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Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech
Meta’s latest whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams, got a warm reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as the Careless People author who the company has fought to silence described the company’s chief executive as someone willing to shapeshift into whatever gets him closest to power. The message was one that lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on crime and counterterrorism were very open…
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TikTok faces a skeptical panel of judges in its existential fight against the US government
TikTok — an app used to by 170 million Americans — now has its future resting in the hands of three judges. The company fought for its life during oral arguments on Monday only for the judges to express a great deal of skepticism towards TikTok’s case. Attorneys for TikTok and a group of creators suing to block the law popularly known…
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I’ve been skeptical about AI features on phones, but Google’s Gemini might change my mind
Few things trigger my skepticism reflex faster than when a company starts talking about how its integrating AI into its products. Since artificial intelligence has become the flavor of the moment, a lot of AI announcements and demos seem to have the whiff of “oh yeah, us too” about them, whether those announcements or demos have any actual value or…
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