After rolling out account verification for brands and individual users, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes in a letter to shareholders that the platform is trying to make it easier to identify bots, too.
In the age of AI, if you can’t easily distinguish a real person’s thoughts or recommendations from a bot, that trust erodes. That’s why we’re actively working on ways to preserve our authenticity and conversation quality.
Yesterday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) publicly sent the director of the CIA an unclassified letter referring to a classified letter he had previously sent him, describing it as one “in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities.”
Wyden is known to do this — as a legislator with a security clearance and a seat on the Senate intelligence committee, he is very careful not to disclose classified information — but when he sees something wild, he send up a vague signal flare that something is wrong. Spencer Ackerman recounts one of the previous times this happened, back in 2011: “It would take Edward Snowden, two years later, to reveal what Wyden was talking about.”
What we can expect from each TV manufacturer, and what TV tech they’re backing.
We interviewed Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen on Decoder this week, and one standout moment was when I asked Allan about his headcount. Docusign now employs around 7,000 people, which is a staggering number of employees for a company with a core product many think of as straightforward and simple.
But as you’ll hear Allan explain, the business of Docusign is actually quite a bit more complex than it appears, and he says the company needs a lot more people than you might think.
Notable Verge traitor (and current occasional Vergecast prognosticator) Joanna Stern is leaving The Wall Street Journal to join the creator world, starting with a YouTube channel. She’s got big plans, which I can only assume include many more terrifying robots living in her house.
We asked the Journal for comment, and got a statement from editor-in-chief Emma Tucker that is so nice I almost don’t want to reprint it, but here it is anyway:
“Joanna’s been a brilliant colleague on our tech beat and on our video team, bringing a sharp, unmistakable energy and voice to our coverage. We’ve loved her distinctive take on the industry, and while we’re sad to see her go, we’re delighted that she’ll continue to contribute for us and we wish her the very best as she heads off on a fresh new adventure.”
