🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[MagnarTheGreat]

Meta's CTO said the metaverse could be a 'legendary misadventure' if the company doesn't boost sales, leaked memo shows

In a leaked memo obtained by BI, Meta's CTO called 2025 "the year of greatness" and the "most critical" year for the company's metaverse bets.

www.businessinsider.com

Infographic: Meta's Money Pit: Metaverse Bet Bleeds Billions

This chart shows the annual operating loss of Meta's Reality Labs division.

www.statista.com

Jesse Eisenberg Says He Doesn’t Want To Be Associated With Mark Zuckerberg

Eisenberg portrayed Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network. He received an Oscar nomination for the role.

deadline.com

 

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Meta's CTO said the metaverse could be a 'legendary misadventure' if the company doesn't boost sales, leaked memo shows

In a leaked memo obtained by BI, Meta's CTO called 2025 "the year of greatness" and the "most critical" year for the company's metaverse bets.

www.businessinsider.com

Infographic: Meta's Money Pit: Metaverse Bet Bleeds Billions

This chart shows the annual operating loss of Meta's Reality Labs division.

www.statista.com

Jesse Eisenberg Says He Doesn’t Want To Be Associated With Mark Zuckerberg

Eisenberg portrayed Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network. He received an Oscar nomination for the role.

deadline.com

I don't blame him, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

The AI business model is built on hype. That’s the real reason the tech bros fear DeepSeek | Kenan Malik

While privacy fears are justified, the main beef Silicon Valley has is that China’s chatbot is democratising the technology

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

TikTok's algorithm exhibited pro-Republican bias during 2024 presidential race, study finds

A study found TikTok's algorithm recommended more Republican-aligned content during the 2024 US election. Republican accounts saw more like-minded content, while Democratic accounts were shown more opposing views. This suggests a pro-Republican skew.

www.psypost.org

Cons absolutely dominate nearly all social media. They are much better funded, they’ve got the bots, they’ve got the algorithms, and cons are more likely to be terminally online than liberals.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals

Internet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

Big tech critic to take key FCC role

Adam Candeub is probably not the hire Mark Zuckerberg was hoping for.

www.semafor.com

 

[blueharvest]

Google parent Alphabet’s earnings disappoint Wall Street amid stiff AI competition

Revenue slowdown reflects ‘challenging year’ firm has had and 2025 may be year it loses competitive edge, say analysts

www.theguardian.com

 

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‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government

404 Media has obtained audio of a meeting held by Thomas Shedd, a Musk-associate who is now heading a team of government coders. In the call one employee pushed back and said one of the planned moves is an “illegal task.”

www.404media.co

 

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[blueharvest]

Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons

Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’

www.theguardian.com

 

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Lawmakers propose new legislation to ban DeepSeek from federal devices

Lawmakers propose new legislation to ban DeepSeek from federal devices

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump says China's DeepSeek AI 'should be a wake-up call' for American tech companies

DeepSeek's sudden popularity and praise for it shook tech markets in the United States on Monday.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Chinese tech giant quietly unveils advanced AI model amid battle over TikTok

The Chinese tech giant behind TikTok has quietly unveiled an advanced AI model for generating video that raises new concerns about the threat of deepfake content.

abcnews.go.com

 

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Court documents show not only did Meta torrent terabytes of pirated books to train AI models, employees wouldn't stop emailing each other about it: 'Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right'

I wouldn't put that sort of thing in writing but I'm built different.

www.pcgamer.com

 

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A 2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking on traffic lights to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google

Is that good?

www.pcgamer.com

 

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[blueharvest]

High-stakes AI summit in Paris: World leaders, tech titans and challenging diplomatic talks

Major world political leaders are meeting for an AI summit in Paris, where challenging diplomatic talks are expected while tech titans fight for dominance in the fast-moving technology industry.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

OpenAI boss enrages Elon Musk after rejecting $97bn takeover bid

Sam Altman tells staff company board has no interest in bid

www.the-independent.com

 

[blueharvest]

US and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ AI

Confirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technology

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rights holders.

www.wired.com

 

[blueharvest]

Apple Maps Follows Google Renaming Gulf Of Mexico To Gulf Of America After Donald Trump’s Executive Order

Apple Maps is now displaying the name Gulf of America for the oceanic basin known as the Gulf of Mexico.

deadline.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Reddit CEO Says Paywalls Are Coming Soon

Some subreddits will require you to pay to see content.

gizmodo.com