🧩 Social Media's Polarization, AI Politics, Robo-taxis & AI Market Rivalry
Today’s pick
What Meta's New Studies Do-and Don't-Reveal About Social Media and Polarization Last week, the first papers from a collaboration between Meta's Facebook and a team of external researchers studying the 2020 election were finally published - By Jonathan Stray via WIRED
Caveat emptor - Marcelo Soares (@msoares)
Six ways that AI could change politics The truth is, the future will be much more interesting. And even some of the most stupendous potential impacts of AI on politics won't be all bad. - By Bruce Schneier via MIT Technology Review
The point is that our AI-driven political future will involve far more than deepfaked campaign ads and manufactured letter-writing campaigns - Harvard Ash Center (@HarvardAsh)
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Waymo's robotaxis will start picking up passengers in Austin, Texas, later this year Waymo's fourth robotaxi city will be Austin, Texas. It will be a bit of a homecoming for the Alphabet-owned self-driving company. Waymo said that it will start accepting passengers in its fully driverless vehicles in the city later this month - By Andrew J. Hawkins via The Verge
Waymo’s robotaxis will start picking up passengers in Austin, Texas, later this year - Hala Bughazi (@HalaBughazi)
'They need us. We don't need them:' The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate The grifters that make up the troll-industrial complex are not okay. One can see the sheen of desperation in the world of self-identified conservatives who make a living by 'triggering' the liberals - By Amanda Marcotte via Salon
The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate "Elon Musk's business model depends on "triggering" liberals - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
Samsung, Hyundai back AI startup Tenstorrent: Everyone wants competition to Nvidia, says CEO Keller Chip giant Nvidia is the most powerful force in artificial intelligence today, more powerful than Microsoft or Google or OpenAI. Its GPU chips are the dominant form of computing in the industry for programs such as ChatGPT - By Tiernan Ray via ZDNET
Tenstorrent’s rockstar CEO Jim Keller: Everyone wants competition to Nvidia - Tiernan Ray (@TiernanRayTech)
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