algorithms

My Memories Are Just Meta’s Training Data Now

Mickey Vernon

In R. C. Sherriff’s novel The Hopkins Manuscript, readers are transported to a world 800 years after a cataclysmic event ...

Marc Andreessen Once Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy. He Still Wants Walled Gardens for Kids

Mickey Vernon

In his polarizing “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” last year, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen listed a number of enemies to technological progress. Among ...

Google’s AI Overviews Will Always Be Broken. That’s How AI Works

Mickey Vernon

A week after its algorithms advised people to eat rocks and put glue on pizza, Google admitted Thursday that it ...

Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen

Mickey Vernon

A majority of US TikTok creators don’t believe the platform will be banned within a year, and most haven’t seen ...

OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn

Mickey Vernon

OpenAI released draft documentation Wednesday laying out how it wants ChatGPT and its other AI technology to behave. Part of ...