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Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel

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    Can Mastodon seize the moment from Twitter?

    CEO Eugen Rochko on running — and growing — a decentralized social network.

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    Nilay Patel
    Is this a deepfake?

    So there’s a creator called icemanfox1 on TikTok who uses Digital Combat Simulator to make super realistic clips of fighter jets. You might call them machinima, or link them to the use of Unity and Unreal Engine in Hollywood. They’re not AI, but they are surely synthetic media, and it feels like only a matter of time before game engines incorporate generative AI anyway. Where do you think the line is? I bet we’ll be thinking about it for a long time to come.

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    Nilay Patel
    Here I am on the Apple News In Conversation podcast talking about AI.

    Did I have to apologize to host Shumita Basu for answering every question with a question about the nature of human emotions? I did. But I think that might be the entire point!

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    HELP.

    More on the Vergecast tomorrow.

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    Nilay Patel
    There are a lot of legitimate criticisms of TikTok, but this hearing is deeply embarrassing.

    It’s all been like this. Help.

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    Nilay Patel
    Your standard reminder that politicians yelling at social media CEOs about content moderation and Section 230 are actually talking about regulating speech.

    As the TikTok hearing rages on, a reminder that both parties in Congress seem pretty irritated they can’t just make government speech regulations because of that pesky First Amendment.

    How to play the long game, with New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien

    Can Wordle, The Athletic, and NYT Cooking bring the Times bundle to all of America?

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    Nilay Patel
    What’s worse than an Apple chart with unlabeled axes?

    An NVIDIA chart with no units on the X axis and no Y axis at all.

    An NVIDIA chart showing growth of its auto business by stacking logos up a diagonal line with no Y axis.
    Soon our collection of logos will be unstoppable.
    NVIDIA DTC keynote
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    Nilay Patel
    Presidents arguing about audio mixing is the best use of AI.

    As I mentioned on The Vergecast this week, these are my favorite AI jokes of all