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I think this is right: AI companies, and particularly OpenAI, have a crisis of trust with the public. We simply don't believe a word they say when it comes to privacy and respecting our rights. It's well-earned. The way LLMs work is through training on vast
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Interesting study. Although I think there are enormous incentives for people to report this way, I'm sure there's a lot of truth to it. It sounds like the big issue is the kind of informal ideation and conversation that happens really easily when you're
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Flipboard is making its entire platform fediverse-compatible, allowing anyone on any fediverse platform (eg Mastodon, Pixelfed, and eventually Threads) to follow content shared there. "By March Flipboard says it plans to allow anyone on the platform to open their account to the fediverse and allow any Flipboard user to
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"Immigrants are poisoning the blood of the country" is something a real Presidential candidate said in 2023. You know which one. Here's a clue: he's by far the frontrunner for Republican candidate, and has a fair chance of being elected for a second term
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This story seems a little suspect, but still worrying: "A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations of consumers through embedded microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to gather data and use it to target
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Police body cams have turned out to be a sort of trust whitewashing: a way to demonstrate openness without the accompanying requirement to be open at all. In practice, they're a sham. "Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a
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Big news for people who can get pregnant and the people who care about them (which should be everyone): "New research published by the journal Nature points to the discovery that a single hormone causes nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: GDF15. Researchers found that the amount of this hormone
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Threads is starting its initial real fediverse integration (as it launches into the EU). Exciting times. #Technology [Link]
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I've been thinking a lot about leveling engineers lately, and I like this system that Sarah Milstein implemented at Daily very much indeed. Sarah's just started a coaching practice for engineering leaders, which sounds wonderful to me. #Technology [Link]
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This hits the nail on the head: "No one chasing money in media ever chased Twitter. But anyone chasing power found themselves irresistibly drawn to the platform. And eventually, the platform started to actually deliver that power in ways that continue to reverberate around the world." I do
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It's reassuring to see Benedict Evans have a lot of the same business questions as everybody else about AI - What actually is this? What will it look like? Will OpenAI be a gatekeeper? Albeit no mention of the ethical issues that are also a hugely important part
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Really good to hear about this meeting at Meta about joining the fediverse. It sounds like development is continuing apace; I really appreciate the transparency. I have to admit that I feel a pang of FOMO. This is such an important movement and moment in time for the web. #Technology