2025-12-17
In a vacuum I think the EU should have the sovereignty to regulate their economy as they see fit. In reality I don't really care about the EU—New Mexico is more important to me than Denmark. And in reality, the EU is driving US Big Tech into the hands of the administration, which is bad for me. …
New York Times
The US threatens penalties against European companies, like Mistral and Spotify, if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants
bsky.app/profile/tech... [embedded post] Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “With support from the U.S. tech industry, the Trump administration has taken an aggressive posture again...
2025-06-10
As a user I... want the Hot or Not company to build God [embedded post]
New York Times
Sources: Meta plans to build an AI lab dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence”, led by Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, with seven- to nine-figure compensations
The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta's artificial intelligence …
2025-01-02
There's something refreshing about post-pandemic economics (you know what I mean). Between gambling, crypto, and AI built around ad revenue, there's this frank admission that everyone will exploit self-destructive impulses and psychological dependencies to maximize profit. [embedded post]
New York Magazine
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating overhaul meant to automate social interactions
nymag.com/intelligence... @hypervisible : “A lot of formerly social aspects of a platform like Facebook, in other words, have already been automated and replaced with machine learn...