Collaborate Disseminate
The AI research group founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and largely funded by Peter Thiel, shockingly, will now seek profit. Continue reading OpenAI’s Mission to Benefit Humanity Now Includes Seeking Profit
Expensive.chat, a new chat tool from Marc Köhlbrugge, charges people for each character they type. All money goes to Marc. Continue reading This Guy Is Charging People For Every Character They Text
A recent study argued that we shouldn’t assume lab-grown meat is more emission-friendly than beef. The whole truth is much more structural and bleak. Continue reading Lab-Grown Meat Can’t Fix the Planet That Capitalism Broke
Motherboard is publishing several hundred pages of documents we obtained from police departments by using Freedom of Information requests. Continue reading Here Are Hundreds of Pages of Official Documents About Predictive Policing in America
PredPol uses an algorithm based on earthquake prediction to “predict crime.” Academics say it’s simplistic and harmful. Continue reading Academics Confirm Major Predictive Policing Algorithm is Fundamentally Flawed
YouTube structurally prioritizes audience feedback, which can drive content-makers to promote conspiracy theories or hate. Continue reading How YouTube Drives Shane Dawson and Other Creators to Conspiracy Theories
Neighbors, a social media crime-reporting app owned by Amazon, creates a digital ecosystem in which you are encouraged to assume the worst about your neighbors—and people of color are once again being harmed. Continue reading Amazon’s Home Security Company Is Turning Everyone Into Cops
PG&E is asking for a bailout. Instead, we should make that utility, and all utilities, public assets. Continue reading Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Should Nationalize Utilities
Documents obtained by Motherboard using public information requests verify previously unconfirmed police department contracts with predictive policing company PredPol. Continue reading Dozens of Cities Have Secretly Experimented With Predictive Policing Software
TikTok is not immune from engagement-hungry algorithms that dominate the internet as we know it. Continue reading TikTok Can’t Save Us from Algorithmic Content Hell