Business, Spoken

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Business, Spoken episodes

August 01, 2023 This Is the Era of Zombie Twitter
The bird may be dead, but Twitter—er, X—is still alive for communities, news, and memes.
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9 min
July 31, 2023 Meta’s Election Research Opens More Questions Than It Answers
Researchers were given unprecedented access to Meta’s data during the 2020 elections. Meta says their results show its platforms don’t cause political polarization. That’s not entirely true.

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8 min
July 28, 2023 Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds
Some social media users and lawmakers say chronological feeds are healthier. A new study found that Facebook and Instagram users who were forced to see time-ranked posts turned to TikTok instead.
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11 min
July 27, 2023 Meta’s Open Source Llama Upsets the AI Horse Race
Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems.
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10 min
July 26, 2023 5 Ways ChatGPT Can Improve, Not Replace, Your Writing
Generate your own text—but get help from the AI bot to make it stand out.
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9 min
July 25, 2023 X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter
Twitter’s rebrand to X is both a bad joke and an attempt by Elon Musk to realize his decades-long ambition for an all-conquering super app.
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12 min
July 24, 2023 AI Giants Pledge to Allow External Probes of Their Algorithms, Under a New White House Pact
Leading AI developers including Google and OpenAI promised the Biden administration to check for problems such as biased output. The agreement is not legally binding.

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8 min
July 21, 2023 A Battlefield AI Company Says It’s One of the Good Guys
Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies.
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14 min
July 20, 2023 Threads Is the New Cool Hangout—for Brands
With big names like Wendy’s and Netflix, brand-on-brand chatter is shaping Meta’s new social media app. That could leave little room for people.
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10 min
July 19, 2023 Meta’s Threads Could Make—or Break—the Fediverse
Meta promised to make Threads compatible with the decentralized protocol underlying Mastodon. Proponents of interoperable social media can’t agree whether to welcome or fear it.
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13 min

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