Anthropic
How Claude uses AI to identify new threats
PLUS: Exclusive data on how people are using Anthropic’s chatbot
Casey Newton
Founder and editor of Platformer, a publication about the intersection of tech and democracy. Prior to founding Platformer in October 2020, Newton was the longtime Silicon Valley editor of The Verge.
TikTok's final countdown
After Trump passes up an opportunity say he will save the app, ByteDance is at a crossroads
AI
What I learned from the “AI is fake and sucks” debate
Gary Marcus (and many others) respond
AI
The phony comforts of AI skepticism
It’s fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it’s real and dangerous
TikTok
TikTok and the Romanian candidate
An election interference case in Europe sounds oddly familiar to America's story in 2016. How seriously should we take it?
Australia
Australia bans young teens from social media
It's a blow for free expression — and an enormous gift to YouTube
Google keeps meddling with the web
With antitrust prosecutions in full swing, the company keeps giving regulators fresh reasons for concern
Bluesky
Inside Bluesky’s big growth surge
After adding millions of new users in weeks, the company tells Platformer that it will quadruple the size of its moderation team
Google wants to keep Chrome
The search giant is pushing back on the government’s plan to break it up — but competition is coming anyway
The government has a breakup plan for Google
Chrome away from home
Bluesky
What Bluesky has over Threads*
(*For now)
AI
AI companies hit a scaling wall
OpenAI, Google and others are seeing diminishing returns to building ever-bigger models — but that may not matter as much as you would guess
TikTok
So much for that TikTok ban
Trump has vowed to make good on his promise to save the app. What will it cost the company?
Social Media
The post-election social network realignment
Bluesky and Threads are on the rise. Can it last?
Elections
What tech wants from Trump
Platforms and venture capitalists have a long wishlist for the president-elect — but can they survive the chaos of Trump 2.0?
Elections
America holds its breath
The polls are closing — and the fight over the election could just be beginning