In this MacVoices Live! session, David Ginsburg, Brittany Smith, Eric Bolden, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, and Ben Roethig touch briefly on the developing OpenAI drama, then shift to the emergence of Bluesy as a social media platform. The panel also discusses the uses and evolution (or devolution) of various other options. (Part 1)

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

0:00:00 Introduction and software testing

0:01:44 Mac Voices Live session begins

0:07:37 Priorities and the Evolving Open AI Situation

0:09:03 The Questionable Governance of a Leading Technological Company

0:10:25 Board Member Apologizes for Ouster, Wants to Rejoin

0:14:20 Microsoft gains control over talent and technology

0:16:21 Comparing Real Life to TV Drama "Succession"

0:18:12 User Exodus from X (formerly known as Twitter)

0:20:14 Facebook and Meta's Business Savvy

0:22:35 Threads' Growing Traction and Adoption

0:27:37 Instagram's decoupling from threads raises concerns

0:29:13 Brian also doesn't use Facebook or Instagram

0:30:56 Social media used as a news content repository by some

0:33:08 Spoutable exploring new ideas, unlike stagnant Twitter

Links:

Apple Music fraud falls by 30% after beefing up protections

https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/17/apple-music-fraud/

Bluesky hits 2M users; public web interface and federation coming

https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/17/bluesky-hits-2m-users/

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