A reflection on AI advances in the past decade and how scaling and time-horizon trends might point to far greater capabilities in the decade ahead
Zhengdong Wang : X: @zavaindar , @sparshagarwall , @justinbullock14 , @theamberyang , @firstadopter , @curl_justin , @pracheeac , @samuelalbanie , @sebkrier , @basavasagar18 , @zhengdongwang , and @s...
A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing
www.politico.com/news/magazin... Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : See also: social media. In both cases, lots of people promising quick fixes with no tradeoffs. [embedded post] Max Berger / @maxberge...
President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial
reporting no longer grounded in truth. The facts are clear and stated as follows: 👇 @acyn : Collins: Can you explain why you chose to pardon the founder of Binance and did it have anything to do with ...
The Trump Organization teases the $499 “T1 Phone”, a gold phone “designed and built” in the US, and Trump Mobile, an MVNO that uses AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile
The President Launches a Mobile Carrier and a $500 ‘T1’ Android Phone Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register : Florida man expands crypto empire with new wireless service and phone Joseph Gedeon / The Guar...
Sources: Zuckerberg met Trump on January 10, in part to mediate a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought against Meta over his account suspension after the January 6 riot
Wall Street Journal : Bluesky: @brendannyhan , @andisheh.com , and @fishecon . Forums: r/samharris Bluesky: Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : Nothing to worry about, just another billionaire potentiall...
Elon Musk boosts a post that disparages the abilities of “women and low T men”, advocates a “Republic of high status males”, and mentions a “Reich effect”
With about two months until Election Day, the guardrails established … Ariana Baio / The Independent : Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ Jyoti M...
In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more
Ekeoma E. Uzogara Authors Info & Affiliations — pp. 386-387 Washington Post : Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds Science : How do social media feed algorithms aff...
Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump views before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump's account until January 8
In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. Mastodon: @GottaLaff@mastod...
Twitter appears to have restored verification checkmarks to many accounts with 1M+ followers, saying they are subscribed to Blue; some deny they paid for Blue
But Some Celebrities Don't Want Them Todd Spangler / Variety : Twitter Restores Blue Check-Marks for Many Celebs, Including Several Dead Ones Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Celebs weren't buying Twitter'...
A look at the presentiment that social media is bad for society, as some researchers find the fears are overstated and others warn about effects on individuals
There's a general sense that it's bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers. Tweets: @brendannyhan , @kreissdaniel , @sivavaid , @kreissdaniel , @ayshardzn ,...