Will Oremus
@WillOremus
writing about tech and its discontents for the @washingtonpost. focused on AI, algorithms, social media, and platforms. dm for signal.
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10-06-2010 04:23:40
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Pranshu Verma We wrote last month about how and why lawyers are increasingly relying on ChatGPT to make their lives easier. Suffice it to say it does not always go as planned. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
New: Michael Cohen confirms he used bogus AI-generated citations in his probation case. washingtonpost.com/technology/202… by Pranshu Verma
Musk's dismantling of Twitter's content moderation has been welcomed by many on the right in the US. Europeans are less impressed.
Story today on EU investigating X over terrorist content, hate speech, 'Community Notes' and more: washingtonpost.com/technology/202… by Aaron Gregg & me
Citing sources was supposed to make AI chatbots more reliable, but the chatbots often made up stuff that wasn't in their sources. 🤦♀️
Another reason why AI chatbots can't replace reporters. Great Will Oremus story: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
New on bin Laden letter:
* 274 TikTok videos with 1.8M views on Tues/Weds. ( #skincare gets 252M a day.) Not viral, marginal, until ...
* X thread, now with 30M views, helped it blow up
* Guardian backfired; terrorist rant became 'forbidden knowledge'
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