Interesting to see NYC picking up where the @FTC left off. Advertising & media industry orgs like @iab and @NCTAitv fought hard to stop prevent updates to the Negative Option Rule.
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OpenAI Safety Concerns Revealed by New Yorker Investigation
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This news comes hours after @NewYorker published its investigation detailing the various ways AI experts warn OpenAI hasn't been taking AI safety seriously enough.
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LLMs Auto-Regressive Nature: Beyond AI Hype
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Guessing you're referring to the story and not my tweet, but totally agree that everyone should remember LLMs are by design auto-regressive. (Shocking so many still don't.) AI companies should stop over-hyping LLMs and start explaining how they actually work and where they're
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Building Custom Journalism Tools with Public APIs and AI
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Anyone have experience using public data APIs to build custom reporting tools? I'm experimenting with using APIs and AI to build custom research tools for journalism. Would love to chat, especially if anyone has advice on how doing it as a non-developer & as a team of one.
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Tech Release Timing Raises Questions About Strategic Media Distraction
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I can't help but wonder if they released this today as counter-programming to distract from The New Yorker story.
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New Yorker Investigation Examines Sam Altman and OpenAI Concerns
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The @NewYorker
's new story about Sam Altman is very worth reading. @RonanFarrow & @andrewmarantz interviewed 100+ people and reviewed docs about various concerns with Sam & OpenAI. The incisive kicker might also make people ask if ChatGPT's sycophancy is a bug or self-portrait. -
Tension between Sam Altman and CFO Sarah Friar over spending
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NEW: There’s a growing tension between San Altman and his CFO, Sarah Friar. Privately, Friar has started speaking about her concerns about the firm’s massive spending on compute and Altman’s hopes to IPO this year. More details from me and @amir in @theinformation
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Massive cuts to basic science funding threaten American scientific leadership
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Basic science funding to be cut by more than half. No funding of any social sciences including economics. This is a gift to China, and an extinction level event for American science. quant (@quant_____) Wow — https://nitter.net/quant_____/status/2040254351956988134#m
→ View original post on X — @martyswant, 2026-04-04 18:59 UTC
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TBPN reconsiders acquisition stance with OpenAI’s increased funding
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But I can't help recalling a 2025 story in WSJ by @DollyDeighton, where TBPN said it had no interest in fundraising or getting acquired. But if it was a good offer & they keep editorial independence, selling makes sense — especially if OpenAI now has $122 billion more to burn!
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OpenAI Acquires TBPN: Unexpected News from Jordi Hays
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I genuinely didn't see this coming! Jordi Hays (@jordihays) TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI The world is changing quickly but TBPN will stay the same. Live every weekday just with a lot more resources. Thank you to everyone that has been a part of this journey big or small. We are 17 months in and unironically just getting started. — https://nitter.net/jordihays/status/2039756490387624327#m
→ View original post on X — @martyswant, 2026-04-02 18:21 UTC