Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey have buried the hatchet after Zuckerberg fired Luckey in 2017, so they can build virtual and augmented reality gear for the military. Oculus made, of course, the most successful VR headset and was also a tremendous flop for Meta. Anyway, here’s the WSJ story about their new team-up. Time and money heal all wounds, I guess?
A thing about me is I do belong among the wildflowers.
Meta, which purports to be a leader in AI, has been unable to stop the proliferation of deepfake advertisements impersonating Financial Times writer Martin Wolf on Facebook and Instagram. “Is it really that hard or are they not trying, as Sarah Wynn-Williams suggests in her excellent book Careless People?” Wolf asks. There’s also a fairly incredible graph showing the number of deepfakes skyrocketing after the FT told Meta about the scam. This article isn’t behind FT’s paywall— and it’s definitely worth your time.
Why is Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan the go-to for tech bros who want something from San Francisco politicos? It kind of seems like there’s no tangible result, and yet he is routinely tagged in on X anyway. Is this the new way for startup founders to network?
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Bon Iver’s new video, for “There’s a Rhythm / Au Revoir,” has a background that looks rather computer-generated. Its director, Isaac Gale, is also credited as the “Generative Artist.” There’s an “Unreal Engine Artist,” too. Bon Iver’s come a long way from the hunting cabin in the woods, which I suppose is the point of the video.