🌀 Slack Revamps, Social Media Flaws, Microsoft + Blockchain
Today’s pick
Slack's biggest redesign ever tries to tame the chaos of your workday. Slack is many things. Which is kind of the problem. The Salesforce-owned company has spent years building a team chat app alongside an alerts system, a file storage system, a knowledge base, and all the other things encompassed by Slack's “digital HQ” motto. By David Pierce via The Verge
Slack's latest redesign has a dedicated DM tab and a Discord-style Activity view - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
People share misinformation because of social media's incentives - but those can be changed. Is social media designed to reward people for acting badly ? The answer is clearly yes, given that the reward structure on social media platforms relies on popularity, as indicated by the number of responses — likes and comments — a post receives from other users. By Ian Anderson via Nieman Lab
People share misinformation because of social media’s incentives — but those can be changed - Teddy Wilson (@reportbywilson)
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Microsoft partners with Aptos blockchain to marry AI and web3. Artificial intelligence has captured the hearts, minds and wallets of the technology industry. So it's little surprise that Microsoft, which has several irons in the AI fire, is working to expand its footprint in the area. By Jacquelyn Melinek via TechCrunch
I think the phrase is... LET'S GOOOO! @Microsoft teams up with @AptosLabs to forge a new era in #AI and #web3! - Charles Adkins (@CharlesXAdkins)
AI language models are rife with different political biases. As AI language models are rolled out into products and services used by millions of people, understanding their underlying political assumptions and biases could not be more important. That's because they have the potential to cause real harm. By Melissa Heikkilä via MIT Technology Review
“No language model can be entirely free from political bias” - Dorrine Mendoza (@dorrine)
X Pays More Creators as Part of Its New Ad Revenue Share Program. Could you be making thousands from posting on X, like the latest round of creators that have been accepted into the platform's ad revenue share program? Last month, some of the app's top creators shared screenshots of their first payouts from the program. By Andrew Hutchinson via Social Media Today
Twitter Pays More Creators as Part of its New Ad Revenue Share Program - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
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