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YouTube opens its doors to deepfakes
Newer AI companies are heavily restricting the use of their tools. Social networks are taking a different approach
Casey Newton
Founder and editor of Platformer, a publication about the intersection of tech and democracy. Prior to founding Platformer in October 2020, Newton was the longtime Silicon Valley editor of The Verge.
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How banning one Palestinian slogan roiled Etsy
The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. Some employees aren’t happy
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Humane pins its hopes on AI
What do we want from next-generation hardware?
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How Musk is borrowing from X to build Grok
From servers to people, Musk is looking across his empire to catch up in AI
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How OpenAI is building a path toward AI agents
Building a GPT-based copy editor showcases their promise — but the risks ahead are real
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The case for a little AI regulation
Not every safety rule represents "regulatory capture" — and even challengers are asking the government to intervene
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Biden seeks to rein in AI
An executive order gives AI companies the guardrails they asked for. Will the US go further?
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Twitter is dead and Threads is thriving
One year after Elon Musk let that sink in, an elegy for the platform that was — and some notes on the one that is poised to succeed it
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The states sue Meta over child safety
Everyone agrees there's a teen mental health crisis. Is this how you fix it?
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How to see the future using DALL-E 3
To understand how quickly AI is improving, forget ChatGPT — use an image generator
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Inside Discord’s reform movement for banned users
Most platforms ban their trolls forever. Discord wants to rehabilitate them
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Why no one can deplatform Hamas
And other challenges of moderating content in wartime
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How to use future AI interfaces today
Raycast, GPT-4, and life after the web
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Should Meta change its policy on deepfakes?
It looks like the Oversight Board thinks so. Will its eventual decision matter?
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How the attacks in Israel are changing Threads
Three months into its existence, the app’s purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it
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How authoritarian governments are using generative AI
A new report finds at least 16 countries using synthetic media to mislead their citizens — and the number is growing fast