2024-11-27
“OpenAI suspended access to its unreleased but highly anticipated video generation tool Sora on Tuesday after a small group of artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals who test the tool with minimal compensation, acting as ‘PR puppets.’”
Washington Post
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”
A group of artists created a webpage allowing anyone to make AI videos using Sora. They argue the maker of ChatGPT used artists as “PR puppets” without pay.
2024-11-26
Margrethe Vestager profiled in The Times. “Ms. Vestager said Mr. Musk's closeness to Mr. Trump must not influence regulation of his companies, including X, which is under investigation by the European Commission.” — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/t...
New York Times
An interview with Margrethe Vestager, the EU's tech antitrust enforcer since 2014, on her “partly successful” tenure, US collaboration, Trump, the DSA, and more
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's antitrust regulator, who put technology's harms on the global agenda …
2024-11-23
“But this week, Musk has escalated from targeting government agencies to singling out individuals—sparking his online army of followers to launch blistering critiques of ordinary federal employees.” — www.wsj.com/tech/musk-un...
Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk, as Trump's efficiency czar, is singling out ordinary federal staffers, including some with climate-related jobs, on X and unleashing his fans on them
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback — Unlimited access across all platforms and devices.
2024-10-03
A scam inside a scam... [embedded post]
CoinDesk
Investigation: over a dozen crypto companies unknowingly hired North Korean IT workers who used fake IDs, successfully navigated interviews, and passed checks
Sam Kessler / CoinDesk :
2023-12-17
www.techpolicy.press/epics-win- ag...
Financial Times
An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic's win over Google and his concerns that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” through “fake” remedies
‘Fortnite’ maker's boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant