Chaos & Amazement #2327 Threads, TikTok Shop UK, and and the Tiny Awards
Chaos & Amazement #2327 Threads, TikTok Shop UK, and and the Tiny Awards
Here it is: another batch of Chaos and Amazement. Stay tuned for the unexpected, the intriguing, and the extraordinary. Love you!
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Tech news
Meta launched its new app, Threads, to challenge Twitter. Over 30 million sign-ups in one day. Available in 100 countries (Belgium’s not one of them).
With a focus on public conversations & creators, Threads aims to provide an open and friendly space. It offers a simple feed, similar to Twitter & lets you follow users from Instagram effortlessly.
Meta’s new Twitter rival app gets 10 million sign-ups in first hours of launch.
With improved content moderation and the ability to quote-tweet, Threads stands out as a calm and civil alternative. Plus, it embraces decentralization, allowing discussions from other platforms like Mastodon.
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on the company's big new swing at Twitter
Public Data and Content Used to Train AI
Google's updated privacy policy allows the use of public data for AI training. But what exactly is "public" data? Some argue that if it's accessible, it's public, while others highlight the need for consent and protection. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36586170
When users upload content to online platforms, they often grant these platforms a broad license to use their content, making it difficult for individual users to claim compensation for the use of their data in AI training models.
ChatGPT in trouble: OpenAI sued for stealing everything anyone’s ever written on the Internet
AI-Created Music
AI-created music is now eligible for Grammy Awards. The guidelines state that music with AI elements can be considered, but only if human creators are involved. In June, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the forthcoming Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry, including new AI protocols.
Legislators, regulators, and courts will have their work cut out for them in grappling with these issues as generative AI technology becomes more accessible and more powerful. But until then, let’s all relax and enjoy the music.
How exactly is “AI-generated” music created? What does the law have to say about it?
TikTok Is Making Moves
TikTok has opened its first-ever pop-up shop on Oxford Street in London. The shop aims to showcase the wide array of brands and creators selling on the platform, providing a real-world context for their products. TikTok Shop UK is opening the doors to its first ever bricks and mortar pop up on the world famous Oxford Street in London, to showcase the breadth of brands and creators selling on the platform in a...
Introducing ByteDance’s 8th Note Press, their newly launched publishing house. Emphasizing digital publishing with some print-on-demand, it aims to create an ecosystem for book discovery, purchase, reading, reviews, and discussions. #BookTok According to The New York Times, ByteDance filed a trademark for "8th Note Press" in April 2023, describing the endeavour not only as a publisher, but as an ecosystem where people can find, buy,...
Stuff I’ve Been Doing
[In Dutch] Pas gelanceerd: de +KOO Podcast, waar we de kracht van collaborative intelligence ontdekken. In afl. 1 praat ik met Kris Michiels over hoe hij groei realiseert door slimme samenwerkingen. Luister nu via Spotify of YouTube! +KOO Podcast - Afl. 1 - Kris Michiels
My four-day hike along the Via Brugensis https://bnox.be/2023/07/my-four-day-hike-along-via-brugensis.html #caminodesantiago
How the Computer Chip Battle Could Shape the Future of Technology https://bnox.be/2023/07/how-computer-chip-battle-could-shape.html
Weird and Wonderful
How many hours would you spend watching a timer count down? Or a blank screen just... be blank? The odd appeal of absurdly long YouTube videos that play nothing on purpose
Celebrating the small, playful, and heartfelt web, the Tiny Awards honor websites that embody creativity and love. Tiny awards, tiny prize, tiny trophy, big love
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