Source: SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, and might borrow another $8B in early 2026, which could strain its already debt-heavy balance sheet
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/o... … Casey / @ig.ht : who on earth would loan this money knowing softbank is investing it in what seems to be the least profitable sector in existence [embedded post] Ed Zitr...
The “AI is fake and sucks” people who take phony comfort in their AI skepticism need to accept that AI is more real and dangerous than they currently admit
It's fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it's real and dangerous — I. Bluesky: @matrig.net , @rickywlmsbong , @rjcc , @avellino , @robert.blue ,...
Between ChatGPT's surprisingly human voice and Meta's AI characters, we may be witnessing the rise of a new consumer internet era featuring synthetic companions
It's been one of those weeks. One after the other, product launches … Maxwell Timothy / MakeUseOf : What Is MetaAI? And Can It Compete With Other Chatbots? Abdullah / Gizchina : WhatsApp Beta Introd...
Sources: Twitter has downranked accounts from its rivals like Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December 2022, plus accounts like the US Department of Health's
It would be nice if one of the two actually links was to the article. Instead one is to a Tweet with the link and the other is to your site with a link. 😇 Tweets: Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : Ti...
Sources: Twitter has downranked accounts from its rivals like Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December 2022, plus accounts like the US Department of Health's
It would be nice if one of the two actually links was to the article. Instead one is to a Tweet with the link and the other is to your site with a link. 😇 @patrida1941@mstdn.social : @caseynewton @z...
Sources: Twitter downranked rivals' corporate accounts including Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December, as well as non-rivals like the US @HHSGov account
Little scoop from me today: Twitter has been down-ranking the corporate accounts of its competitors, including 19 official TikTok accounts, 3 Snap accounts, and 2 Instagram accounts. This means their ...
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal may struggle to balance his own vision against that of Elon Musk, an unpredictable board member with a much louder megaphone
now what? - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/... Luke O'Brien / @lukeobrien : Twitter protects Jack Posobiec, no matter how many dangerous lies he spreads. No matter how many neo-Nazis or Kremlin as...
Crypto faces a backlash from gamers because NFTs are often a way for game developers to extract more money, whereas music fans treat NFTs more like souvenirs
Casey Newton / Platformer : Tweets: @caseynewton , @kevinbuist , @jeffjohnroberts , @sarthakgh , @joshelman , and @joshuatopolsky Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : I tried to answer a question th...
Trump shutting down his blog shows the significance of social media platforms' amplification mechanics and how they give free and huge reach to the worst actors
it's free reach. It's never been clearer what stunts like the Florida deplatforming law are really about. https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/... Kate Starbird / @katestarbird : @Bren...
Interviews with Basecamp staff on how a “funny” customer names list sparked an internal reckoning and spurred Basecamp's societal and political discussion ban
Casey's reporting for The Verge brought some of the dirty laundry … Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain : Can We Do Better Than Deplatforming? — This is Galaxy Brain — a newsletter from Charlie Warzel abo...