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News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.
Platformer
• Casey Newton
A new inquiry from the Federal Trade Commission suggests that apologizing for "censorship" may have only emboldened the company's conservative critics
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Everyone has a model. Almost no one has a business
Platformer
• Casey Newton
As content moderation falls out of favor, OpenAI says it will loosen up
Platformer
• Casey Newton
At the Paris AI Action Summit, J.D. Vance delivers anything but
Platformer
• Casey Newton
How a new initiative from Google, OpenAI, Discord and others could transform trust and safety
Platformer
• Casey Newton
A leaked AI mode for search gives publishers fresh reason for worry — and maybe reasons to strike a deal
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The company’s promise to avoid building AI applications that cause harm has been deleted
Platformer
• Casey Newton
OpenAI's new research tool still makes mistakes — but in its speed and average quality of analysis, it represents a remarkable step forward
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The company’s decision to expose chain of thought is a surprise hit — and a reminder of how far AI product teams have left to go
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The Chinese AI upstart has rattled Silicon Valley — but how much the game has changed remains to be seen
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Hands on with Operator — a promising but frustrating new frontier for artificial intelligence
Platformer
• Casey Newton
PLUS: What we actually learned about Mark Zuckerberg last week
Platformer
• Casey Newton
PLUS: What executives are telling employees about Meta's move to the right
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The company built effective systems to reduce the reach of fake news. Last week, it shut them down
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Scenes from a Trump transition
Platformer
• Casey Newton
What employees are saying about the company's embrace of MAGA ideology —and what Meta is telling them not to say
Platformer
• Casey Newton
"A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it," reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram
Platformer
• Casey Newton
“I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer
Platformer
• Casey Newton
But that might be the easy part
Platformer
• Casey Newton
PLUS: What I got right and wrong about 2024
Platformer
• Casey Newton
From the United States to the European Union, threats to the app are growing
Platformer
• Casey Newton
PLUS: Exclusive data on how people are using Anthropic’s chatbot
Platformer
• Casey Newton
After Trump passes up an opportunity say he will save the app, ByteDance is at a crossroads
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Gary Marcus (and many others) respond
Platformer
• Casey Newton
It’s fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it’s real and dangerous
Platformer
• Casey Newton
An election interference case in Europe sounds oddly familiar to America's story in 2016. How seriously should we take it?
Platformer
• Casey Newton
It's a blow for free expression — and an enormous gift to YouTube
Platformer
• Casey Newton
With antitrust prosecutions in full swing, the company keeps giving regulators fresh reasons for concern
Platformer
• Casey Newton
After adding millions of new users in weeks, the company tells Platformer that it will quadruple the size of its moderation team
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The search giant is pushing back on the government’s plan to break it up — but competition is coming anyway
