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AI’s hype isn’t going to be simply star-studded 

TechCrunch

While Kutcher’s firm has been around for a long time and has lived through enough hype cycles to not be easily swayed one way or another, the filing made me curious. Especially since crypto, the hype train’s ol’ favorite sector, has sputtered and struggled in recent months? It’s complicated, and I may be entirely wrong. I’ll be there.

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Hive raises $85M for AI-based APIs to help moderate content, identify objects and more

TechCrunch

But since then it has quietly picked up some interesting customers, including Reddit, Yubo, Chatroulette, Omegle and Tango, along with NBCUniversal, Interpublic Group, Walmart, Visa, Anheuser-Busch InBev and more. MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. opens in a new window) license.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. Ivan Boothe from the Genocide Network has a case study of how his organization used Reddit to drive calls to the Hotline. NTEN's Call for NTC Sessions - Deadline October 24th. I wholeheartedly agree !

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The AI Mirror—How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of Machine Thinking

Non Profit Quarterly

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? And most machine-learning researchers actually value honesty about what theyre building.

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Twitter wasn’t built for spoilers

The Verge

And it’s only grown as Twitter (and to a larger extent, the entire internet) has been around and entwined with the hype cycles of these movies. Of course, there’s the main issue that Twitter — and virtually any other platform — doesn’t really have incentive to crack down on spoilers. There’s still plenty that Twitter could do here.

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Tech’s next great mafia? Laid-off talent

TechCrunch

But there’s more; she also explores how Twitter’s usage has been impacted by a spate of, critical yet loud, press, and how Reddit and Discord fit into the conversation. According to The Information, Reddit is aiming for an IPO this year. Remember the public markets? Let’s hang on campus? TechCrunch is coming to Boston on April 20.

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July was a big month for VR games

The Verge

The game is a PC VR staple, having first come out in Early Access in 2006, soon after the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets kicked off the first round of VR hype. Seemingly in order to accommodate cross-play between platforms, Downpour has issued an update to the PC version that comes with a significant technical hit.

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