Google has a search monopoly, judge rules
Europe never found a remedy that increased search competition. Will the United States fare any better?
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The AI companies are trying to go legit
The era of scraping and praying is coming to an end. But will the web be any better off when it does?
Child Safety
KOSA and COPPA 2.0 pass the Senate
But passing the House might be another story
Deepfakes
Welcome to the shitpost election
Forget what’s true and false. Did you hear about J.D. Vance and the couch?
AI
Sam Altman calls for an AI coalition
AI leaders are promoting the idea of an arms race — but the hype is getting ahead of the technology. PLUS: KOSA makes a comeback
AI
Meta unleashes its Llama
The company's open-source AI is now roughly on par with rivals from OpenAI and Google. Should we worry?
Kamala Harris
How Kamala Harris sees the tech industry
Plus: Zuckerberg and Trump, is X "back," and other questions about the brand-new 2024 presidential campaign
AI
How the world is ceding AI to America
As regulations pile up in Europe, South America, and elsewhere, it’s still full speed ahead in the United States
AI
The e/accs inch closer to the White House
How billionaire donors, a new policy framework, and Trump’s VP pick promise to steamroll the AI safety movement
An assassination attempt for the social media age
On a dark day for democracy, the rules of the 2020 internet no longer apply
Threads
Adam Mosseri on the first year of Threads
With more than 175 million monthly users, Meta has its sights set on overtaking Twitter
The Supreme Court gives a green light to jawboning
A decision this week should mean Russia won't easily be able to repeat its 2016 propaganda campaign — but First Amendment advocates still have concerns
Child Safety
Snap tackles the teen sextortion problem
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The record labels come for AI
Another industry recognizes a bad bargain when it sees one
AI
How to stop Perplexity and save the web from bad AI
We can still have the internet we want — but we have to try new business models
Election deepfakes make a shallow impact
The world braced for the worst — but so far, politicians are using generative AI in mostly conventional ways