AI
Three reasons we’re in an AI bubble (and four reasons we’re not)
AI critics are right about the industry’s challenges — but they risk missing the larger story
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X
X sues the advertising industry
The case is part of a larger conservative project to weaponize the courts against content moderation — and it appears to be gaining momentum
Google has a search monopoly, judge rules
Europe never found a remedy that increased search competition. Will the United States fare any better?
AI
The AI companies are trying to go legit
The era of scraping and praying is coming to an end. But will the web be any better off when it does?
Child Safety
KOSA and COPPA 2.0 pass the Senate
But passing the House might be another story
Deepfakes
Welcome to the shitpost election
Forget what’s true and false. Did you hear about J.D. Vance and the couch?
AI
Sam Altman calls for an AI coalition
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
Meta unleashes its Llama
The company's open-source AI is now roughly on par with rivals from OpenAI and Google. Should we worry?
Kamala Harris
How Kamala Harris sees the tech industry
Plus: Zuckerberg and Trump, is X "back," and other questions about the brand-new 2024 presidential campaign
AI
How the world is ceding AI to America
As regulations pile up in Europe, South America, and elsewhere, it’s still full speed ahead in the United States
AI
The e/accs inch closer to the White House
How billionaire donors, a new policy framework, and Trump’s VP pick promise to steamroll the AI safety movement
An assassination attempt for the social media age
On a dark day for democracy, the rules of the 2020 internet no longer apply