5/31/23Facebook Threatens to Nuke News in California if Forced to Pay PublishersFacebook and Instagram say a bill forcing them to pay publishers a journalism usage fee amounts to a "slush fund"…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 31, 2023UpdatedYesterday
5/31/23You Do It: Twitter Outsources AI Image Detection to Its UsersElon Musk's expanded Community Notes feature will ask users to "add context" to maybe-AI-generated images.ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 31, 2023
5/30/23SCOTUS Declines to Hear Reddit Child Sex Abuse Case, Handing Big Tech a WinExperts say the court's decision to dance around tech liability in recent cases shows justices would rather punt…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 30, 2023
5/30/23China Removes 1.4 Million Posts and 67,000 Accounts in Latest Social Media PurgeThe Cyberspace Administration of China says the removals came after a two-month investigation into misinformation…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 30, 2023
5/29/23‘Are We Waiting for S**t to Hit The Fan?’: Former Google Safety Lead Warns of AI Chatbots Writing NewsSmartNews Trust and Safety Lead Arjun Narayan says news organizations must develop "first principles" and assure…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 29, 2023
5/27/2312 Companies Racing to Create AI Deepfake DetectorsStartups and tech giants alike are racing to create deepfake detection devices to try and prevent a surge in…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 27, 2023
5/26/23Welp, the FDA Says Elon's Brain Interface Company Can Start Carving Up HumansNeuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, said it's received FDA approval to begin testing its device…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 26, 2023
5/25/23Trump Trolls DeSantis and Musk With a Hitler DeepfakeThe Trump campaign created a fake Twitter Spaces event using voice clones of Dick Cheney, Satan, and Hitler to mock…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 25, 2023
5/23/23Surgeon General Warns of Social Media's 'Profound Risk of Harm' to KidsThe nation's leading doctor said there isn't enough evidence to determine if social media is "sufficiently safe" for…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 23, 2023
5/22/23TikTok Sues Montana to Reverse App BanTikTok says Montana's law banning downloads of the app in the state is illegal and would crush local users' freedom…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedMay 22, 2023
5/20/23How Montana's TikTokers Are Fighting Back Against the State's BanMontana TikTokers are joining lawsuits seeking to overturn a state-wide ban on the app. They say the prohibition…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 20, 2023
5/18/23SCOTUS Says It Won't Mess With Section 230, for NowThe court said it did not need to reinterpret tech's biggest liability shield to resolve a pair of terrorism suits…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedMay 18, 2023
5/17/23Montana Bans TikTokMontana's governor signed the nation's first state ban into law as the federal government considers prohibiting the…ByBlake Montgomery and Mack DeGeurinPublishedMay 17, 2023
5/17/23Twitter Employees Got a Saudi Dissident Kidnapped, Lawsuit SaysEx-Twitter employees—spies working on behalf of Saudi Arabia—handed over a dissident's personal info to the…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 17, 2023
5/16/23Atomic Bombs, Garth Brooks, and AI: 9 Key Moments From Congress' Hearing With the Creator of ChatGPTSam Altman said he supported the formation of a regulatory body for AI. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was more concerned…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 16, 2023
5/16/23ChatGPT Creator Tells Congress He Wants an AI Regulatory AgencySam Altman tried to convince skeptical lawmakers to pursue light-handed AI reforms that give OpenAI room to stay…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedMay 16, 2023
5/13/23Instagram and Facebook Are Using Fears of a TikTok Ban to Poach InfluencersMeta is fanning the flames of a possible TikTok ban and boosting its own short-form video tools in an effort to lure…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 13, 2023
5/10/23American Psychological Association Says Parents Should Screen Kids for 'Problematic Social Media Use'The American Psychological Association offered 10 recommendations for reducing the ills of social media in its first…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 10, 2023
5/9/23LinkedIn's App Leaves China for GoodLinkedIn is laying off its last sales and product teams in China and discontinuing its app as it finalizes its exit.…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 9, 2023
5/9/23ChatGPT and Bard Made Me These 12 Nasty Cocktails Inspired by Tech CEOsI mixed and drank 12 cocktails created by AI. The results ran the gamut from hilariously goofy to straight-up…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 9, 2023