Your brain has a new boss
You did not choose to stop thinking critically on social media. That decision was made for you.Continue reading on Medium »
Artificial Intelligence, critical-thinking, misinformation, psychology, social media
social media
AI in practice, Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, Short News, social media
AI chatbot traffic grows seven times faster than social media but still trails by a factor of four
AI chatbot traffic is growing seven times faster than social media, but still has four times less total traffic, a Similarweb analysis shows. The data reveals differences in device usage and user behavior.
The article AI chatbot traffic grows …
Artificial Intelligence, critical-thinking, mental-health, social media, writing
FAKE THINKING EPIDEMIC
Losing the Ability to ThinkContinue reading on Medium »
Artificial Intelligence, data-science, Machine Learning, social media, Technology
They Made It Hard to Leave. I Wanted to Know Why.
The most sophisticated technology Meta has ever built isn’t the feed. It’s the exit door.Continue reading on Medium »
Artificial Intelligence, critical-thinking, internet-culture, psychology, social media
The Internet Does Not Reward Intelligence — It Rewards Reactivity
We like to believe the internet made humanity smarter.Continue reading on Where Thought Bends »
Apps, social media, tech, Web
Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader
Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It’s sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTube channel; and a tool for creating and following feeds of interesting content, a la Flipboard magazines. It’s a browser […]
Decoder, Facebook, google, Instagram, meta, Podcasts, social media, Streaming, tech, YouTube
A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
Today on Decoder, we’re talking about the landmark social media addiction trials that just resulted in two major verdicts against Big Tech. There’s one case in New Mexico against Meta, and another in California against both companies, which have said they plan to appeal. These are complicated cases with some huge repercussions for both how […]
ai, defamation, Elon Musk, grok, misogyny, policy, social media, X, xAI
Musk loves Grok’s “roasts.” Swiss official sues in attempt to neuter them.
Swiss finance minister filed a criminal complaint over Grok’s “defamation.”
Apps, Instagram, meta, News, social media, tech
Instagram tests letting you pay to view stories anonymously
Meta is testing an Instagram subscription that offers a bunch of new perks, such as the ability to view stories without the poster knowing, according to a report from TechCrunch. The paid plan will also allow subscribers to see how many times people replay their own stories and search for specific viewers. Other features include […]
ai, News, social media, tech
Bluesky’s new app is an AI for customizing your feed
The latest app from the team behind Bluesky is Attie, an AI assistant that lets you build your own algorithm. At the Atmosphere conference, Bluesky’s former CEO, Jay Graber, and CTO Paul Frazee, unveiled Attie, which is powered by Anthropic’s Claude and built on top of Bluesky’s underlying AT Protocol (atproto). Attie allows users to […]