Interviews with 100+ therapists and psychiatrists on clients' AI chatbot usage show, while there are some upsides, conversations also deepened negative feelings
Grok replied on X to debunk claims of South Africa's “white genocide” when X users asked it to fact-check unrelated topics; the issue appears to have been fixed
Grok kept bringing it up in response to seemingly unrelated posts.
Adam Mosseri says Instagram will roll back some recent changes after a week of mounting criticism, including temporarily reducing the number of recommendations
Say goodbye to the full-screen feed, and at least some of those recommendations — for now. Adam Mosseri explains why
TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms have turned the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard into a sport, often glorifying Depp and mocking Heard
Amanda Hess / New York Times :
Peloton CEO and co-founder John Foley will step down, replaced by ex-Spotify and Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy; Peloton will cut 2,800 jobs and cancel Ohio factory
Exercise-equipment maker to name former Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy as successor, overhaul board and cut costs
Investigation finds Facebook has over 1,000 contractors moderating WhatsApp, including private messages and media, undermining assurances of WhatsApp's privacy
When Mark Zuckerburg unveiled a new “privacy-focused vision” for Facebook in March 2019, he cited the company's global messaging service, WhatsApp, as a model.
Substack strikes deals with trans writers, amid claims it supports allegedly anti-trans writers and is a kind of lucrative off ramp for “cancel culture” victims
A company that makes it easy to charge for newsletters has captivated an anxious industry because it embodies larger forces and contradictions.
The Markup announces The Citizen Browser Project, an initiative with The NYT to analyze how the algorithms of Facebook and YouTube serve content to users
The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates how the world's most powerful institutions use technology to reshape society …
Nonparent staffers at companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Salesforce are increasingly voicing grievances over the extra benefits for parents working from home
Pandemic policies at tech companies have created a rift between parents offered more benefits and resentful workers who don't have children.
Nonparent employees are increasingly voicing their grievances over the extra benefits companies like Facebook extend to parents working from home
Pandemic policies at tech companies have created a rift between parents offered more benefits and resentful workers who don't have children.
Grubhub should be thriving during the pandemic; instead, delivery apps' unworkable business model, charging high fees to small restaurants, creates huge losses
The crisis is a stark reminder that food delivery tech companies may have an unworkable business model
Microsoft encourages Seattle area and Bay Area employees to work from home if possible through March 25 and asks sick employees to stay home
- People who can work from home in the two affected areas should do that, Microsoft said. — Microsoft said non-essential business travel …
Facebook allowing sponsored content for political campaigns with little oversight further muddies the waters, as #sponsored labels are often difficult to spot
This week, Instagram meme accounts like @fuckjerry and @tank.sinatra posted sponsored ads for former New York mayor Michael …
Facebook to allow influencers to produce sponsored content for US politicians and political campaigns, if the posts are clearly identified as paid partnerships
and that system has always been completely broken.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Rob Price / @robaeprice : In October 2019, Facebook employees raised concerns internally that ...
Claire Stapleton, a Google Walkout organizer, recalls Google execs supporting the activism initially, then slowly pushing her out of the company in retaliation
Claire Stapleton didn't just buy into the lore of Google—she helped write it. What happened when the bard of Google became one of its most vocal critics?
A look at HireVue's controversial AI-driven face and voice scanning “employability” assessment tool, used by 100+ employers including Hilton and Goldman Sachs
Drew Harwell / Washington Post :
A look at HireVue's controversial AI-driven face and voice scanning “employability” assessment tool, used by 100+ employers including Hilton and Goldman Sachs
Drew Harwell / Washington Post :
Privacy International finds popular period tracking apps, including MIA Fem and Maya, are sending monthly timings, contraception use, symptoms, more to Facebook
including “when women last had sex” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @BuzzFeedNews Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi : Period tracker apps are sending deeply personal information about ...