machine learning
CEO Susan Wojcicki Says News Commentary Is a “Very Small” Part of YouTube
This could explain why YouTube has been so open about embracing “authoritative sources” for its news content.
Paywall Tech Employed by Major News Outlets Use Up to 76 Pieces of Data to Manipulate You Into Subscribing
It turns out that when switching to a paywall instead of ads, companies are still tracking you constantly anyway.
Bret Weinstein: “Google Is Behaving Like a Little Totalitarian State”
Weinstein believes that Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are sitting in the center of our ability to collectively think and that we should be quite frightened by this notion.
Google Executive Outlines Plans to Prevent a “Trump Situation” in 2020, Undercover Video Reveals
Just has many have suspected for a while, Google’s staff hate the idea of a Trump win in 2020 and see it as their duty to stop it.
YouTube Bans Kids From Live Streaming Unless Accompanied by an Adult
This is the third major major decision YouTube has made in relation to channels featuring minors this year.
Twitter Acquires Fabula AI, a Company That Says It Can Detect “Fake News” in Milliseconds
Twitter’s AI-powered censorship is stepping up its game.
On the 30th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Chinese Censorship by AI Is at an All Time High
It’s been 30 years since the fateful event.
Facebook Wants to Hire Someone to Decide What You See on Instagram
It’s a tough job but apparently someone has to do it.
Twitter’s User Growth Has Stalled, Amid Controversy
That is why Twitter has been under pressure from investors since it went public in 2013 to grow users, and thus ad revenue.
Facebook Is Finding It Impossible to Police Content Due to so Many Global Languages
The company points out that machine learning requires very large data sets – that are unavailable in many languages.
Paying for News Doesn’t Necessarily Stop Tracking, in Fact You May Be Tracked Even More
Some of the biggest media organizations in the world seem determined to have their tracking cookies, and eat your data and your money, too: namely, they are revealed to be collecting both subscription fees, and personal data from their readers.
Joe Rogan Responds to the Jack Dorsey Podcast Fallout
The podcast was widely panned for Joe Rogan’s soft interview style and faced further controversy when top comments appeared to be deleted from the YouTube video.