EU Slams X With $140m Fine for 'Deceptive' Blue ChecksDec 5
after threatening american tech companies for years, the eu finally hits x with its first major penalty under the digital services act
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The White Pill: A Glimpse of Intelligence As a Commodity
white pill #3 // major advancement in hearing loss, a mind-bending study on consciousness, and grimes' rev split with anons
Brandon Gorrell
Apr 29, 2023
Welcome back to The White Pill, a Pirate Wires weekly digest of inspiring, fascinating, and evocative developments in tech, engineering, physics, astronomy, space, and medicine. First, a brief, lead story. Then, a storm of links. Brandon Gorrell is the editor on this one, so say hello and share your own links in the comments below.
Also: if you want to write the lead story for an edition of the White Pill, we’d love to hear about your idea. And feel free to send tips about what to include in the next one. Email brandon at piratewires dot com.
—Solana
EU Slams X With $140m Fine for 'Deceptive' Blue Checks
AI: Queer Lives Matter, Straight Lives Don'tDec 3
when prompted with thousands of moral dilemmas, most large language models consistently save queer and trans people from terminal illness before straight and cisgender people
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Yes, Blowing Shit Up Is How We Build ThingsDec 2
media attacks on anduril's 'failed' drone tests ignore america’s storied history of blowing up hardware to build the world’s best weapons (and win wars)
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