Katie Notopoulos

Pete Hegseth keeps texting me that I have unpaid EZ Pass tolls

The Forbes 30 Under 30 to prison pipeline remains undefeated www.businessinsider.com/joanna-smith...

An AI startup CEO on a Forbes '30 Under 30' list has been charged with defrauding investors out of $10 million

Joanna Smith-Griffin is latest Forbes '30 Under 30' alum facing criminal charges, joining Sam Bankman-Fried, Charlie Javice, and Martin Shkreli.

Wow, the Atlantic looked at what Meta stole for AI training, and made a search tool where you can see what it sucked up via LibGen (a pirated data set of books).

Let's check one thing real quick.... ok yup
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a....

Very confusing situation here. To some, Luigi. To others, Waluigi.

“Knee surgery” is the hottest meme right now. Specifically the Grinch saying he has knee surgery tomorrow. There are dozens of blinch (blue grinch) knee surgery meme accounts on Instagram. This is what your children are doing

Assignment: accepted

These photos are VERY clear that Cards Against Humanity is right in its claim against SpaceX, in the 2nd weirdest legal story happening right now sherwood.news/power/elon-m...

Before and after: Aerial photos show what being Elon Musk's neighbor can do to your land

Cards Against Humanity, which owns land in Texas, is suing the space billionaire to “un-fuck” its property and reputation, to the tune of $15...

*squints* *blinks*

I feel like people were pretty restrained on here about the fact the paper of record said a certain someone almost certainly pees their pants all the time

A former Meta PR person has come out in support of "Careless People", saying that the book IS accurate

Starting to believe the biggest determinant in young men's political alignment is how much time they spend working out. Not because like some believe, exercise has some magical effects on mindset. Purely because hours in the gym means lots of time to listen to podcasts.

lol www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...

oompf

I wrote about the original sin of the 90s internet — expecting everything to be free and therefore relying on advertising — and how we maybe have a chance now on Bluesky etc to slightly right that wrong. www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/17/1...

How to fix the internet

If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms.

In 2023, Massachusetts created a 4% tax on incomes over $1M and used the money to completely fund school lunches for all kids. The millionaires, it turns out... are fine www.businessinsider.com/massachusett...

Massachusetts' millionaire tax is earning more than expected and could help make up for the last few years of high earners fleeing the state

The millionaires tax in Massachusetts beat estimates by bringing in $1.8 billion so far, helping the state despite the loss of high-income earners.

Did not see this coming! www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-sel...

BuzzFeed survives by selling 'Hot Ones' to George Soros

BuzzFeed has solved its debt problem by selling off "Hot Ones." The new owner? George Soros.

What I appreciate here is that the FT scored a video interview with Sam Altman (a high profile get!) for a conceit where he makes lunch and then another FT writer just ruthlessly savages his kitchen appliances and cooking techniques. www.ft.com/content/b180...

Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen

All Drizzle, no sizzle

Jack Dorsey gave $10M to fund Nostr, and about $245k personally to its anonymous founder, not knowing who he is IRL. Turns out the guy has made fanpages dedicated to a Brazilian right-wing conspiracy theorist www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-...

Jack Dorsey gave $10 million to an anonymous founder with a deep devotion to a fascist 'guru'

Twitter's cofounder Jack Dorsey personally gave $245,000 in crypto to a developer who's a follower and student of a well-known Brazilian fascist.

Once again Goodreads is ground zero for internet drama

Researchers tested AI's sycophancy by putting in a bunch of r/AITA posts and seeing if AI would agree that people were jerks. They found 42% of the time, AI got it wrong.

I tested this out myself, nearly every time, AI couldn't catch the verified Asshole www.businessinsider.com/reddit-aita-...

Am I the jerk? Redditors say yes — but ChatGPT and other bots say no.

ChatGPT and other AI bots tell posters from Reddit's "AITA" board that, actually, they're not the jerks.

Meta may have deleted the AI-gen users like “Liv”, the “Proud Black queer momma of 2”, but I think there’s some confusion. That was just an old abandoned test project. Their plans for flooding the platform with AI users is very much still ON www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-gene...

Meta's dream of AI-generated users isn't going anywhere

Meta took down a few reviled AI-generated users. But that's not the end of the story. It still sees more AI bots talking to you in the future.

Netflix wouldn’t pay for another season of Manhunter so they could put this on

great headline www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This

Mark Zuckerberg is at war with himself.

If you have an old Photobucket account, it will be used to train AI. You can opt out – IF you pay the $5 to reactivate your account.

I talked to the CEO:
www.businessinsider.com/photobucket-...

That old Photobucket account you haven't touched in years could soon be licensed to train AI

Remember that old Photobucket account? You might want to log in. The public photos could soon be licensed to train AI.