Casey Newton

I tried out Humane's long-awaited new AI pin. While there are some undoubtedly novel new features in its interfaces, I think "AI hardware" may turn out to be a dead end https://t.co/zB2taCCmZ6

From people to servers, Elon Musk is borrowing from across his empire to build Grok. @ZoeSchiffer and I report: https://t.co/DuPKVQNguR https://t.co/L5P2NbfFDQ

I wrote about the experience of building a custom GPT (in my case, a copy editor) and how OpenAI is paving a path toward powerful AI agents, for better and for worse https://t.co/ysqI1zZLm7

It's Hard Fork Friday! This week, my trip to the White House and the debate over how to regulate AI. Then, copyright expert Rebecca Tushnet on whether artists have a fighting chance against image generators training on their work. And finally: HatGPT https://t.co/hmJWTiBUbG

I wrote about the argument that this week’s AI regulations represent “regulatory capture” and make the case that if even Elon Musk is asking the government to do something, we have every right to mandate a little transparency. https://t.co/H9nSKno8Ji https://t.co/KsGFqP0Qyu

I asked Arati Prabhakar, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, how the federal government was thinking about the debate in AI between open-source and closed models. Here’s what she told me https://t.co/3rl9TyjDPp https://t.co/E0MO71AmSG

It's Hard Fork Friday! This week, we discuss the states’ lawsuit against Meta over child safety. Then, YouTube legend @MKBHD joins us to discuss how to succeed there in 2023. And finally, we use DALL-E 3 to make HOT DADS. https://t.co/xqcnO8HyMB

One year after Elon Musk let that sink in, an elegy for the platform that was — and some notes on the one that is poised to succeed it. With @ZoeSchiffer https://t.co/jt7EcajyUU https://t.co/oWtdteNTkr

Let’s talk about the big new lawsuit against Meta over child safety. https://t.co/aG2AARGF6C https://t.co/YSfYWPHCQS

At a time when the pace of AI development feels hard to grasp, I suggest using a text-to-image generator like DALL-E 3. However you feel about synthetic media, the pace of improvement is readily apparent from a single prompt https://t.co/dJv807oIzy

It's Hard Fork Friday! This week, three new ways of understanding AI models. THEN: who's the real techno-optimist?? And finally, how we're using AI to read ancient scrolls 👀 https://t.co/sFKnhXUjzB

I wrote about Discord’s fascinating experiment in trying to rehabilitate wayward teenage trolls. It’s a welcome reminder that trust and safety teams can innovate ➡️ https://t.co/11FkhFbhOZ https://t.co/5f3m0MeUJB

I wrote about the seemingly impossible challenge of moderating content in wartime. https://t.co/DoGMbEXJ4n https://t.co/Qeu8gQFliJ

In her first interview on the subject, former Twitter engineer Yao Yue talks to @ZoeSchiffer about getting the National Labor Relations Board to file a complaint against X alleging that it illegally fired her over a tweet. https://t.co/AY3qGfEdQw https://t.co/wgmMsLbLpn

It’s Hard Fork Friday!! This week, is news legal on Threads???? Then, Kevin narrowly avoids an orgy at a predictions markets conference. And finally, Osmo CEO Alex Wiltschko joins to discuss his quest to build an AI that can smell 👃🏻 https://t.co/QXtsogulGx

How might AI gradually replace the internet we know today? I wrote about Raycast, GPT-4, and the glimpse they offer of life after the web https://t.co/8JFZpPN51V https://t.co/cNWo2khK9z

I wrote about some recent cases of deceptive audio and video on platforms and wondered whether Meta’s Oversight Board is taking the right case. https://t.co/Eqlm8jcTJp https://t.co/j0FFPNzyz0