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What Would Aaron Swartz Think Of Reddit’s Ridiculous New Direction?

2 years 6 months ago
Aaron Swartz was, perhaps by technicality, a co-founder of Reddit. The more complete story is that he was working on a different project, infogami, that got merged into Reddit, which was created by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman, but it’s been said that part of the deal was that all three would get founder credit. […]
Mike Masnick

‘Black hole’: Public faces long delays obtaining records from Missouri attorney general

2 years 6 months ago

When Andrew Bailey took over the Missouri attorney general’s office from Eric Schmitt in January, he inherited more than 200 unfulfilled records requests submitted by members of the public.  Six months later, that backlog continues to grow. The result: Missourians seeking public records from Bailey’s office face delays that can stretch up to a year.  It’s […]

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Jason Hancock

AI has transformed the ethics around deceptive images from a slippery slope into a trap door

2 years 6 months ago

A question that I overheard this week seemed innocent enough: Should a business owner use artificial intelligence to create photographic-looking images of himself for publicity? Imagine the image he is aiming for. Portraits of our friendly business owner — let’s call him Albert — presenting his project plan in a trendy sun-drenched conference room. Pixels arrange to […]

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Eric Thomas