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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 1h

I’m sure Meta will say this has nothing to do with the ban. It is not in their interest to admit that the threat of legislation works to change their strategy

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 1h

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 1h

This is evidence that the proposed ban is working exactly as intended.

In the long term what we want to see is platforms taking responsibility for the content kids are exposed to. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Instagram to limit teens to PG-13 content, Meta says

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta has announced.

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 1d

This relatively short essay by Jack Clark (from OpenAI & Anthropic) is a good indicator of the attitude of many people inside the AI labs, and what they think is happening right now in AI.

You do not have to believe him, of course, but it is worth noting: importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-...

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 4h

A very wee jump and not sure I would give up YouTube: Netflix Jumps Into Podcasts With Spotify Deal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/b...

Netflix Jumps Into Podcasts With Spotify Deal

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 3h

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 4h

Marc Benioff is talking his book by sharing how AI has helped Salesforce save $100M by replacing customer service agents with AI.

Since they sell AI agents, this is essentially a sales pitch for their product.

Salesforce Says AI Customer Service Saves $100 Million Annually

Salesforce Inc. said it’s saving about $100 million a year by using artificial intelligence tools in the software company’s customer service operations.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 4h

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 4h

At last! Sam has his trillion dollar idea.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a "personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o" and will add "erotica for verified adults" (Sam Altman/@sama)

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Scary Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 4h

when OpenAI stopped being exclusive to Microsoft's infrastructure, Microsoft started using other models and now OpenAI is seeing other platforms; open marriage!

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 10h

Salesforce expands its partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic to embed their AI models into Agentforce 360, including letting customers access it in ChatGPT (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)

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Corey “🎃Managed NAT Gateway👻” Quinn @quinnypig.com · 4h

How many customers are they driving away by making them run the gauntlet of chatbots that cannot solve their problems?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 5h

Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year by using AI tools in its customer service operations (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 5h

I'm sure that feeing your porn preferences and your government ID into this will be absolutely fine and won't go horribly wrong.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a "personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o" and will add "erotica for verified adults" (Sam Altman/@sama)

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Mrs Queeeeeeent (as if said by a ghost) @quarkquent.bsky.social · 5h

Sam Altman simply knows that DVDs took off because the porn industry went for them rather than blueray and is absolutely desperate to stay afloat and knows the only way to do it is to get people off. It’s pathetic.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a "personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o" and will add "erotica for verified adults" (Sam Altman/@sama)

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 5h

Marc Benioff's stock is going down because his AI agents don't work so it's time to rev up the hype machine

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 5h

Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year by using AI tools in its customer service operations (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5h

In every generation, the driving forces behind the unsustainable bubbles comes down to crime, grift, porn, &/or antisemitism.

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 5h

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 5h

the ChatGPT use case is now porn

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a "personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o" and will add "erotica for verified adults" (Sam Altman/@sama)

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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 5h

The majority of economic growth in the US comes from investments in this.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a "personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o" and will add "erotica for verified adults" (Sam Altman/@sama)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 5h

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 5h

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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 6h

Isn't it amazing that we're still discussing self-preferencing with regard to Google Shopping?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 6h

Document: to avoid an EU fine, Google offered to tweak its search results to show vertical search engines in their own box on Search (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 6h

nothing bad will happen, it can only good happen

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 5h

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Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 6h

"We had no idea that Bob was kinky. He died while sexting with ChatGPT when it told him to shove a red hot poker in his butt. The paramedics said the apartment smelled like roast chicken and ass."

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a "personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o" and will add "erotica for verified adults" (Sam Altman/@sama)

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gtjr.bsky.social @gtjr.bsky.social · 6h

This is what all authoritarian regimes do with social media

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 6h

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 7h

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/b...
Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held by a man who oversaw a massive “pig butchering” fraud operation based in Cambodia, prosecutors said.

The seizure is the largest forfeiture action by the DOJ in history.

DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia

An indictment says forced-labor compounds ran cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes that stole billions of dollars from victims in the U.S. and elsewhere.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 6h

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 6h

"Similar to" but importantly not identical. Meta is drafting off the higher trust that people have in movie ratings to suggest that Instagram is as safe for a 13-year-old as seeing Superman. But movies aren't social media and Meta isn't even publishing its actual revised content policies

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 11h

Instagram unveils updates to overhaul the app for teen users, including age-gating inappropriate content, in a bid to make its content similar to PG-13 movies (David Ingram/NBC News)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 6h

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8h

Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 8h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 6h

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 8h

A lot of the J6 groups came down, btw, based on FB's own calls, because of calls for violence within those groups. That got reframed as "anti-conservative censorship".

What apparently happened here is that Laura Loomer got upset about some groups she thought needed to come down & DOJ made requests.

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 6h

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 8h

I am old enough to remember when GOP went nuts over Biden Admin working with tech platforms to go after actual terrorists overseas. Now they are actively coordinating with tech platforms. Everything is projection.

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 8h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?