Also: The Guardian and security researchers came up with a really clever way to make it easier to protect whistleblowers and other sensitive sources from reprisal, and it's open for any news org to adopt themselves.
New research shows that news outlets were right: AI search features are tanking their traffic. I wrote about that, but also how this might be the end of SEO as a whole, which could give rise to something much, much more annoying
readprocessor.substack.com/p/ai-seo-wou...
Escalator is temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience
This blows. You could tell that everything at Polygon was done thoughtfully and purposefully, so getting bought up by a place like Valnet and laying off the people responsible for its editorial approach hurts extra bad
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
This is profoundly sad, both for what this kind of society would be like and what it says about Zuckerberg as a person
"I am safe from AI because I am a special boy"
If it was AI, it would have trouble with the text and clean edges on the shirt. But looking at the original, it'd be a pretty easy photoshop job. If you look at where Hulk's hair was edited out, it's just a basic smudge brush; if it was AI, the hair or something else weird would fill the space
- someone posted this to reddit about a month ago: www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal...
- can't say for sure, but I'm fairly certain it's not AI (at least not fully; some AI tools now built into photo editors may have been used)
- yes, it's hulk hogan: i.huffpost.com/gen/325810/i...
OH MY GOD
This is another. NDP is losing some of its longest serving MPs, which surely is gonna make it tough to build itself back up
This result is the most wild to me. Masse has been the MP here since 2002 and could be the difference in the NDP keeping official party status
I wonder what it could mean
You may think watching the election results this early are a waste of time, but I am really enjoying seeing the choices all these people in Atlantic Canada made for their headshots
Canada’s tech executives turned against the Liberals and bet the Conservatives would win the next election.
But with Mark Carney poised to win after Monday’s vote, they don’t have much to fear. He’s already made it clear he’s on their side — and has the policies to prove it.
I mean, just look at him. It's like Dan Campbell grew his ideal lineman in a lab
I am also immediately skeptical of any startupy automakers that run more like tech companies than car manufacturers, but if these stand up once they hit the road they could be really, really cool
I hate that Bezos is backing Slate because these trucks kinda rule
"you know who isn't woke? the Washington Generals."
historically speaking, the Detroit Lions are not the best example to follow if you're trying to win
bro you didn't give me a choice
There are a few good, worthwhile uses of AI and that is because they are *exclusively* just tools
I saw a job post today that said applicants should see AI "as a creative sidekick, not just a tool" and be "curious about how it can level up your process" and I would have ran away from that browser tab if it was possible
Hey does anyone have a good explanation for why, when I access the CPC website from Google search, it lists AI search engine Perplexity as the traffic source? Happens across different browsers, but only on Google search, and only for this website (as far as I can tell)
It shows that CEOs are stoked on AI because it lets them boil staff down to this simplistic, commodified way they already think of talent, without all the tricky extras like challenging their views or not wanting to be hit on at work
The whole post was already wild, because he describes several fake people he thinks are really exciting but just sound like dull, surface level descriptions of new hires pulled straight from a typical press release
Blodget used AI to create "the most knowledgeable" coworker he has ever had and proceeds to sexually harass her
Most of the games I'm excited for (Hades II, Metroid, Silksong, Z-A) will also be released on Switch 1. Before tariff chaos, I figured I might as well get a Switch 2 since I'll eventually upgrade anyway. But now I'll wait, and I wonder if others doing the same will impact Switch 2's launch success
hell yeah @ethancox.bsky.social