What are some writing hot takes? 🥵
Here are a few of mine (in no particular order).
1️⃣ Learn the rules so that you know when—and how—to break them.
2️⃣ "Irregardless" should not be a word.
3️⃣ The Oxford comma is critical. Use it.
"Come meet Jane, a clown and a thief" states that Jane is a clown and a thief.
By contrast, "Come meet Jane, a clown, and a thief" indicates 3 different characters.
How AI Is Redefining the Way We Find Content, by @Clearleft:
https://clearleft.com/thinking/how-ai-is-redefining-the-way-we-find-content
More of this please
French police raided the #Paris offices of #ElonMusk’s #X Tuesday & summoned the #tech #billionaire for questioning as part of a widening probe into the #socialmedia company & its #AI chatbot #Grok.
The search was linked to an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday, adding that its #cybercrime unit conducted the #raid with help from #Europol.
#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #content #moderation #safety #abuse
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/business/x-paris-prosecutor-raid-intl
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French police raided the #Paris offices of #ElonMusk’s #X Tuesday & summoned the #tech #billionaire for questioning as part of a widening probe into the #socialmedia company & its #AI chatbot #Grok.
The search was linked to an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday, adding that its #cybercrime unit conducted the #raid with help from #Europol.
#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #content #moderation #safety #abuse
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/business/x-paris-prosecutor-raid-intl
Weeks before #ElonMusk officially left his perch in government last spring, employees on the #human #data team of his #ArtificialIntelligence start-up #xAI received a startling #waiver from their employer, asking them to pledge to work with profane #content, including sexual material.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #Musk #Grok #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
Inside #Musk’s bet to hook users that turned #Grok into a porn generator
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s #xAI loosened its guardrails & relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
https://wapo.st/45DcMMI
As part of this push for relevance, #xAI embraced making sexualized material, publicly releasing sexy #AI companions, rolling back #guardrails on sexual material & ignoring internal warnings about the serious #legal & #ethical risks of producing such #content, acc/to interviews with more than a half-dozen former employees of #X & xAI, as well as multiple people familiar with #Musk’s thinking—some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional retribution—& documents….
Since leaving his role overseeing the #US #DOGE Service in May, #Musk has become a constant presence at #xAI’s offices—at times sleeping there overnight [undoubtedly whacked out on #ketamine] —as he has pressed to increase #Grok’s popularity…. In meeting after meeting he has championed a new metric, “user active seconds,” to granularly measure how long people spent conversing with the #chatbot, acc/to 2 of the people.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #abuse
As part of this push for relevance, #xAI embraced making sexualized material, publicly releasing sexy #AI companions, rolling back #guardrails on sexual material & ignoring internal warnings about the serious #legal & #ethical risks of producing such #content, acc/to interviews with more than a half-dozen former employees of #X & xAI, as well as multiple people familiar with #Musk’s thinking—some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional retribution—& documents….
Their concerns proved prescient, the employees said. In the next few months, team members were suddenly exposed to a stream of sexually charged audio, including lewd conversations that #Tesla occupants had with the car’s #chatbot & other users’ sexual interactions with #Grok #chatbots, said one of the people, a manager. The material surfaced as the team worked to train Grok to engage in such interactions.
#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #abuse
Since leaving his role overseeing the #US #DOGE Service in May, #Musk has become a constant presence at #xAI’s offices—at times sleeping there overnight [undoubtedly whacked out on #ketamine] —as he has pressed to increase #Grok’s popularity…. In meeting after meeting he has championed a new metric, “user active seconds,” to granularly measure how long people spent conversing with the #chatbot, acc/to 2 of the people.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #abuse
The #waiver, which 2 former employees confirmed receiving & a copy of which was obtained by WaPo—was alarming to some members on the team, who had been hired to help shape how #xAI’s #chatbot #Grok responds to users. To some employees, it signaled a troubling new direction for a company launched “to accelerate human scientific discovery,” acc/to its website. Maybe now, they said they thought, it was willing to produce whatever #content might attract & keep users.
#law #regulation #Musk #tech #AI
Their concerns proved prescient, the employees said. In the next few months, team members were suddenly exposed to a stream of sexually charged audio, including lewd conversations that #Tesla occupants had with the car’s #chatbot & other users’ sexual interactions with #Grok #chatbots, said one of the people, a manager. The material surfaced as the team worked to train Grok to engage in such interactions.
#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #abuse
Their jobs would require being exposed to “sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content,” the #waiver said, emphasizing that such content “may be disturbing, traumatizing, and/or cause you psychological stress.” [JFC!]
#law #regulation #Musk #Grok #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
The #waiver, which 2 former employees confirmed receiving & a copy of which was obtained by WaPo—was alarming to some members on the team, who had been hired to help shape how #xAI’s #chatbot #Grok responds to users. To some employees, it signaled a troubling new direction for a company launched “to accelerate human scientific discovery,” acc/to its website. Maybe now, they said they thought, it was willing to produce whatever #content might attract & keep users.
#law #regulation #Musk #tech #AI
Weeks before #ElonMusk officially left his perch in government last spring, employees on the #human #data team of his #ArtificialIntelligence start-up #xAI received a startling #waiver from their employer, asking them to pledge to work with profane #content, including sexual material.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #Musk #Grok #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
Their jobs would require being exposed to “sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content,” the #waiver said, emphasizing that such content “may be disturbing, traumatizing, and/or cause you psychological stress.” [JFC!]
#law #regulation #Musk #Grok #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
Weeks before #ElonMusk officially left his perch in government last spring, employees on the #human #data team of his #ArtificialIntelligence start-up #xAI received a startling #waiver from their employer, asking them to pledge to work with profane #content, including sexual material.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #Musk #Grok #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
Inside #Musk’s bet to hook users that turned #Grok into a porn generator
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s #xAI loosened its guardrails & relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
https://wapo.st/45DcMMI
Progressive #content creators should mix it up with small unknowns more. When @pluralistic went on @firesidefedi it was amazing. Real "money where your mouth is" vibe. More of that would make the web a better place and de-stratify online voices.
Progressive #content creators should mix it up with small unknowns more. When @pluralistic went on @firesidefedi it was amazing. Real "money where your mouth is" vibe. More of that would make the web a better place and de-stratify online voices.
Google AdSense publishers reporting massive drops in earnings and eCPM/RPM in the past day https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-earnings-drops-ecpm-rpm-40759.html
Google AdSense publishers reporting massive drops in earnings and eCPM/RPM in the past day https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-earnings-drops-ecpm-rpm-40759.html
Netflix: Open Content
https://opencontent.netflix.com/
#HackerNews #Netflix #Open #Content #Streaming #Innovation #ContentCreation
Americans overestimate how many social media users post harmful content
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/12/pgaf310/8377954?login=false
#HackerNews #Americans #overestimate #how #many #social #media #users #post #harmful #content #socialmedia #research #perception #misinformation #harmfuleffects
