Chris Stokel-Walker

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Twitter’s Verification Fiasco May End in Court

Twitter’s verification system debacle has had more twists than a Stephen King novel—fitting, given that the author has been at the center of yet another storm on the platform. A “legacy” verified...

Did Instagram Just Kill Linktree?

Thirteen months ago, Linktree, the link-in-bio company that allows creators to collect links to different platforms in a single, easily digestible page, announced its latest funding round. The $110 million of investment...

The Silicon Valley Bank Contagion Is Just Beginning

Some people affected by the bank’s collapse will be in much more precarious situations than some of the monied investors and tech insiders tweeting through the crisis. California lawmaker Scott Wiener, a...

Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone

Since Twitter launched in 2006, the company has acted as a kind of heartbeat for social media conversation. That’s partly because it’s where media people go to talk about the media, but...

ChatGPT's API Is Here. Let the AI Gold Rush Begin

When OpenAI, the San Francisco company developing artificial intelligence tools, announced the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, former Facebook and Oculus employee Daniel Habib moved quickly.Within four days of ChatGPT’s launch,...

How One Guy’s AI Tracked the Chinese Spy Balloon Across the US

Earlier this month, entrepreneur Corey Jaskolski pulled out a pen and drew his best guess at what the surveillance balloon shot down by a US jet would have looked like from space. Then...

Meta Verified Shows a Company Running Out of Ideas

Meta’s new subscription service looks pretty familiar. For between $11.99 and $14.99 a month, Instagram and Facebook users will get a blue “verified” mark, access to better security features, and more visibility...

Generative AI Is Coming For the Lawyers

Wakeling has been particularly impressed with Harvey’s prowess at translation. It’s strong at mainstream law, but struggles on specific niches, where it’s more prone to hallucination. “We know the limits, and people...

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