Jay Peters

Senior Reporter

Justin Bieber’s YouTube Coachella set had nothing to do with who owns his music

Jay PetersApr 13

Media organizations are increasingly blocking the Wayback Machine.

An analysis from Originality AI, an AI detection company, found that 23 big news sites block the Internet Archive’s crawler, Wired reports. A USA Today spokesperson told the publication that the move “is not about specifically blocking the Internet Archive” but about attempting to block other scraping bots.

Reddit also limits what the Wayback Machine can archive, telling The Verge last year that it had learned that AI companies were scraping data from the Wayback Machine.

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

[WIRED]

Roblox has games again

Jay PetersApr 13

Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old

Jay PetersApr 13

Jay PetersApr 11

Splashdown.

The Artemis II crew has successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. They’ve now finished their 10-day journey around the far side of the Moon. It’s been so inspiring to follow.

Jay PetersApr 11

“Now I am awake in the middle of the night and pissed, and thinking that I have underestimated the power of words and narratives.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a post on his personal blog addressing today’s situation where a person allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at his house and an “incendiary article about me a few days ago,” which I am guessing refers to the big New Yorker article.

The post includes his beliefs about AI, some personal reflections on OpenAI’s work, and “some thoughts about the industry,” including how no one company should control AGI.

[Sam Altman]

Now the FAA says gamers are the answer to its air traffic controller shortage

Jay PetersApr 10

Roblox’s new Roblox Plus subscription costs $4.99 per month.

Launching April 30th, Roblox Plus will give users perks like new Robux every month, discounts on in-game items, and the ability to transfer Robux to other people. Roblox will be stopping new sign-ups for the existing Roblox Premium subscription.

Introducing Roblox Plus | Roblox

[Roblox]