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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 one former Twitter employee could beat Elon Musk in court
In her first interview, former engineer Yao Yue discusses being fired over a tweet — and her success in getting the NLRB to file its first formal complaint against X
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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
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Taylor Lorenz on her extremely online history of the internet
Notes on selling books via Instagram stories, fighting with Elon, and which platform is best at shielding users from harassment
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Why fact-checking fails to stop deepfakes
Labeling posts only goes so far — but that doesn't mean platforms should give up
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The synthetic social network is coming
Between ChatGPT’s surprisingly human voice and Meta’s AI characters, our feeds may be about to change forever