Coopting Disruption - How Five Companies Dominate the Web
A new paper titled "Coopting Disruption" exposes the tricks and tactics used by BigTech to stay ahead of startups and potential competitors.
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Thoughts on AI Writing Assistance
Reflections on why relying too heavily on AI writing assistance may be a disservice writers impose on themselves.
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Understand the Essentials of the Digital Markets Act & the Digital Services Acts
Both acts, especially the Digital Services Act, will be burdensome for the tech giants to comply with. The EU is imposing a lot of paper pushing and compliance work but it's arguably for the better.
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Is This the End for Stability AI?
Deep Dive on Stability AI + interview with Cyrus Johnson
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The Social Costs of Meta’s AI Playbook
Also, OpenAI's Sora, Apple Vision Pro, and conversation with Nick Potkalitsky about AI's impact on education.
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To Open-Source or Not to Open-Source?
Defining open-source AI vs open-source software, why Meta's Llama models are not open-source, and how open foundation models could help us sidestep the traps we fell into with social media.
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How to Deal with Data Harvesting AI Girlfriends?
Chatbots everywhere, privacy study by the Mozillla Foundation on "romantic AI chatbot apps" and considerations on why they are so popular.
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Lawyers Need Wisdom, Not to Call GPT
LLMs as writing editors, existential thoughts on the role of lawyers, and a case study of corporate product promotion disguised as academic research + OpenAI lawsuits
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AI’s Labor Market Impacts Are Slower Than Expected
Key findings in a recent paper on AI's labor market impact by MIT and IBM + conversation with Renée Shaw.
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Potential Landmark Case on Social Media's Destruction of Youth Mental Health
The multi-state class action against Meta, social media's harmful effects on the youth, manipulative product features, and Meta's denial of key findings in internal research.
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Why Amazon Was Hit with a GDPR Fine of €32 Million by the French Data Authority, CNIL
Amazon's heavily criticized surveillance of stock workers is not allowed under the strict data privacy laws of the European Union. + My appereance on the STAY Sustainable Blog.
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Rabbit R1 & The Future of Operating Systems
A future without smartphones, LLMs as operating systems, AI mind reading devices + conversation with Conrad Gray.