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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 3h

"In real life, if you train a large language model on the internet and ask it how to make money, it will say “advertising, affiliate shopping links and porn.” That’s the lesson the internet teaches!"

OpenAI Has a Business Plan

Also 18/5 stock trading on 24 Exchange and Nobel Prize betting on Polymarket.

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 23h

Every single sentence in this post is either misleading on the facts or disingenuous on the motive. In a way it's quite impressive.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 1d

History won't be kind to this compatriot of mine.

Why Was the President of FIFA at the Gaza Summit?

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 2d

They should do a Colombian remake of Scooby Doo where the gang brings Pablo Escobar to justice and he says "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you Medellín kids"

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Karpi @karpi.bsky.social · 3d

Das Videomodell SORA 2 wurde offensichtlich an Bild- und Tonmaterial der SRG trainiert - siehe die paar Beispiele von mir.

Da das Trainingsmaterial uns allen gehört, bzw. den Gebührenzahlerinnen hoffe ich, die Juristen der SRG haben bei OpenAI bereits für ein Opt-Out angeklopft. Mindestens.

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Jane N @jdopinkie.bsky.social · 4d

We are amphifa

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 4d

das!

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 6d

idk if this makes sense, but whenever I see good resistance art like this, or Kimmel's first monologue after his suspension, and it makes feel some sliver of relief, I immediately get hit with this creepy feeling like I'm watching a memory. Like passing the faded movie posters months after COVID.

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 6d

Hayley Williams performed True Believer positioned at the back of the stage with most of her black musicians at the front. I’ll post the lyrics below

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 6d

citizenry terrified by man of peace

Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict

Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US le...

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 6d

Doug Wilsons entire project becomes completely incoherent the moment you remember that Mormons exist.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 7d

All anyone wanted to do with OpenAI's new Sora 2 app was make clips of copyrighted characters. Now they can't, they're pissed. Literally what is the point of this app www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

www.404media.co

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 9d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 7d

Still I'm sure it'll be fine. It's not like those expectations are based on a completely unproven product with deranged costs and hysterical levels of hype.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7d

BANK OF ENGLAND FPC: RISK OF A SHARP MARKET CORRECTION HAS INCREASED || EQUITY MARKETS ARE PARTICULARLY EXPOSED SHOULD EXPECTATIONS AROUND AI BECOME LESS OPTIMISTIC

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

Europeans getting another lesson in how Trump always moves the goal posts.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 8d

If you're not angry yet you're not paying attention.

UBS fund holds 30% exposure linked to First Brands

Switzerland’s largest bank has multiple investments tied to bankrupt auto parts maker

on.ft.com

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 8d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 9d

Everything I have learned about [insert name of far-right US media pundit], I have learned entirely against my will.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 9d

This whole thread is absolutely peak Bluesky. Dear Americans, not everything is about you.

NYCNAFOFELLA. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇷🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 Militant Centrist, Bill Maher aligned @nycnafofella.bsky.social · 9d

Announcing this on a board where Americans are in the fight of their lives against a fascist takeover may be a pointer....

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 9d

Tja.

Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · Sep 5

Das ist unterdessen krankhaft arrogant. Wenn der Front National bald die Macht übernimmt, dann weil Macron ihnen den blauweissroten Teppich ausgerollt hat.

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 12d

Mind the pearly gate, dear. ♥️

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Annemarie Bridy @annemariebridy.bsky.social · 13d

A rarely-seen-in-the-wild collective action solution. Not one news org signed on to the Pentagon’s new restrictions on journalists. Now, the policy is being ‘revised.’

Let’s see if any elite universities are watching…

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 14d

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 14d

if you're writing a letter and want coverage, my advice is to forget the letter. find a reporter, go on the record, explain the issue, bring some kind of supporting material or data with you, and then offer them an exclusive. you can put your letter online and make them link to it.

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