Fake reviews are illegal and subject to big fines under new FTC rules(washingtonpost.com)

534 points by rrauenza 3 years ago | 223 comments

Washington Post Help Desk article on proposed FTC rules that would make fake online reviews illegal and subject to large fines.

Reddit CEO slams moderators amid blackout, compares them to aristocracy(washingtonpost.com)

64 points by pg_1234 3 years ago | 12 comments

San Francisco may soon get 24/7 driverless cabs. City leaders are fuming(washingtonpost.com)

16 points by computing 3 years ago | 29 comments

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners(washingtonpost.com)

19 points by erehweb 3 years ago | 11 comments

Mark Zuckerberg Broke Meta(washingtonpost.com)

84 points by gardenfelder 3 years ago | 107 comments

Warning from OpenAI leaders helped trigger Sam Altman's ouster(washingtonpost.com)

69 points by c5karl 2 years ago | 37 comments

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks(kdpcommunity.com)

586 points by captn3m0 10 months ago | 289 comments

Kindle Direct Publishing community announcement about new eBook download options for readers, including ePub and PDF for DRM-free titles, coming in 2026.

Anthropic conjures threat that doesn't exist yet to stoke fears of AI apocalypse(theregister.com)

45 points by beardyw 12 days ago | 32 comments

The Register article criticizing Anthropic for promoting a hypothetical AI threat that the author says stokes fears of an AI apocalypse.

Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to sidestep legal orders(theguardian.com)

836 points by skilled 1 year ago | 332 comments

Guardian investigation reporting that Israel required Google and Amazon to use a secret signal to alert it to foreign legal orders as part of a cloud contract.

Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)

350 points by 42point2 3 years ago | 152 comments

Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.

Fake reviews are illegal and subject to big fines under new FTC rules(washingtonpost.com)

534 points by rrauenza 3 years ago | 223 comments

Washington Post Help Desk article on proposed FTC rules that would make fake online reviews illegal and subject to large fines.