Roundup: OpenAI says some artistic jobs shouldn’t exist
Read to the end for a good overview of failing social media platforms
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a Canadian tech critic and host of the award-winning Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
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Roundup: Elon gets the green light to loot Tesla
Read to the end for a video game finding getting rid of landlords solves the rent crisis
Silicon Valley’s unlikely ally to defend generative AI
Anti-copyright activists fought the film and music industries. Now they’re fighting artists who want to stop generative AI.
Apple hopes AI will make you buy a new iPhone
The company’s mundane features confirm the generative AI hype is rapidly waning
Roundup: Is this peak AI hype?
Read to the end for Elon Musk admitting he’s a fascist
Roundup: Elon Musk’s naive plan to end global water shortages
Read to the end for a fun AI meme
Kara Swisher's story about Sam Altman is falling apart
The supposed hard-hitting journalist was peddling Altman’s narrative during his ouster from OpenAI
Roundup: Pronatalists who defend hitting kids
Read to the end for Elon Musk potentially revealing another of his burner accounts on Twitter
Scarlett Johansson can’t escape tech exploitation
OpenAI grabbing her voice is just the latest scandal that demands a regulatory response