Training Data Wars finally coming out of the shadows
2024-02-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Reddit signed a deal early in 2024, worth ~$60M on an annualized basis, allowing a large unnamed AI company to train its models on Reddit's content

- Social media firm agrees $60 million deal with AI company  — Reddit advised to seek at least $5 billion IPO valuation

2022-10-26
Apple 💯 is a bully and deserves an anti-trust look. $24b in app store fee revenue, 80% margins, compete against their own developers, etc. etc. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-10-26 View on X
The Verge

Meta says Apple updated its App Store rules to require IAPs for social media “boosts” to grow its business “while undercutting others in the digital economy”

Just when I thought the relationship between Apple and Meta couldn't get more hostile, here we are.

2022-10-21
There are no surprises here, all is reasonable (and predictable). It's also why legit and credibly neutral governance at layer one is so vital — it enables coordination on OFAC lists, etc. https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-21 View on X
The Block

DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory proposal suggesting websites facilitating trading on decentralized exchanges should be regulated

I probably am wrong about some! But in the end the most important thing is to keep commerce and expression free. Scott / @scott_lew_is : now is the time to get loud and fight Dave ...

2022-07-26
Tighten it up @Ehrls15. You recklessly gambled w/Su. Do the right thing for your customers by moving their accounts to a superior service (@FTX_Official). Perhaps negotiate a performance bonus for your customers to regain the *other* 25% in the future regardless of the 3AC scam. https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-26 View on X
Bloomberg

Court filing: Voyager says FTX and Alameda's restructuring proposal is “a low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” that disrupts its bankruptcy process

2022-07-25
Tighten it up @Ehrls15. You recklessly gambled w/Su. Do the right thing for your customers by moving their accounts to a superior service (@FTX_Official). Perhaps negotiate a performance bonus for your customers to regain the *other* 25% in the future regardless of the 3AC scam. https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Filing: Voyager says the restructuring proposal by FTX and Alameda is “a low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” that disrupts the bankruptcy process

Crypto platform Voyager Digital LLC said a joint offer proposed by FTX and Alameda is a “low-ball bid” …

2022-03-04
The Web3 infrastructure layer needs credible governance. Centralization isn't it people. https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-04 View on X
The Block

MetaMask says an Infura “misconfiguration”, which has since been corrected, led to users in Venezuela reporting an inability to access the wallet on Thursday

MK Manoylov / The Block :

The Web3 infrastructure layer needs credible governance. Centralization isn't it people. https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-04 View on X
VICE

OpenSea confirms it is banning users to comply with US sanctions, after some users with Iran-based IP addresses say their accounts and NFTs were deleted

Social media is flooded with reports of users in Venezuela not being able to use MetaMask and Infura, and Iranian users being locked out of OpenSea.

2021-11-29
Fair critique but the author doesn't get read-write-own. https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-29 View on X
Stephen Diehl

Crypto tokens allow venture capitalists to dump their investments on an enthusiastic public without regulation, in the midst of a speculative mania

2021-10-31
All tier 1 crypto VCs should be doing this for their portfolio https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-31 View on X
New York Times

A look at a16z's crypto lobbying and draft legislation it is circulating in DC, which some worry may create regulatory loopholes for its portfolio companies

aka A16Z—has bet billions on world fueled by crypto, saying it will disrupt industries dominated by entrenched middlemen and is good for everyone. But they need new rules for this ...

2021-10-30
All tier 1 crypto VCs should be doing this for their portfolio https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-30 View on X
New York Times

A look at a16z's crypto lobbying and draft legislation it is circulating in DC, which some worry may create regulatory loopholes for its portfolio companies

aka A16Z—has bet billions on world fueled by crypto, saying it will disrupt industries dominated by entrenched middlemen and is good for everyone. But they need new rules for this ...

2021-08-13
Next, stables from Wells Fargo, Chase, and more. Banks will have no choice but to support crypto. Nice move @jerallaire. https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-13 View on X
Axios

Circle announces intention to become a bank, fully regulated by Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC, which could make USDC a de facto central bank digital currency

Crypto giant Circle has announced its intention to become a bank, fully regulated by the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the FDIC.

2021-06-10
Decentralized apps WILL NOT get distro into app stores until the governance of the protocol they are building on figures out how to pay either fees and/or block rewards to the platform overlords. The decentralized monetary system for @thestorecloud will do this. https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-10 View on X
The Verge

Founders of Fanhouse, an OnlyFans-like platform, say Apple is demanding they start paying “30% of creator earnings” by August or be removed from the App Store

Fanhouse wants to keep sending 90 percent of payments to creators  —  Apple is clashing with the platform Fanhouse …

2021-02-12
The politics of public identity-level metadata is a long-time niche interest. We thought deeply about it while building @yoursports. In that system, it changed based upon the season the ID was being represented. https://twitter.com/...
2021-02-12 View on X
The Verge

Twitter changes its position and says it will add labels to the personal accounts of heads of state starting next week

Kim Lyons / The Verge :

2020-10-26
Palantir is effectively the data science department of the United States government. Yes, they see too much. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-10-26 View on X
New York Times

Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump

On a second read of this long Palantir genesis story, “why” it exists makes sense. The barbell philosophies they had to solve for, and hopefully still try to, are fascinating and important. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-10-26 View on X
New York Times

Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump

2020-10-25
Palantir is effectively the data science department of the United States government. Yes, they see too much. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-10-25 View on X
New York Times

Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump

The tech giant helps governments and law enforcement decipher vast amounts of data — to mysterious and, some say, dangerous ends. Tweets: @chrisamccoy , @empo11on , @chrisamccoy , ...

On a second read of this long Palantir genesis story, “why” it exists makes sense. The barbell philosophies they had to solve for, and hopefully still try to, are fascinating and important. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-10-25 View on X
New York Times

Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump

The tech giant helps governments and law enforcement decipher vast amounts of data — to mysterious and, some say, dangerous ends. Tweets: @chrisamccoy , @empo11on , @chrisamccoy , ...