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Full story: X, Moral Bankruptcy, and the Business of HateAn opinion article by Dave Lee published on Bloomberg on 5 October has ignited a conversation about the ethical implications of using X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter. Despite the platform’s increasing notoriety for promoting violent and divisive content and its prominent role in the spread of fakery, disinformation, and hate, millions of people continue to engage with it daily even though user numbers are declining since Musk acquired Twitter in October 2022 according to reports.…
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Full story: Customizing social media icons display with ChatGPTFor some time, I’ve wanted to update the social network icons on my primary blog to use icons that accurately represent the social networks concerned. There have been many changes this year – not the least being Twitter’s change to X – plus the emergence of new social networks like Pebble, Bluesky, and Threads. As my sites all run on WordPress, I use some pretty good free plugins for features such as linking to social networks, and sharing content with…
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Full story: The hashtag needs a refresh, says the man who created itThe hashtag has become ubiquitous on social media as a means of connecting conversations, topics and events. But 16 years after its invention, Chris Messina, the man who started it all, believes it’s time for an upgrade. In episode 355 of the For Immediate Release podcast I co-host with Shel Holtz (who’s away at present), I discuss proposals Chris published in a Medium post last month to address problems like spam, abuse and manipulation, and improve the user experience. He…
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Full story: The sound of silenceAs a podcaster, I’m conscious of the need for ambient quiet in the room where I record audio and video. That’s my home office. It’s not a formal recording studio with sound-absorbing panels, etc, just a room with a view, desks, a picture or two, a bookcase, some knick-knacks, and three computers with monitors. A few weeks ago, I bought a new microphone, a Rode PodMic USB that also has XLR connectors for using it with a mixer such as…
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Full story: Claude Pro: First impressions of Anthropic’s paid AI chatbotArtificial intelligence is all over the news right now with information, narratives and opinions plentiful if not bountiful on the pros and cons of AI. The hottest topic is generative AI, the subset of AI that, broadly speaking, is a form of machine learning that’s able to produce text, video, images, and other types of content based on user-given text prompts or dialogue. Essentially, you chat with a bot. ChatGPT and DALL-E are examples of generative AI applications that produce…
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