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Trump’s Bro- Economy
The bro-economy: a volatile, speculative, and extremely online casino, in which the house is already winning big. Link Precisely how it looks from outside US
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Murphy’s Law — If Interception Is Possible, Then It Is Already Happening
The New Yorker: “When this happens in an authoritarian system, it is horrific but unsurprising,” Seaford, the technology executive who was hacked during Greece’s spyware campaign, told me. “When it happens in a democracy; however, it creates a sense of disorientation: ‘Could this happen to me? Here? Really?!’ Link
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OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in NYT suit
Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Link Oops!
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OpenAI touts AI infrastructure
OpenAI has unveiled an “Infrastructure Blueprint for the U.S.” aimed at maintaining the country’s lead in AI over competitors like China. The plan, which includes initiatives like AI economic zones and a North American Compact for AI, emphasizes the potential of AI to revitalize the American Dream and
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Ai, Big Tech, & Markets – On my Om
Of course, like all booms, there’s going to be a bust. The AI boom will result in unmet expectations, much like the internet in the 1990s. The cost structure of AI is wonky for now. A lot of energy is required to make it all work. Link Quite a
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Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X | Social media | The Guardian
It’s good to be Bri’ish
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Threads is bringing ads to your feeds very soon - 9to5Mac
Threads is planning to kick off the effort by letting a small number of advertisers create and publish ads on the app starting in January, one of those people said. Link Today was an ads day
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OpenVibe for web in works
It seems they are working on a web version, just confirmed on Threads
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Perplexity brings ads to its platform | TechCrunch
We intentionally chose these formats because it integrates advertising in a way that still protects the utility, accuracy, and objectivity of answers. These ads will not change our commitment to maintaining a trusted service that provides you with direct, unbiased answers to your questions. And Experience has taught us that
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DeepL launches DeepL Voice, real-time, text-based translations from voices and videos | TechCrunch
Notable few weeks for translation: DeepL launches this automated voice subtitling, Kagi launched it own translate.kagi.com, while Google seems very busy understanding why they made 5c less per word last Thursday… Link