Speech and Moderation
…The government has grown increasingly aggressive in its attempts to deal with online critics. Reddit has not said whether it plans to fight the subpoena, but according to The Intercept : “Privacy is…
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Artificial Intelligence
…Sony tries to explain that its AI Camera Assistant doesn’t suck Terrence O'Brien May 16 YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users Mia Sato May…
Business
…Jonah Peretti explains why he sold BuzzFeed Nilay Patel May 18 How companies weaponize the terms of service against you Nilay Patel May 14 Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she…
Companies weaponize TOS against you
…I wanted to explain to folks at a very practical level that, by and large, they are right. But to do it in a very specific instance so that people understood very…
The farce of Musk v. Altman
…This is something that I effectively think is priced in, in the same way that Elon Musk’s, let’s say, scattershot relationship with the truth is also priced in in all…
The things we’re building
…A new John Oliver thing and a new Neal.fun thing? What a week! I don’t even really know how to explain this one. It’s a little Club Penguin-y…