In other and perhaps much more consequential AI news, we are approaching a full-blown crisis of AI-generated child-sex-abuse images. From Matteo Wong: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Schools, tech companies, and the government aren’t prepared to stop them.
New: Karen Hao on the latest shakeups at OpenAI. "For the first time, OpenAI’s public structure and leadership are simply honest reflections of what the company has been—in effect, the will of a single person." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Another restructure, and the clearest signal yet of what OpenAI really is
Karen Hao: Hundreds of pages of internal documents plus interviews "show that the tech giant has sought to market the technology to companies such as ExxonMobil and Chevron as a powerful tool for finding and developing new oil and gas reserves" while publicly committing to reduce emissions.
Can artificial intelligence really enrich fossil-fuel companies and fight climate change at the same time? The tech giant says yes.
This is interesting: Although the feature is optional, many people opt into the facial-recognition program at LA's new Dome arena after they arrive. (Faster concessions, etc. Plus, the cameras are scanning you anyway...) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...@mimbs.bsky.social
Had a great time working with the peerless @rossandersen.bsky.socialwww.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Did they waste it?
Important from @dlb.bsky.social - I'm not AS worried about Musk fiddling with the back end of X/Twitter to help Trump, I'm worried about the fact that the entire platform is warped around his interests, and what happens if those interests turn to supporting a bid to undermine the election outcome.
Despite spreading voter conspiracies, Musk claims he would recognize a Harris victory. He also called me a jackass.
NEW: Concerned about his recent posts alleging voter fraud from the Democratic party, I asked Elon Musk about whether he would accept the election results in November, his views on election integrity and more. To my surprise, he answered. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Despite spreading voter conspiracies, Musk claims he would recognize a Harris victory. He also called me a jackass.
I really can't get over the audacity of Perplexity, signing media deals yet speaking of journalism as if it's corn starch that the company might use to thicken its synthetic content soup. Great story on this and more, by Matteo Wong www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
