2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (259+ words) But this isn’t that. This seems like an entity that has zero redeeming qualities and is just doing serious damage around the globe, while then suppressing (or attempting to suppress!) the speech of anyone who publicly talks about what they’re…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (717+ words) Every government does stuff because it can, not because it needs to. But this current administration has been far more opportunistic than most, doing constitutional recon in areas of unsettled law right up until a court rules that it can’t....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (291+ words) Comedian Jimmy Kimmel‘s planned Thursday interview with Texas Senatorial hopeful James Talarico didn’t air on ABC broadcast TV because network lawyers were worried about Trump FCC censorship and reprisal. Instead, the interview will air on the late-night show’s YouTube…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (705+ words) If you enjoy badly written bipartisan protectionist tech legislation designed primarily to coddle giant U.S. companies under the xenophobia-tinged breathless pretense of privacy and national security, you are really going to enjoy the next twelve to twenty-four months. While the U.S. drowns…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1089+ words) The most recent involved OpenAI agents taking over an old German-language wiki, using it as a message board to collaborate on solving tasks. Although this was only announced a few days ago, it seems that OpenAI knew about the incident…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (458+ words) In addition to the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger just being foundationally bad for creatives, labor, and consumers, the Ellison family-owned company’s executives just keep demonstrating why they’re not really the kind of folks you want dominating the lion’s share…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1729+ words) I am never asking the monkey’s paw for a federal government that defends fair use again. So, look, you’re right to be skeptical about the DOJ weighing in regarding the big OpenAI copyright case filed by the NY Times. You’re…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (563+ words) We’ve well established how the $111 billion Paramount and Warner Brothers merger is terrible for labor, creatives, consumers, and markets. But the kind of behaviors Paramount leadership have been engaged in to sell the deal also give a pretty clear indication…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (489+ words) There is a flood of lawsuits against social media, from a variety of different parties, all claiming some kind of harm. Would you feel differently about some of those lawsuits if you found out the plaintiffs bringing them were talking…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (578+ words) Too Much Free Time Just so we’re clear: pre-merger promises (especially in the media and telecom sectors) are absolutely worthless. There’s fifty years of indisputable evidence that all of the “synergies” and innovative improvements promised on the front end of…...