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A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial intelligence.
A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed. Read More »
A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial intelligence.
A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed. Read More »
Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditionsMany TikTok users across the US say they’re rethinking their relationship with the platform since its ownership and terms and conditions have recently changed, with some citing censorship and lack of trust as
In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tideRobert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of LondonPart one: How liberals lost the internetPart two: How the
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App endured a major outage and user backlash over perceived censorship. Now it’s facing an inquiry by the California governor and an ascendant competitorA little more than one week ago, TikTok stepped on to US shores as a naturalized citizen. Ever since, the video app has been fighting for its life.TikTok’s calamitous emigration began on
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Indonesia joined Malaysia and the Philippines in reversing its restrictions, weeks after it blocked the chatbot because it was used to generate sexually explicit images of real people.
Indonesia Lifts Ban on Grok After New Assurances From X Corp Read More »
In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstreamRobert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of LondonPart one: How liberals lost the internetThe internet has totally changed the way
Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts have claimed social media is intentionally addictive and harmfulSocial media companies will have to answer to a jury – for the first time – for allegations that their products are intentionally addictive and harmful to young users’ mental health. Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts sued Meta,
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From the person who scrolls on the toilet to the one without any social media, what do their digital habits tell us?• Will Storr: we have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones – can we get it back?Dayeon, 16: the teenager who spends less than an hour a day on screens Continue reading…
Can you guess our screen time? A priest, pensioner, tech CEO and teenager reveal all Read More »
My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse?• From a priest to a pensioner, a teenager to a tech CEO: can you guess our screen time?In 2003, the Stanford social scientist BJ Fogg published an extraordinarily prescient book. Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We
We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back? Read More »
