Fri. 03/24 – Twilight Of The Blue Checks
Twitter is finally sunsetting its legacy verified program. OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins. Do Kwan has been detained and is facing formal charges here in the US. The FTC’s “click to cancel” proposal. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Tech Brew Ride Home · Morning Brew
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Twitter is finally sunsetting its legacy verified program. OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins. Do Kwan has been detained and is facing formal charges here in the US. The FTC’s “click to cancel” proposal. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks (Variety)
- OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web and more (The Verge)
- Do Kwon Charged With Fraud by US Prosecutors in New York (Bloomberg)
- The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Cheating is All You Need (Sourcegraph Blog)
- The Age of AI has begun (GatesNotes/Bill Gates)
- The secret history of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI (Semafor)
- The case for slowing down AI (Vox)
- Epic’s new motion-capture animation tech has to be seen to be believed (ArsTechnica)
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