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Weekly audio updates at the intersection of tech and democracy. From Casey Newton.
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AI safety researchers have long worried that a government would seek to use AI for domestic surveillance and autonomous killing. The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic threatens to make it a reality. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-pentagon-authoritarian-ai/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Testifying before a jury in LA, Mark Zuckerberg makes the case that platform design is about free expression. But the walls are closing in on Section 230.Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/the-infinite-scroll-goes-on-trial/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A lawsuit that begins in LA this week, along with a new investigation into TikTok by the European Commission, could change social apps forever. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/social-media-addiction-trial-eu-tiktok-investigation/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Anxiety about AI replacing entry-level jobs is on the rise. Could a state-of-the-art chatbot do the job of a Platformer fellow? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/journalism-job-automation-claude/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future.Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/moltbook-ai-agents-security-content-moderation/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Managers say it makes them more productive. Workers don't. What gives? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Announcing Platformer+, a new way to listen to our columns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More than a week into a deepfake scandal, a handful of foreign governments have found the strength to do what Apple, Google, and the United States will not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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