Tag: knowtechie
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AI Is Turning Fraud Up To 11
My latest for KnowTechie covers the rise of AI powered fraud. I also touched on some of this issues in a recent essay about how AI is empowering greed and stupidity. Beware of AI scams: The dark side of the digital utopia we didn’t sign up for
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AI Enabled Greed And Stupidity
The content units mindset makes AI replacing human writers inevitable. This AI future won’t just replace writers, when the goal is churning out more content units, ever cheaper, every creative is on the chopping block. The sword that will cut their jobs is being forged with their work.
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AI Grief Tech Sure Seems Predatory
My latest for KnowTechie is a criticism of “grief tech,” the growing number of AI chatbots that are trained with data of deceased loved ones. These tools, almost all seem as predatory as a Victorian-era séance. Grief tech seems predatory as a Victorian-era séance
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Montana Sort Of Banned TikTok
On May 17th, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into law a bill that technically makes it illegal for TikTok to operate in the state. The bill is however clearly illegal. Montana outright banned TikTok for everyone — is that legal? In my assessment this TikTok ban is truly baseless. I’ve written before that fears over…
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Elon Musk Uses Bad Press To Shield Himself From Worse Press
Yesterday I wrote an article for KnowTechie speculating that Elon Musk’s Tweet that Twitter would have a new female CEO was cover for really bad press. Today, I added two updates. Elon Musk teases a new Twitter CEO, what is he hiding? UPDATE #1 – 5/12/2023: Musk Tweeted to confirm that Linda Yaccarino will be the new…
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Twitter Is Losing Utility For Customer Service
I published an article for Knowtechie about several airlines that no longer offer customer support via Twitter DM. Expect more companies to follow suit, as Twitter becomes expensive and uncertain. Airlines abandon Twitter customer service amid high API fees
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Man Arrested In Connection With Murder Of Block CTO
What in the Suge Knight? Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec’s alleged killer also worked in tech Nima Momeni founder of Expand IT was arrested by San Francisco-area police in connection with the April 4, 2023, murder of CashApp Founder and Block CTO Bob Lee. More coverage: KnowTechie, KGO-TV
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Twitter Is Blocking Substack Links
This is both petty, and an epic a self shooting of the foot. A vast amount of Twitters most active users are writing on Substack. Giving them less reason to use a Twitter when it is already in a quality decline is so stupid. Twitter is blocking Substack links – here’s how to get around…
