jacob smith

how’s the weather up here? shady as hell

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@thestorygraph @faeofthevalley 👀

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@christress it might not completely solve your problem but I use this app all the time when I take screenshots of texts to stitch all the screenshots together into one readable screenshot https://t.co/fbdY4PXlUe

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@ihatejoelkim And the sapphic storylines/romances? Someone call Abbi Jacobson and D’Arcy Carden

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

Sam Altman and OpenAI approached and handled this so poorly, it’s alarming

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

NEWS

Scarlett Johansson has just issued this statement on OpenAI.

I have confirmed its authenticity directly with her publicist.

"Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.

After much consideration and for personal reasons, declined the offer.

Nine months later, my friends, family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named "Sky" sounded like me.

When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference. Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word "her" - a reference to the film in which | voiced a chat system, Samantha, who forms an intimate relationship with a human.

Two days before the ChatGPT 4.0 demo was released, Mr. Altman contacted my agent, asking me to reconsider. Before we could connect, the system was out there.

As a result of their actions, I was forced to hire legal counsel, who wrote two letters to Mr. Altman and OpenAl, setting out what they had done and asking them to detail the exact process by which they created the "Sky" voice. Consequently, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to take down the "Sky" voice.

In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and the protection of our own likeness, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are questions that deserve absolute clarity. I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.”

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@sgtfruity Is it S*GE

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

If you can accidentally hit your head on part of the airplane while boarding or walking down the aisle, you should be legally entitled to a seat with extra leg room

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

Bringing this back

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

This is so J*e V*gel coded

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@melmogollon @goodreads Just preordered on Bookshop! I can’t wait to read

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

This is so J*e V*gel coded

[Conor Rogers @conorjrogers]

Ohio candidate Derek Myers pre-recorded a concession video.

In it, he pretends he’s answering an interview question from the local news, and plays fake party noise in the background to make it sound like he was at a real election night party.

Problem is: He accidentally posted it at 4pm and absolutely none of this is real. This is just him standing alone in a room.

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@ugghhhhhhhhhhh It was when I was there a few weeks ago

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@ugghhhhhhhhhhh This is the ugliest makeup I’ve ever seen

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@nycgov where are the Pride weekend portapotties?

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

Just watched someone allow her dog pee inside the Atlantic Ave train station??!!

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@PeacockTVCare I don’t have a recently watched row on the browse page. Here’s a list of all of the rows available.

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

It’s absolutely ridiculous that Peacock doesn’t have a “recently viewed” section. @peacock can you please pass that along to the user research team

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

@PeacockTVCare thank you for getting back to me! I’m afraid I don’t see a “Browse” page. I’m using the Apple TV app

[Raquel Willis @Raquel__Willis]

I know so many of y’all think this is the perfect “gotcha” insight, but honestly it just furthers this horrible narrative that trans folks are only valid if we successfully capitulate to cisheteronormativity. It’s really gross, objectifying, and reductive.

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

I’m sorry but I agree

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

I think my contact lens is trying to self eject

[jacob smith @jacobfsmith]

hot take: I'd rather listen to silence while on hold than a stupid looping talk track or painful hold music