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George R.R. Martin, Victor LaValle, and Many More Join Authors Guild in Lawsuit Against OpenAI - Reactor
Today, The Authors Guild and seventeen high-profile authors filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. 'The Authors Guild serves to protect the literary landscape and the profession of writing. This case is merely the beginning of our battle to defend authors from theft by OpenAI and other generative AI,' said Maya Shanbhag […]
Toxic Fandom: How Hollywood Is Battling Fans Who Are ‘Just Out for Blood’ — From Social Media Boot Camps to Superfan Focus Groups
Hollywood is increasingly contending with toxic fandoms—fan groups that engage in aggressive, often bigoted behavior toward creators and actors. To address this, studios are implementing strategies such as social media training for talent and forming superfan focus groups to evaluate content before release, aiming to mitigate potential backlash and foster a more positive engagement with audiences.
It’s useful that the latest AI can ‘think’, but we need to know its reasoning | John Naughton
John Naughton discusses OpenAI’s o1 model, known as “Strawberry,” which employs a “chain of thought” approach to enhance reasoning capabilities. He emphasizes the importance of transparency in AI reasoning processes to ensure trust and understanding.
Dump, post, repeat: how Instagram became a social media junkyard
Instagram users are increasingly posting curated “photo dumps”—collections of seemingly random, unedited images—to convey authenticity. This trend reflects a shift from polished content to a more casual aesthetic, though the effort behind these posts suggests a continued emphasis on image crafting.
When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again
The Italian Futurists praised invention, modernity, speed, and disruption. Sound familiar?
Welcome to Meta’s future, where everyone wears cameras
Meta really wants to put cameras on your face.
Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI
Meta could strike deals for 'really important' work.
Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that major social media and video streaming companies, including Meta, Google, and TikTok, engage in extensive surveillance of users, collecting vast amounts of personal data and sharing it with third parties. The FTC recommends limiting data retention and sharing, restricting targeted advertising, and strengthening protections for teens.
Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007
Making Facebook and Instagram private won’t delete that data.
The commercial broadcasters’ crisis isn’t new, but can no longer be ignored. What’s next for TV?
Commercial TV is nearing the bottom of a financial decline much like the one faced by newspapers 20 years ago. That will have consequences for what appears on our screens.
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