Journals

Eileen Sullivan / New York Times: US and UK law enforcement are bracing for an explosion of AI-generated CSAM, and criticize Meta, the authorities’ best partner for flagging CSAM, over E2EE  —  Law enforcement officials are bracing for an explosion… Read More »US and UK law enforcement are bracing for an explosion of AI-generated CSAM, and criticize Meta, the authorities’ best partner for flagging CSAM, over E2EE (Eileen Sullivan/New York Times)

Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: Silicon Valley’s powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but instead are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian technocracy  —  Silicon Valley has its own ascendant political ideology.  It’s past time we call it what… Read More »Silicon Valley’s powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but instead are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian technocracy (Adrienne LaFrance/The Atlantic)

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: ByteDance co-founder and CEO Liang Rubo urges staff to resist mediocrity after the company missed the initial wave of generative AI, in a company-wide meeting  —  – Co-founder said the company showed signs of complacency  —… Read More »ByteDance co-founder and CEO Liang Rubo urges staff to resist mediocrity after the company missed the initial wave of generative AI, in a company-wide meeting (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)

Alexandra Alter / New York Times: Bookstat: the US audiobook market grew 14% YoY in Q4 2023, excluding Spotify; with Spotify, it grew 28% YoY; Spotify had an 11% market share, behind Audible  —  There are early signs that Spotify’s… Read More »Bookstat: the US audiobook market grew 14% YoY in Q4 2023, excluding Spotify; with Spotify, it grew 28% YoY; Spotify had an 11% market share, behind Audible (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)

Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin’s website: A look at the four major categories of apps that could emerge at the intersection of crypto and AI, and the prospects and challenges of each category  —  Special thanks to the Worldcoin and… Read More »A look at the four major categories of apps that could emerge at the intersection of crypto and AI, and the prospects and challenges of each category (Vitalik Buterin/Vitalik Buterin’s website)

John Seabrook / New Yorker: A profile of UMG CEO Lucian Grainge, who helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming and now hopes to do the same with generative AI  —  Lucian Grainge, the chairman of UMG,… Read More »A profile of UMG CEO Lucian Grainge, who helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming and now hopes to do the same with generative AI (John Seabrook/New Yorker)

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress’ dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech companies, the EU’s DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, more  —  Today, I’m talking with Senator Brian Schatz of… Read More »Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress’ dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech companies, the EU’s DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: Legislators and privacy experts detail how the tech industry has sought to water down state privacy regulation in the US; 13 US states now have privacy laws  —  New Jersey’s governor signed a hard-fought data… Read More »Legislators and privacy experts detail how the tech industry has sought to water down state privacy regulation in the US; 13 US states now have privacy laws (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

Financial Times: Bain: as of September 2023, autonomous vehicles in China had driven a cumulative total of 70M kilometers, on par with the US, despite Beijing’s safety concerns  —  Experts believe carmakers and tech companies are closing gap with US… Read More »Bain: as of September 2023, autonomous vehicles in China had driven a cumulative total of 70M kilometers, on par with the US, despite Beijing’s safety concerns (Financial Times)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Ransomware negotiation firm Coveware: the number of ransomware victims paying ransom demands dropped to a record low of 29% in Q4 2023, down from 85% in Q1 2019  —  The number of ransomware victims paying ransom… Read More »Ransomware negotiation firm Coveware: the number of ransomware victims paying ransom demands dropped to a record low of 29% in Q4 2023, down from 85% in Q1 2019 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)