AI
Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled
The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up?
Latest
OpenAI is getting weird again
A strange purchase, executive reshuffling and a New Yorker investigation are raising questions ahead of an IPO
Oversight Board
Exclusive: Meta has discussed ending funding to the Oversight Board
Shifting priorities and budget pressures could bring an end to the company’s experiment in independent governance, sources say
Content Moderation
Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?
The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech
Content Moderation
Mark Zuckerberg is doing content moderation again
Meta’s CEO said he didn't want to be the speech police. Then he texted Elon Musk
Spotify
Spotify takes on its doppelgänger problem
The company is taking new steps to stop AI impersonation — but across the internet, the problem continues to grow. PLUS: Anthropic in court, and Meta loses in New Mexico
X
Following: Elon tried to tank Twitter
PLUS: the White House's new AI agenda
Meta
Meta's new support bot probably can't get you your account back
The company's new support chatbot is better than what came before — but still missing the one feature that millions are clamoring for
OpenAI
Following: OpenAI wrestles with business strategy (and adult content)
Do Sam Altman and Fidji Simo have an alignment problem?
Meta
Why Meta is retreating from encryption
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg called privacy the future of social networking. Not anymore
AI
I have been released from my responsibilities as an unwilling editor for Grammarly
Some overdue reflections by its CEO, and a class-action lawsuit, bring an end to “expert review”
Bluesky
Bluesky changes course
Jay Graber built something impressive but stagnant. Can a new CEO get it growing again?
AI
Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it
The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?
AI
Inside the backlash to the AI war machine
A protest at OpenAI headquarters suggests the backlash to military AI is growing — even if its politics are still half-formed. PLUS: The Pentagon declares Anthropic a supply chain risk
Anthropic
Where does Anthropic go from here?
Shunned by the government, and newly appealing to consumers, the company is at a crossroads
OpenAI
What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?
Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that?