caseynewton

caseynewton, 21 hours ago to random

It’s Hard Fork Friday! This week: OpenAI’s pivot to flirting, Google puts the web into managed decline, and a round of HatGPT https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/podcasts/hardfork-gpt4o-ai-overviews.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

caseynewton, 1 day ago to random

When social justice protests swept the country in 2020, tech companies mostly welcomed employee activism. The Gaza demonstrations are getting a much different reception. @zoeschiffer talked to folks at Apple, Google Amazon, and Coinbase about it: https://www.platformer.news/tech-protests-gaza-israel-workplace-activism/

caseynewton, 3 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/

mike, 3 days ago to random

@caseynewton Love the new Platformer logo.

caseynewton, 4 days ago to random

Most AI chatbots are cold and clinical. OpenAI's new voice mode for ChatGPT is warm and flirty. That could have big, unpredictable consequences https://www.platformer.news/openai-gpt-4o-chatgpt-voice-vision/

caseynewton, 7 days ago to random

It’s Hard Fork Friday! Kevin has 18 AI friends now and it’s time to interview one of them https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/podcasts/hard-fork-ai-friends.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

caseynewton, 8 days ago to random

I wrote about Reddit, Stack Overflow, and how this new more extractive era of the internet has changed the bargain between platforms and users https://www.platformer.news/ai-data-licensing-reddit-stack-overflow-protest-openai/

akhmxt, 9 days ago to random

Here's the third entry of my blog.

I write that Big Tech is killing independent research through its decisions. Just take into account what Meta has done to CrowdTangle or what Twitter did with its API.

Read here

https://themonolith.medium.com/issue-3-big-tech-is-killing-independent-research-66806d7943a3

caseynewton, 10 days ago to random

How do you stop deepfakes from taking over social networks? OpenAI has some ideas. I spoke with some members of its policy team about how it's thinking about the problem ahead of the election https://www.platformer.news/open-ai-deepfakes-election-c2pa/

caseynewton, 11 days ago to random

There are a lot of good questions right now about what generative AI is actually for. But from chatbots to clinical trials, one pretty solid answer is starting to suggest itself: simulating people https://www.platformer.news/generative-ai-use-case-character-unlearn-synthetic-people/

caseynewton, 14 days ago to random

It’s Hard Fork Friday! This week: your wildest stories about using AI at work. Then, Hank Green joins us to share his thoughts on a TikTok ban. And finally, the deepfake that roiled a Maryland high school https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/podcasts/hard-fork-work-hank-green-deepfake.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

caseynewton, 15 days ago to random

Texas is leading a charge to make people show ID to view porn online — and in a surprise, the Supreme Court chose not to intervene this week. I wrote about the possibility it could reverse yet another long-settled precedent: https://www.platformer.news/scotus-texas-internet-porn-law-first-amendment/

caseynewton, 17 days ago to random

As publishers weigh whether to sue LLM makers or negotiate deals, it's hard not to wonder if they've taken their eye off the actual near-term future. With @zoeschiffer https://www.platformer.news/publisher-ai-deals-openai-alden-microsoft/

bart, 17 days ago to random

meta's Oversight Board has burnt through $280m. Dollars, from the US.

caseynewton, 18 days ago to random

Meta's Oversight Board is preparing for its first round of layoffs and hasn't found a second major funding source beyond Meta itself. I wrote about why it's struggling to have an impact https://www.platformer.news/meta-oversight-board-layoffs/

kylebennett, 7 months ago to random

@caseynewton
What is I just bonk you when I laugh listening to the Hardfork podcast? Might end up feeling like harassment, but I’m just trying to broadcast my enjoyment 😂