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Jeffrey Stephen Wigand revealed how tobacco companies targeted children; now he sees similar marketing by big techA key whistleblower in the tobacco industry’s landmark trials of the 1990s has been watching big tech’s recent court battles closely. Jeffrey Stephen Wigand, a biochemist who helped reveal how tobacco companies targeted children and hid just how addictive […]
“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.”
The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT Read More »
OpenAI said the deal would help it “create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes A.I. creates.”
OpenAI Buys Streaming Show ‘TBPN,’ Aiming to Change Narrative on A.I. Read More »
Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional lifeSocial media users in the UK are becoming less active on tech platforms due to the rise of video apps and fears that posts could come back to haunt them, according to the communications watchdog.Ofcom said just under half of adult social
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Last month, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter filed a criminal complaint over an offensive Grok post generated by an X user that requested that the chatbot “roast” the government official. According to Bloomberg, Keller-Sutter’s complaint seeks to hold the X user accountable for defamation and verbal abuse. She also “asked the prosecutor to assess whether
Musk loves Grok’s “roasts.” Swiss official sues in attempt to neuter them. Read More »
Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagreeHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. I’m hoping futilely for warm spring weather in New York City, but while it’s still cold, I’m sitting inside and reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point Read More »
As calls for restrictions on under-16s’ online activities gather pace, some are urging curbs on online gaming. The idea is a mess from top to bottomLast week, Meta and YouTube were found liable for creating intentionally addictive products that affected the wellbeing of young social media users. The ruling has supercharged an already growing movement
In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features ‘shouldn’t be permitted’, while education secretary says things ‘are going to change’Keir Starmer has backed banning addictive social media features in his strongest intervention yet on curbs that could be placed on tech companies, saying the features “shouldn’t be permitted”.The prime minister said the government was
Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media Read More »
Aggressive strategy and loss in the trial highlight a problem for tech firms: a widespread distrust of social media companiesWhen Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, sought to defend itself in the landmark social media addiction lawsuit alleging its products caused personal injury to a young user, it went on the offensive. The
How Meta’s victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial Read More »
Propaganda and disinformation have flooded the internet in a sophisticated effort to undermine support for U.S. and Israeli attacks.
In an Asymmetrical War, Iran Seeks an Edge With Its Information War Read More »
