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Casey Newton

Weekly audio updates at the intersection of tech and democracy. From Casey Newton.

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  • April 17 · 19 min

    The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot

    New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/chatbot-emotion-research-anthropic-alignment-interpretability/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • April 14 · 12 min

    Sam Altman’s second thoughts

    OpenAI’s CEO is asking the public to lower the temperature on AI. But who turned it up in the first place? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/sam-altman-ai-backlash/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • April 7 · 11 min

    Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled

    The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-mythos-cybersecurity-risk-experts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • April 1 · 16 min

    Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?

    The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/social-media-trials-230-content-design/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • March 25 · 11 min

    Spotify takes on its doppelgänger problem

    The company is taking new steps to stop AI impersonation — but across the internet, the problem continues to grow. PLUS: Anthropic in court, and Meta loses in New Mexico. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/spotify-artist-profile-protection/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • March 17 · 14 min

    Why Meta is retreating from encryption

    In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg called privacy the future of social networking. Not anymore. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/instagram-encryption-meta-whatsapp/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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