Speech and Moderation
…Stevie Bonifield Feb 3 Shedding light on Iran’s longest internet blackout Internet shutdowns, smuggled Starlink terminals, and state-sponsored AI slop. Sarah Jeong Feb 1 Pornhub will block new users in…
Search
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
…It includes an Alt + Space keyboard shortcut that activates a search box for both web and local files. The Google App uses AI mode by default, but it’s easy to disable…
Google Assistant
…The voice assistant from the search giant is available on everything from your phone to headphones, to smart speakers and even TVs. With over 1 million “Actions” and a rapidly expanding list…
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
…three major changes. First, Anthropic’s Mythos has genuinely spooked the national security apparatus, forcing the administration to confront a new threat: the possibility of adversaries using American AI models to attack…
CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…And what is the latest and greatest technology has certainly changed over the last few years. And so obviously AI is at the center of that change. And so we’re really…
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
…What I eventually found, after weeks of searching, dozens of emails, and a reporting effort that spanned continents, was somehow even dumber than I’d imagined. [Image: The Gudtrip weed vape’s…
BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN
…People experience these tools every single day! ChatGPT has 900 million weekly users, trending to a billion, and everyone has seen AI Overviews in Google Search and massive amounts of slop on…
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
…Just imagine that you want to slightly change that sequence for whatever reason. You have to go through another cycle of changes. This is why that old model really doesn’t…
Twitter - X
…Emma Roth May 7 French prosecutors open a criminal investigation into X’s AI deepfakes. Following a missed April court date , French prosecutors have formally opened a criminal investigation into Elon Musk…
Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…It allows us to iterate and evolve them more quickly and change them more quickly. That’s another example of the AI acceleration of what is creating new BuzzFeed-shaped objects. So…