Humans are horrible; robotaxis; Trump, X, DMs, set visibility to screwed; OpenAI lawsuits might wipe ChatGPT clean; Snapchat's AI glitches; using AI to ban books; new tools borks images for AI - for now; bots better at beating CAPTCHAs than humans; NFT lawsuits; those smart contracts are meaningless; Elon throttling links he doesn't like; scientists fleeing X; AppleTV+; streaming costs more than cable; people watching less TV; Strange New Worlds & Good Omens; Billions; Painkiller & Dopesick; the Witcher; YouTube crack down on cancer misinformation; class action lawsuits; Dirty Laundry, roleplaying musicals & baseball.
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IN THE NEWS
People Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About It
Robotaxis halt traffic in San Francisco's North Beach day after expansion approval
Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco
Special counsel obtained ‘some volume’ of DMs from Donald Trump’s Twitter account
The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content
Report: Potential NYT lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start over
Snapchat's My AI chatbot glitched so hard it started posting Stories
An Iowa school district is using AI to ban books
Scientists Say New Tool Makes Images Worthless for Training AI
Bots are better at beating ‘are you a robot?’ tests than humans are
OpenAI is using GPT-4 to build an AI-powered content moderation system
NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices
Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment
A key feature of NFTs has completely broken
X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with
NYU Professor Locked Out of Twitter After Reportedly Declining to Meet With Elon Musk
Scientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternatives
MEDIA CANDY
It’s official, people aren’t watching TV as much as they used to
Streaming TV costs now higher than cable, as 'crash' finally hits
Anson Mount Recalls Recording ‘Space…The Final Frontier’ for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
In Praise of Bluey, the Most Grown-Up Television Show for Children
APPS & DOODADS
YouTube cracks down on videos promoting 'ineffective' cancer treatments
Apple Will Start Sending Payouts for $500 Million 'Batterygate' Lawsuit Soon
Time is running out to file claims for Facebook’s $725 million data privacy settlement
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
Lina Khan Q&A: Hollywood 'Red Flags', 'Doom Loop' & the Future of M&A
Stray Gods - The Roleplaying Musical
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