Journals

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF  —  Between wine tastings and sledding excursions, world leaders fret over AI-powered… Read More »World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft makes Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available for free on the web  —  Microsoft today made Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice,… Read More »Microsoft makes Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available for free on the web (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Nate Raymond / Reuters: Robinhood settles with Massachusetts regulators for $7.5M over claims of using “gamification” strategies to encourage inexperienced users to place risky trades  —  on Thursday agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine and overhaul its practices to… Read More »Robinhood settles with Massachusetts regulators for $7.5M over claims of using “gamification” strategies to encourage inexperienced users to place risky trades (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

Wall Street Journal: How investors in China skirt strict crypto trading rules by using VPNs and brokers; Chainalysis says traders received $86B net between July 2022 and June 2023  —  Cryptocurrency trading remains widespread in China despite a ban  — … Read More »How investors in China skirt strict crypto trading rules by using VPNs and brokers; Chainalysis says traders received $86B net between July 2022 and June 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Pornhub changes its performer verification policy, requiring performers to upload proof of consent from scene partners, in addition to IDs, starting January 23  —  Pornhub is introducing an even more stringent performer verification policy, and… Read More »Pornhub changes its performer verification policy, requiring performers to upload proof of consent from scene partners, in addition to IDs, starting January 23 (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Filing: Apple details new US App Store rules letting devs link to external payments, says apps in its Video Partner and News Partner program are not eligible  —  Apple this week updated its App Store rules… Read More »Filing: Apple details new US App Store rules letting devs link to external payments, says apps in its Video Partner and News Partner program are not eligible (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Andy Baio / Waxy.org: A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023  —  Ello launched on August 7, 2014… Read More »A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023 (Andy Baio/Waxy.org)

Alex Heath / The Verge: Zuckerberg says Meta wants to build and open source AGI, and brings AI group FAIR closer to the generative AI team; Meta will own 340K+ H100 GPUs by 2024’s end  —  And he wants Meta… Read More »Zuckerberg says Meta wants to build and open source AGI, and brings AI group FAIR closer to the generative AI team; Meta will own 340K+ H100 GPUs by 2024’s end (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Digital Onboarding, a SaaS company specializing in helping financial institutions strengthen relationships with customers, raised $58M from Volition Capital  —  Digital Onboarding, a SaaS company specializing in helping financial institutions strengthen relationships with customers …

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram adds nighttime nudges for teens, encouraging them to close the app and go to sleep after they spend more than 10 minutes in Reels or DMs late at night  —  Instagram is introducing new nighttime… Read More »Instagram adds nighttime nudges for teens, encouraging them to close the app and go to sleep after they spend more than 10 minutes in Reels or DMs late at night (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)