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🤖 Threads Is An AI Provocation
PLUS: The White House Was Ready for AI
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Threads, the Twitter competitor, is a sign of the AI times
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GitHub publishes a paper to the EU about the AI law
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THREADS IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
We find ourselves immersed yet again in the Silicon Valley saga where the line blurs between audacious innovation and a sneaky episode of "Punk'd."
Mark Zuckerberg is standing on the AI battlefield, armed with a product that could topple Elon Musk's X (the artist formerly known as Twitter) off its perch.
This shiny new contender?
Meta's Threads, nicknamed the "Twitter killer," appears ready to rumble with the big boys. You've gotta admire that Silicon Valley moxie!
Threads might seem like another overzealous clone. But there's more at stake here than billionaire bravado.We're looking at a tech industry chess game, where the coveted prize is your digital footprint.
In this digital age, your thoughts, likes, and tweets aren't vanishing into the ether. Instead they are the lifeblood that trains AI algorithms.
With the rise in AI dominance, platforms like X and Reddit have become Fort Knox for developers and researchers, overflowing with shiny nuggets of user-generated content.
However, Musk—ever the Bond villain—has recently begun limiting access to X's data. Charging up to a staggering $210,000 per month for its API, X has placed a velvet rope around its treasure trove of information.
As a result, the lifeblood of AI models is becoming scarce.
Enter Threads.
When Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook, now a cyberpunk rebranding exercise—launched Threads, many questioned the move.
Through our data-tinted glasses, we can see it for what it is: an AI goldmine, teeming with text-based, scrollable, character-limited data goodness.
But let's not forget, amidst the thrilling corporate game of thrones, the omnipresent fact that we are more than ones and zeroes.
The question remains: Who holds the power in this age of data? The billion-dollar corporations, or us, the users?
Remember, in this digital era, every tweet, every post, every like is more than a blip in the digital ether. It's a piece of the puzzle, feeding the machines and shaping the future.
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MAYBE JOE BIDEN ISN’T AS FAR BEHIND ON AI AS WE THOUGHT
It's easy to overlook the White House's recent efforts in Artificial Intelligence. However, an recent opinion piece in WIRED outlines how we may be underestimating the White House’s relation with this technology.
Last year, the executive branch announced the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.
This document forms the center of an ongoing debate about AI. Like how we should handle requests for information, strategic plans, and regulations.
It all boils down to one idea. The vast influence of the federal government in AI practices remains a powerful tool for enforcing guidelines.
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The proposed executive order seeks to take the best practices and make them a standard.
This extends to any AI systems that impact rights, opportunities, or access to critical resources.
Detractors might argue that such careful monitoring could slow America's AI progress. But they fail to realize that other nations are restricting AI research now, and acting in haste.
American businesses looking to operate in these countries will have to adhere to another country’s rules if we sit back and watch.
While others were in awe of the rapid progress in AI, the US government has been laying the groundwork to manage this new frontier.
Their mission: harness the benefits of AI while minimizing potential harm.
Don’t underestimate this administrations ability to handle things in short order. They know this space well enough and we tend to forget that AI in the government is not a new phenomenon.
Trust the process, like a 76ers fan waiting for Joel Embiid all those years ago, because things will work out for us in the end.
These are smart people working on solutions.
Quick Nuggets
🇪🇺 GitHub publishes a paper about open-source in response to the new EU AI Law
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