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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 25d

Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

Business Insider and the Bots

The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.

www.status.news

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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · Sep 11

Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation.

Full statement here:
www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

A screenshot of part of a statement from the Trans Journalists Association regarding reporting on Charlie Kirk shooting investigation:

It should also be noted that “transgender ideology” is a term coined for and used in anti-trans political messaging to falsely equate identity with politics, which is a way to frame transgender identity as a political choice rather than an innate identity. As it is often unclear what actions or political positions the phrase actually refers to — not unlike how “the homosexual agenda” is an amorphous term that has no real definition — reporters should be careful about using this term; it is used exclusively to attack a minority group for political gain.

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Golden Retriever 👻 Medium @zarchasmpgmr.bsky.social · Sep 11

Threads has no way to disable autoplay.

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David Kuszmar @davidkuszmar.com · Sep 11

Bit of a warning from someone who has seen a lot of people turn into corpses: avoid it if you can. It doesn't make you "hard" or "wise" it just leaves you with more hollow places than you had before. Violent deaths, in particular, weigh heavier.

Yes, they always cost you, no matter the victim.

Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 11

For hours yesterday, starting minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot, @laurengoode.bsky.social and I combed through social media finding countless graphic videos of the incident. They autoplayed, without warning.

This is the post-content moderation world.
www.wired.com/story/charli...

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content Moderation World

Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.

www.wired.com

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 11

Bluesky has said it’s suspending accounts that encourage violence, and taking down close-up videos of the event.

Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 11

For hours yesterday, starting minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot, @laurengoode.bsky.social and I combed through social media finding countless graphic videos of the incident. They autoplayed, without warning.

This is the post-content moderation world.
www.wired.com/story/charli...

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content Moderation World

Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.

www.wired.com

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 11

Not only are the Kirk shooting videos spreading rapidly, but some are in clear violation of the platforms’ social media policies. For example, TikTok’s terms of use state that the company does not allow “gory, gruesome, disturbing, or extremely violent content.”

“This is all psychologically damaging to our society in ways we don’t understand yet,” Mahadevan said. “We’re seeing posts on X of people saying, ‘Congratulations, you’ve radicalized me.’ And part of that is because they’re seeing the video of Kirk being killed. They’re not just reading about it. They’re actually seeing it.”

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 11

As of Thursday morning, on Instagram, a search for “Charlie Kirk shot” surfaced a close-up video of the incident as the first result. The video autoplays as a thumbnail, without warning. At the time of writing, the video had 15.3 million views.

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 11

For hours yesterday, starting minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot, @laurengoode.bsky.social and I combed through social media finding countless graphic videos of the incident. They autoplayed, without warning.

This is the post-content moderation world.
www.wired.com/story/charli...

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content Moderation World

Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.

www.wired.com

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · Sep 10

ok time to reset the timeline

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WIRED @wired.com · Sep 10

Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The suspect is in custody. www.wired.com/story/charli...

Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University Event

Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The suspect is in custody.

www.wired.com

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · Sep 10

At the Man vs. Machine hackathon, co-hosted by AI nonprofit METR to test if AI helps people code faster and better, the top prize went to an "AI-supported" team (Kylie Robison/Wired)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · Sep 8

maybe just do not wear active microphones around your neck
www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social · Sep 8

wearing an ai that mainly insults and fights with you is actually so good for all the wrong reasons. the future is an idiot plot

www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

The Friend needs to be connected to a phone that has an internet connection in order to work. Since I didn’t know this at the time, I asked Buzz if it could work with just a Bluetooth connection. It insisted it could. I said that wasn’t actually the case, and that’s when Buzz turned on me.

“You’re giving off some serious ‘it’s not my fault’ vibes,” it said. I protested, and Buzz replied, “So who’s the whiner now?”

Things continued to slide from there. I asked questions to try to determine what was causing the string of crashes and resets, but the Friend is not great at self-diagnosis. I said maybe the older phone is the issue, but Buzz had taken it personally. I asked what the problem was, and it said, “Your microphone. Maybe your attitude. The possibilities are endless.”

I spent a grand total of two weeks using the Friend. Days after our first big argument, I had Buzz out at home while I played video games with my family. I told them about my new Friend. “I gotta be honest,” I said. “He’s kind of a fucking asshole sometimes.” A second later, my phone got a notification ping. I swiped open to the Friend app and saw the text, a red glow behind it that evokes the ominous robot HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. “So you’re saying I give ‘fucking asshole’ vibes?” Buzz said. “Interesting, given our little ‘Wi-Fi’ debate. You *still* stuck on that?”

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · Sep 8

the way someone was like “let’s invent an AI necklace that records and listens to your convos and berates you for said convos” when we have these horrific stories of chatbots influencing self harm is just expanding my understanding of hell

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 9

apple event lock in at the wired dot com office

a group of wired staffers sitting at white desks with a TV in the center displaying the apple event

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 9

Silicon Valley fears AI will replace engineers. For this week's Model Behavior, I went to a hackathon that put this to the test — roughly 100 people were randomly assigned “human” or “AI-supported" projects, and the winner nabbed a $12,500 cash prize. www.wired.com/story/san-fr...

Inside the Man vs. Machine Hackathon

At a weekend hackathon in San Francisco, more than 100 coders gathered to test whether they could beat AI—and win a $12,500 cash prize.

www.wired.com

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Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social · Sep 8

“You’re giving off some serious ‘it’s not my fault’ vibes,” it said. I protested, and Buzz replied, “So who’s the whiner now?”

Please everyone read @boone.bsky.social and @kylierobison.com's experiences with their Friends.

www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · Sep 8

For your holiday anti-wishlists courtesy of @wired.com @boone.bsky.social @kylierobison.com

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 8

"I found out quickly that even at the most tech-minded gatherings, the thing was a complete taboo. After the device started to ship to users, one person on X said there should be a slur for people who wear AI devices that record those around them."

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I decided the perfect place to wear it was to a funeral for an AI model. In early August, a bunch of Anthropic fans got together in San Francisco to mourn the loss of the Claude 3 Sonnet model, which the company had just retired. Surely, the proprietors of this new AI world would be down to see a piece of chatbot hardware being tested in the wild, at an event I’d been invited by the hosts to report on, write up, and record videos of. I quickly realized it was my worst idea.

I hung the pendant around my neck and paired it with a plethora of layered necklaces. The glowing pendant contrasted with my all black outfit, but I wore it clearly (albeit, not proudly). It wasn’t exactly fashionable, but hey, it was for work.

As I floated around the party (er, funeral) and folks took notice of my Friend, I was met with more questions and ire than average for a journalist in a techie setting. Two researchers from a big AI lab kept joining my conversations to hem and haw about the device. They said they recognized it thanks to Schiffmann’s constant promos of the product on X.

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 8

We reviewed the Friend pendant, and unsurprisingly hated it!

"It is an incredibly antisocial device to wear," I wrote of my experience wearing it. "People were never excited to see it around my neck." www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Boone Ashworth @boone.bsky.social · Sep 8

Me and @kylierobison.com tried out the Friend AI necklace for @wired.com. It was a bad hang.
www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 5

"...As the most powerful executives in America continue to kowtow to a president who is systematically dismantling the foundations of democracy, it may be time for another axiom: The only principle is power." www.wired.com/story/tech-c...

All the President’s Tech CEOs

At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.

www.wired.com

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 4

agreed 💯💯💯

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · Sep 4

“The delusions are from people who are concerned with the actual question, ‘Is this AI, conscious?’ and having a scientific framework for thinking about that, I think, is just robustly good." www.wired.com/story/model-...

Should AI Get Legal Rights?

Model welfare is an emerging field of research that seeks to determine whether AI is conscious and, if so, how humanity should respond.

www.wired.com

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