This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Springer Nature to divest its consumer media businesses | Springer Nature Group | Springer Nature
Strategic divestment of consumer media portfolio enables Springer Nature to focus on its core business Transaction supports the long-term development
The Shape of Enshittification: Books That No Longer Get Read, An Internet That No Longer Gets Surfed, & The End of Social Media As We Know It... | Catherine Jones | 18 comments
Human writing is shaped like a carrot, apparently. AI writing is shaped like poo. Who knew that my talk at Brighton SEO in 2023 about creating original content in the age of AI would age so well? Oh hang on... how about ALL COPYWRITERS EVERYWHERE 😉 | 18 comments on LinkedIn
Catherine Jones
The NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about him
I expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders
David A. Sanders
Who is suing whom in AI, by David McCandless | Luiza Jarovsky, PhD | 131 comments
Who is suing whom in AI, by David McCandless | 131 comments on LinkedIn
Luiza Jarovsky, PhD
Gas stations are using AI to inflate prices, new lawsuit alleges
A new federal lawsuit alleges that gas station companies across California are engaged in an illegal conspiracy, powered by AI software, to raise prices.
Judd Legum
We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well
A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that.
Kate Knibbs
Julia Ormond Looks for Court Order to Arrest Michael Ovitz
The CAA cofounder walked out of a deposition after he was questioned about whether he continued associating with Jeffrey Epstein upon learning the disgraced financier’s conviction for sex crimes.
Winston Cho