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11/21/2023
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OpenAI's alignment problem
The company's board failed the institution. But did it have a point?
11/14/2023
1 : 14
How banning one Palestinian slogan roiled Etsy
The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers' wares. Some employees aren't happy
11/7/2023
1 : 24
How OpenAI is building a path toward AI agents
Building a GPT-based copy editor showcases their promise — but the risks ahead are real
11/3/2023
0 : 34
The case for a little AI regulation
Not every safety rule represents "regulatory capture" — and even challengers are asking the government to intervene
11/1/2023
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Biden seeks to rein in AI
An executive order gives AI companies the guardrails they asked for. Will the US go further?
10/27/2023
0 : 34
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
10/25/2023
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The states sue Meta over child safety
Everyone agrees there's a teen mental health crisis. Is this how you fix it?
10/24/2023
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How to see the future using DALL-E 3
To understand how quickly AI is improving, forget ChatGPT — use an image generator
10/20/2023
0 : 34
Inside Discord’s reform movement for banned users
Most platforms ban their trolls forever. Discord wants to rehabilitate them
10/19/2023
3 : 44
How one former Twitter employee could beat Elon Musk in court
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
10/10/2023
0 : 54
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
10/4/2023
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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
9/29/2023
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The synthetic social network is coming
Between ChatGPT's surprisingly human voice and Meta's AI characters, our feeds may be about to change forever
9/20/2023
0 : 14
How Google taught AI to doubt itself
Can you stop chatbots from making stuff up using search?
9/19/2023
0 : 24
What I learned in year three of Platformer
Has the Substack revolution come and gone? PLUS: What's changing in year four
9/17/2023
12 : 44
The FTC takes aim at X
Company documents reveal how a stalled data deletion project and inadequate data protections could put X in the agency's crosshairs
9/13/2023
0 : 4
Nine wild details from the new Elon Musk biography
Walter Isaacson brings new tales of Jack Dorsey, that Sergey Brin selfie, and more
9/8/2023
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Google goes to court
On the eve of a major antitrust trial — and its 25th birthday — the company is bracing for a fight
8/30/2023
0 : 34
The unbearable slowness of Meta's Oversight Board
A 234-day wait to get a ruling in a case about incitement to violence suggests that something important is broken
8/25/2023
0 : 34
Why note-taking apps don't make us smarter
They're designed for storage, not sparking insights. Can AI change that?