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2 years
For subscribers today: - YouTube opens its doors to deepfakes - Newer AI companies are heavily restricting the use of their tools. Social networks are taking a different approach - Good post about a cowboy https://t.co/w1GmqdxfxX
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Newer AI companies are heavily restricting the use of their tools. Social networks are taking a different approach
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For subscribers today: - How Musk is borrowing from X to build Grok - From servers to people, Musk is looking across his empire to catch up in AI - Good Facebook post https://t.co/hbCgtLmwVX
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2 years
For all followers today: - How OpenAI is building a path toward AI agents - Building a GPT-based copy editor showcases their promise — but the risks ahead are real - Good thread about Shakespeare https://t.co/YIKfKuGqtm
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Building a GPT-based copy editor showcases their promise — but the risks ahead are real
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2 years
For subscribers today: - The case for a little AI regulation - Not every safety rule represents "regulatory capture" — and even challengers are asking the government to intervene - Good post about Halloween https://t.co/St4AZVhCcr
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Not every safety rule represents "regulatory capture" — and even challengers are asking the government to intervene
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2 years
For all followers today: - Biden seeks to rein in AI - An executive order gives AI companies the guardrails they asked for. Will the US go further? - Good skeet about an e-scooter crash https://t.co/Q0i7J2UtGf
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An executive order gives AI companies the guardrails they asked for. Will the US go further?
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2 years
For subscribers today: - Twitter is dead and Threads is thriving - One year after Elon Musk let that sink in, an elegy for the platform that was — and some notes on the one that is poised to succeed it - Good post about gay Halloween parties https://t.co/0XlgOHuKlU
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One year after Elon Musk let that sink in, an elegy for the platform that was — and some notes on the one that is poised to succeed it
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2 years
For all followers today: - The states sue Meta over child safety - Everyone agrees there's a teen mental health crisis. Is this how you fix it? - Good post about getting married https://t.co/HwqmMgQf1B
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Everyone agrees there's a teen mental health crisis. Is this how you fix it?
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2 years
For subscribers today: - How to see the future using DALL-E 3 - To understand how quickly AI is improving, forget ChatGPT — use an image generator - Good post about alarms https://t.co/LkGcZI6Qwm
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To understand how quickly AI is improving, forget ChatGPT — use an image generator
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2 years
For all followers today: - Inside Discord’s reform movement for banned users - Most platforms ban their trolls forever. Discord wants to rehabilitate them - Good post about work emails https://t.co/8Bt6cf6r72
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Most platforms ban their trolls forever. Discord wants to rehabilitate them
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2 years
For subscribers today: - Why no one can deplatform Hamas - Other challenges of moderating content in wartime - Good post about carving pumpkins https://t.co/cWFTGjLPc8
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And other challenges of moderating content in wartime
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2 years
For subscribers today: - How one former Twitter employee could beat Elon Musk in court - Former engineer Yao Yue discusses being fired over a tweet — and her success in getting the NLRB to file its first formal complaint against X - Good post about nachos https://t.co/7vMDGBwTKh
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In her first interview, former engineer Yao Yue discusses being fired over a tweet — and her success in getting the NLRB to file its first formal complaint against X
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2 years
For subscribers today: - How to use future AI interfaces today - Raycast, GPT-4, and life after the web - Good post about pumpkin basketball https://t.co/BwPKwuqc7N
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Raycast, GPT-4, and life after the web
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2 years
For subscribers today: - Should Meta change its policy on deepfakes? - It looks like the Oversight Board thinks so. Will its eventual decision matter? - Good post about phones https://t.co/ts5KWs3fOx
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It looks like the Oversight Board thinks so. Will its eventual decision matter?
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2 years
For all followers today: - How the attacks in Israel are changing Threads - Three months into its existence, the app’s purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it - Good post about Christopher Columbus https://t.co/9lCdsL1LNw
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Three months into its existence, the app’s purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it
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2 years
For subscribers today: - How authoritarian governments are using generative AI - A new report finds at least 16 countries using synthetic media to mislead their citizens — and the number is growing fast - Good post about the McRib https://t.co/QENcI9OALw
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A new report finds at least 16 countries using synthetic media to mislead their citizens — and the number is growing fast
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2 years
For all followers today: - Taylor Lorenz on her extremely online history of the internet - Notes on selling books via Instagram stories, fighting with Elon, and which platform is best at shielding users from harassment - Good skeleton https://t.co/7L3OWWFdjc
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Notes on selling books via Instagram stories, fighting with Elon, and which platform is best at shielding users from harassment
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2 years
For subscribers today: - Why fact-checking fails to stop deepfakes - Labeling posts only goes so far — but that doesn't mean platforms should give up - Good post about 2021
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Labeling posts only goes so far — but that doesn't mean platforms should give up
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2 years
For subscribers today: - The campaign against government’s influence over tech - An effort to stop agencies, academics and platforms from speaking to each other has implications for next year’s presidential election - Good post about treats https://t.co/KmqTZFcR0L
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An effort to stop agencies, academics and platforms from speaking to each other is finding success outside the courts — and has implications for next year’s presidential election
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For subscribers today: - Generative AI is already testing platforms’ limits - A phony Tank Man, and a flood of garbage books, hint at the challenge to come - Good post about shareholder value https://t.co/ZiclvahZ8r
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A phony Tank Man, and a flood of garbage books, hint at the challenge to come
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