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Big tech and democracy, from @CaseyNewton and @ZoeSchiffer.

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For subscribers today:

- YouTube opens its doors to deepfakes
- Newer AI companies are heavily restricting the use of their tools. Social networks are taking a different approach
- Good post about a cowboy

https://t.co/w1GmqdxfxX

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For subscribers today:

- How Musk is borrowing from X to build Grok
- From servers to people, Musk is looking across his empire to catch up in AI
- Good Facebook post

https://t.co/hbCgtLmwVX

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For all followers today:

- How OpenAI is building a path toward AI agents
- Building a GPT-based copy editor showcases their promise — but the risks ahead are real
- Good thread about Shakespeare

https://t.co/YIKfKuGqtm

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For subscribers today:

- The case for a little AI regulation
- Not every safety rule represents "regulatory capture" — and even challengers are asking the government to intervene
- Good post about Halloween

https://t.co/St4AZVhCcr

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For all followers today:

- Biden seeks to rein in AI
- An executive order gives AI companies the guardrails they asked for. Will the US go further?
- Good skeet about an e-scooter crash

https://t.co/Q0i7J2UtGf

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For subscribers today:

- Twitter is dead and Threads is thriving
- One year after Elon Musk let that sink in, an elegy for the platform that was — and some notes on the one that is poised to succeed it
- Good post about gay Halloween parties

https://t.co/0XlgOHuKlU

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For all followers today:

- The states sue Meta over child safety
- Everyone agrees there's a teen mental health crisis. Is this how you fix it?
- Good post about getting married

https://t.co/HwqmMgQf1B

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For subscribers today:

- How to see the future using DALL-E 3
- To understand how quickly AI is improving, forget ChatGPT — use an image generator
- Good post about alarms

https://t.co/LkGcZI6Qwm

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For all followers today:

- Inside Discord’s reform movement for banned users
- Most platforms ban their trolls forever. Discord wants to rehabilitate them
- Good post about work emails

https://t.co/8Bt6cf6r72

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For subscribers today:

- Why no one can deplatform Hamas
- Other challenges of moderating content in wartime
- Good post about carving pumpkins

https://t.co/cWFTGjLPc8

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For subscribers today:

- How one former Twitter employee could beat Elon Musk in court
- Former engineer Yao Yue discusses being fired over a tweet — and her success in getting the NLRB to file its first formal complaint against X
- Good post about nachos
https://t.co/7vMDGBwTKh

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For subscribers today:

- How to use future AI interfaces today
- Raycast, GPT-4, and life after the web
- Good post about pumpkin basketball

https://t.co/BwPKwuqc7N

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For subscribers today:

- Should Meta change its policy on deepfakes?
- It looks like the Oversight Board thinks so. Will its eventual decision matter?
- Good post about phones

https://t.co/ts5KWs3fOx

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For all followers today:

- How the attacks in Israel are changing Threads
- Three months into its existence, the app’s purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it
- Good post about Christopher Columbus

https://t.co/9lCdsL1LNw

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For subscribers today:

- How authoritarian governments are using generative AI
- A new report finds at least 16 countries using synthetic media to mislead their citizens — and the number is growing fast
- Good post about the McRib

https://t.co/QENcI9OALw

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For all followers today:

- Taylor Lorenz on her extremely online history of the internet
- Notes on selling books via Instagram stories, fighting with Elon, and which platform is best at shielding users from harassment
- Good skeleton

https://t.co/7L3OWWFdjc

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For subscribers today:

- Why fact-checking fails to stop deepfakes
- Labeling posts only goes so far — but that doesn't mean platforms should give up
- Good post about 2021

https://t.co/OjkCXDUWn2

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For subscribers today:

- The campaign against government’s influence over tech
- An effort to stop agencies, academics and platforms from speaking to each other has implications for next year’s presidential election
- Good post about treats

https://t.co/KmqTZFcR0L

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For subscribers today:

- Generative AI is already testing platforms’ limits
- A phony Tank Man, and a flood of garbage books, hint at the challenge to come
- Good post about shareholder value

https://t.co/ZiclvahZ8r