Founder David Holz teased the new policy in Midjourney’s Discord the other day during a town hall meeting I listened to.
He said the generative AI engine is going to add a rule prohibiting being “negative about any public figure.” Someone in the audience then called him a fascist and was kicked off the server. (As Nilay told Elon when he bought Twitter, welcome to hell.)
In case you’re curious how TikTok really feels about its prospects of being banned from the US, this is from my Command Line newsletter that just went out to paying subscribers:
During a recent all-hands meeting with TikTok’s US employees, general counsel Erich Anderson, who has been leading the company’s negotiations with the government, was asked what the contingency plan was if a ban were to happen. He audibly laughed at the question and outright dismissed the possibility of a ban, according to people who heard the remarks. He then went on to explain that TikTok was prepared to fight a ban in court if it had to, seemingly contradicting his initial reaction...
Also: I chat with the CEO of Medium about why he’s bullish on Mastodon, eavesdrop on policy changes coming to Midjourney, and more.
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In this week’s paid edition of my Command Line newsletter, I write about visiting San Francisco’s Cerebral Valley neighborhood for a gathering of AI leaders and investors.
There was discussion about the open letter signed by Elon Musk and others asking for a temporary halt on new AI model development, the benefits of open versus closed-source AI, and yes, whether AI may eventually kill us all.
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And the company is telling investors to not expect profit growth for years now.
In this week’s edition of my Command Line newsletter, I have new financials and more reporting about the state of Epic, including its plan to turn Fortnite into a creator platform and more directly take on Roblox.
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In this week’s Command Line newsletter: what Mark Zuckerberg told employees today about Meta’s new layoffs and his reasoning for why these cuts will be different than the last round in November.
Also, I have TikTok’s employee talking points for when they get asked about, well, you know what...
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You’re going to have strong feelings about this redesign.