Microsoft's AI safety team proposed technical standards for detecting AI-generated content, but its CSO declined to commit to using them across its platforms
AI-enabled deception now permeates our online lives. There are the high-profile cases you may easily spot …
Sequoia's Shaun Maguire speculated in an X post that an innocent Palestinian student was behind the Brown University shooting; the post was later deleted
and unleash chaos Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory, testing new leadership Media Matters for America : After the Brown University shooting, right-med...
Tech whistleblowers like Yaël Eisenstat say coming forward has unexpectedly derailed their lives and careers; Meta is in litigation with Sarah Wynn-Williams
Naomi Nix / Washington Post :
OpenAI says ChatGPT will now avoid em dashes if users tell it to; em dashes have become telltale signs that supposedly signals text written by AI
Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules The Economic Times : OpenAI fixes ChatGPT's em dash problem; ‘small-but-happy-win’ says Sam Altman Kahekashan / The Hans India ...
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...
Ethereum's “low-risk DeFi” applications like payments and savings could drive the chain's revenue in a similar way that search and ads sustain Google's business
Vitalik Buterin Says Focus On Low-Risk DeFi Than Memecoins Zack Abrams / The Block : Low-risk DeFi, not memecoins, can best sustain Ethereum's economy, co-founder Vitalik Buterin says Evans Karanja / ...
Leaked spreadsheets, Slack messages, and files linked to an alleged group of North Korean IT scammers show how they track potential jobs and record earnings
A new cache of data—emails, spreadsheets, Slack messages—reveals how meticulously they plan and track job applications, earnings, and day-to-day work life X: Dino A. Dai Zovi / @dinodaizovi : Maybe we...
Open letter signed by 800+ founders, VCs, and others: Sequoia must act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything”
where the hell is Sequoia going to find a replacement for investing acumen like that? [embedded post] So Mayer / @suchmayer : #AltText the image is a tweet by Shaun Maguire, in which he says that Mamd...
Migrant Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry say job brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving them feeling trapped and exploited
In Taiwan's AI-fueled chip boom, brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving workers feeling trapped and exploited. Bluesky: @parismarx.com . X: @brianhioe , @restofworld , @gayath...
After OpenAI released ChatGPT's new image generator, social media has been flooded with AI memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, highlighting copyright concerns
here's 7 incredible examples of what it can do Kirk / Geek News Central Podcast : ChatGPT's New Image Model Sparks Additional Copyright Controversies #1810 Spencer Neale / The American Conservative : ...