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crumbler, 4 days ago to random

There's yet another open letter from the AI safety crowd. If they want more people to take them seriously, they need to get more specific

https://www.platformer.news/tuesday-newsletter/

crumbler, 8 days ago to random

My dreams of a thick, viscous, high-protein IPA are about to come true https://sfstandard.com/2024/05/31/anchor-brewing-sold-to-chobani-yogurt-king-yes-the-old-label-will-return/?utm_campaign=SF%20Standard%20Breaking%20News%20Alerts&utm_content=breaking-read-more&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SF%20Standard

crumbler, 9 days ago to random

This year at Platformer we want to tell more stories about the web as it enters a state of managed decline. Here's @reporterzoe interviewing a man whose independent games site was crushed by a change to Google's search rankings and its embrace of AI: https://www.platformer.news/google-retro-dodo-core-algorithm-change-ai-publishers/

Here's Retro Dodo's founder:

crumbler, 9 days ago to random

Threads could not have picked a better day to roll out the Tweetdeck view to everyone. I'm seeing news and commentary about the Trump verdict in real time, instead of two days later. Feels like a game-changer

crumbler, 11 days ago to random

Silicon Valley should invent a working coffee cup lid

crumbler, 15 days ago to random

This is not a question an app asks when it wants to avoid being a place to discuss news and current events

crumbler, 16 days ago to random

Did Altman pursue the Johansson deal on his own? No: the voice team knew about it, OpenAI told me today. My best effort to piece together the timeline: https://www.platformer.news/openai-scarlett-johansson-chatgpt-voice-her-altman/

crumbler, 16 days ago to random

I thought AI Overviews would be disastrous but I never imagined they would be this funny

crumbler, 16 days ago to random

ChatGPT should offer a gay voice

crumbler, 17 days ago to random

Today in being consistently candid https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/351132/openai-vested-equity-nda-sam-altman-documents-employees

crumbler, 17 days ago to random

The Google News Initiative hasn't stopped a single publication from going out of business and the world would be better off without the fig leaf that it provides the company. So go ahead and kill it https://www.axios.com/2024/05/21/google-news-initiative-journalism-funding-california?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

crumbler, 17 days ago to random

It was a dream to go back on Search Engine to talk with @pjvogt about Google putting the web into managed decline and what we can do about it https://open.spotify.com/episode/6cWLSWAq9LxwUWVbsdagKw

crumbler, 18 days ago to random

“At that party, Elon Musk and Ms. Shanahan took ketamine … and disappeared together for several hours, according to four people briefed on the event and documents related to it. Ms. Shanahan later told Mr. Brin that she had had sex with Mr. Musk, three of the people said. She also relayed the details to friends, family and advisers.”

RE: https://www.threads.net/@kirsten.grind/post/C7RbFNGxIyk

crumbler, 18 days ago to random

A few more words about the OpenAI / Scarlett Johansson situation https://www.platformer.news/platform-sales-tax-california-sb1327-glazer/

crumbler, 18 days ago to random

If I could talk to Threads' For You feed I'd say "show me mostly stuff from the past 24 hours, focused mostly on tech news, along with stuff that will make me laugh."

crumbler, 18 days ago to random

I think we can all agree that this was the one piece missing to make AI overviews truly great

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C7PK0fIKuqO

crumbler, 19 days ago to random

Meanwhile over at Google's AI division

crumbler, 19 days ago to random

This is really looking like one for the "never tweet" hall of fame

crumbler, 19 days ago to random

It's insane that OpenAI trotted out poor Joanne Jang to pretend that this was all just a big misunderstanding today when Altman had been negotiating to get ScarJo's voice the whole time https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161108/openai-scarlett-johanson-chatgpt-her-sky

crumbler, 19 days ago to random

(reading Johansson statement on OpenAI) now that's what I call a Scarlett letter!!!!!!!

crumbler, 22 days ago to random

“I have seen the extremely restrictive off-boarding agreement that contains nondisclosure and non-disparagement provisions former OpenAI employees are subject to. It forbids them, for the rest of their lives, from criticizing their former employer. Even acknowledging that the NDA exists is a violation of it.” https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/17/24158478/openai-departures-sam-altman-employees-chatgpt-release

crumbler, 23 days ago to random

Reddit got its OpenAI money https://www.redditinc.com/blog/reddit-and-oai-partner

crumbler, 23 days ago to random

Meta is testing a new Tweetdeck-like experience for the web. I have it and it's a huge step forward in recapturing the old Twitter magic

crumbler, 25 days ago to random

With today’s announcements at Google I/O, the web has entered a state of managed decline https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/