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The bro-ligarchy blows up

2 days ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

Here's this week's free edition of Platformer: a look at the all-too-predictable end to Elon Musk's unprecedented partnership with Donald Trump, and what happens next. Want to kick in a few bucks to support our work? If so, consider upgrading your subscription today. We'll email you all our scoops first, like our recent one about Meta's new hate-speech guidelines.
How some Republicans changed their minds about AI safety

4 days ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

AI — 9 min read This post is for paying subscribers only
Is OpenAI making the same mistake Humane did?

5 days ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

OpenAI — 10 min read This post is for paying subscribers only
The AI browser wars are about to begin

1 week ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

Here's this week's free edition of Platformer: a look at a surprising sign of the web's resilience amid an onslaught of AI slop: a surprising number of companies are building new browsers. But it may not be good news for the internet as we know it. Want to kick in a few bucks to support our work? If so, consider upgrading your subscription today. We'll email you all our scoops first, like our recent one about Meta's new hate-speech guidelines.
Meta rests its case

1 week ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

Meta — 11 min read This post is for paying subscribers only
OpenAI is going to make hardware

2 weeks ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

OpenAI — 14 min read This post is for paying subscribers only
At Google I/O, everything is changing and normal and scary and chill

2 weeks ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

Here's this week's free edition of Platformer: my field report from Google I/O, where I met with executives and surveyed the landscape to understand what the company's AI plans meant for the rest of us. Transportation to I/O cost me $193.60 today. That cost is paid by readers just like you. Want to kick in a few bucks to support our work? If so, consider upgrading your subscription today. We'll email you all our scoops first, like our recent one about Meta's new hate-speech guidelines.
The US bans deepfake porn and scams

2 weeks ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

Deepfakes — 11 min read This post is for paying subscribers only
Great Replacement Grok and the age of adversarial AI

3 weeks ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

Here's this week's free edition of Platformer: a look at how AI systems like Elon Musk's are starting to work against their users in sometimes invisible ways. We'll be heading down to Google I/O next week to continue our independent reporting on the future of platforms and AI. Want to kick in a few bucks to help cover our transportation? If so, consider upgrading your subscription today. We'll email you all our scoops first, like our recent one about Meta's new hate-speech guidelines.
The AIs have memory problems

3 weeks ago | platformer.news | Casey Newton

AI — 9 min read This post is for paying subscribers only