Know it's an exceptionally crazy time but if you read this and work at Open AI and want to get in touch — you can reach me securely at cwarzel@protonmail.com (or you can reach karen at http://
karendhao.com/contact)
@cwarzel
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OpenAI Employee Whistleblower Contact Information
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Inside Las Vegas Sphere: U2 Experience and Immersive Technology
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Breaking my Twitter silence to scream from the rooftops: THEY LET ME GO TO AND WRITE ABOUT THE SPHERE https://
theatlantic.com/technology/arc
hive/2023/11/inside-las-vegas-sphere-u2/676000/?gift=bQgJMMVzeo8RHHcE1_KM0Vz8lCI-0j9QIs_14HoOMtY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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AI’s Impact on Memory: Google Photos Shifts From Documentation to Creation
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A lot of concern around AI focuses on the future but I’ve been thinking a lot about how it might alter our understanding of the past. I wrote about how Google Photos is going all in on AI photo editing and their shift from ‘photos’ to ‘memories’
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Global Conflicts Expose Fragmented Chaotic Online Media Landscape
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global conflicts usually reveal what media is ascendant (remember all the ‘first tiktok war’ stories?) I wrote about how that isn’t the case this week. In fact, the lesson is how broken and fragmented and chaotic our online media environment is
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AI Art Creation Requires Skill Beyond Pressing Button
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DONT LET PEOPLE TELL YOU AI ART REQUIRES NO SKILL AND YOU JUST PRESS A BUTTON TO MAKE AI ASSISTED ART https://
x.com/shadmbrooks/st
/shadmbrooks/status/1711184756296343958
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Google’s Op-Ed Rhetoric and Factual Accuracy Under Scrutiny
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I get that! If I'm honest…the reason for that is that I found it very very difficult (even after 2 days of reporting) to figure out if Google was dodging her broader point via semantics/rhetoric. The facts of the op-ed were wrong so it was what i felt comfortable calling out
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Big Tech Algorithmic Influence and Antitrust Litigation Analysis
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this all happened bc i was writing the story and was going to use the Wired op ed as a helpful data point for a larger argument. here’s that story! https://
theatlantic.com/technology/arc
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Google Search Query Manipulation Claims Debunked by Investigation
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i looked into this, got the slide deck from trial, spoke to google, and the author. seems the claim at the heart of piece (google alters our search queries) is false. wired didn’t respond to me but they deleted the op ed this morning
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Are AI tools actually used beyond online communities?
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i'm actually curious if these things are used outside of very online crowds
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Generative AI risks: content flooding and ethical concerns
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and yes i realize that cretins will use these thigns to easily flood the internet with awful shit and that's not good but also kermit did january 6th is very funny i am sorry i am only human