Can AI regulation survive the First Amendment?
California’s first effort to regulate AI slop hit a wall. What now?
California’s first effort to regulate AI slop hit a wall. What now?
A newly unredacted lawsuit reveals that the company failed to act on 90 percent of user reports
The future of computing is starting to come into focus
What is going on over there? PLUS: X's hack-and-leak moment arrives, via Substack
The company has an expansive vision for the future — and until then, some incremental updates
Everything that happened after we left Substack
Was it really a mistake — or a gesture of defiance? PLUS: What's Google hiding?
The company’s augmented reality glasses nudge the state of the art forward — but remain frustratingly limited
Under siege by state lawmakers, Meta makes its biggest move yet to address harms to minors. Will it be enough?
Meta’s CEO says he’s done apologizing. Should we worry?
What the latest lie to go mainstream on X tells us about what has changed since 2016 — and what hasn't
But a new terrorism indictment shows the reckoning is only just beginning
A wave of new indictments tells us what has changed since 2016 — and what hasn’t
For once, Elon Musk has a case worth fighting — but he has to do it in the courts
Pavel Durov has a lot to answer for — but how he is prosecuted could reshape the internet
PLUS: Telegram's French press
Telegram
Pavel Durov’s arrest over the weekend was shocking. It was also inevitable
Elections
It turns out that social networks are less susceptible to 2016-style attacks — and no one likes AI slop
Productivity
Lessons on taking smarter notes, reducing context switching, and building a better personal archive
Deepfakes
The Shitpost Election continues
AI
California’s SB-1047 is on a path to the governor’s desk. Will it kill the AI boom?
Deepfakes
PLUS: Trump goes to Spaces
X
As Trump returns to posting, and Musk leans even further into right-wing conspiracy theories, X has reached its final form. PLUS: On Susan Wojcicki
AI
AI critics are right about the industry’s challenges — but they risk missing the larger story
X
The case is part of a larger conservative project to weaponize the courts against content moderation — and it appears to be gaining momentum
Europe never found a remedy that increased search competition. Will the United States fare any better?
AI
The era of scraping and praying is coming to an end. But will the web be any better off when it does?
Child Safety
But passing the House might be another story
Deepfakes
Forget what’s true and false. Did you hear about J.D. Vance and the couch?
AI
AI leaders are promoting the idea of an arms race — but the hype is getting ahead of the technology. PLUS: KOSA makes a comeback
AI
The company's open-source AI is now roughly on par with rivals from OpenAI and Google. Should we worry?
Kamala Harris
Plus: Zuckerberg and Trump, is X "back," and other questions about the brand-new 2024 presidential campaign