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Mysterious wave of bot traffic sweeps the web
11+ hour, 15+ min ago (137+ words) Mysterious wave of bot traffic sweeps the web'Semafor Mysterious wave of bot traffic sweeps the web A mysterious wave of bot traffic is coursing through the World Wide Web. In recent weeks, websites large and small have seen dramatic spikes…...
View: The humans are chasing conspiracies. What will the bots think?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (460+ words) X, which dominated US and much of global politics a decade ago, seemed to be receding into a kind of time-capsule, Pretoria-inflected insane asylum. It's also where you can find humans at their worst, way down the Epstein rabbit hole....
Chinese authorities debate how much they should censor AI
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (113+ words) Chinese authorities debate how much they should censor AI China is trying to walk a fine line between regulating what AI chatbots can say and allowing innovation. Beijing's online censorship extends to large language models: In a recent three-month span,…...
Corporations dig deeper: using bunkers to secure data (and their CEOs)
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (478+ words) Large corporations are shopping for underground bunkers that can survive a nuclear blast to protect their data centers and C-suite employees as geopolitical tensions rise. The first adopters are primarily cryptocurrency firms, companies that build the facilities told Semafor. The…...