Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Trolling on the Internet
This week, we discuss getting back on our AI slop bullshit, deepfakes in schools, and epistemic virtues.
porn
Major Porn Studios Join Forces to Establish Industry ‘Code of Conduct’
The newly-formed, first of its kind Adult Studio Alliance is founded by major porn companies including Aylo, Dorcel, ERIKALUST, Gamma Entertainment, Mile High Media and Ricky’s Room, and establishes a code of conduct for studios.
archives
Visualize All 23 Years of BYTE Magazine in All Its Glory, All at Once
Software engineer Hector Dearman built a zoomable map of every issue of BYTE magazine.
Danish Redditor Charged for Posting Nude Scenes from Films
A man running a Danish copycat of the r/WatchItForThePlot subreddit was assured of posting no less than 347 nude scenes from films, and downloading over 25 terabytes of data from copyrighted works.
Podcast
Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Paywall Jumping and Smart Glasses
This week, we discuss archiving to get around paywalls, hating on smart glasses, and more.
wordpress
Automattic Inc. Claims It Owns the Word 'Automatic'
Automattic, the company that owns Wordpress.com, is asking Automatic.CSS to rebrand.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Making Things for Humans
This week, we discuss Pavlovian Chartbeat response, when to say "cum," and the wave of making things for humans, by humans.
Deepfakes
New Research Shows Deepfake Harassment Tools Spread on Social Media and Search Engines
An analysis of how tools to make non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes spread online, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, shows X and search engines surface these sites easily.
OpenAI
OpenAI Catches Up to AI Market Reality: People Are Horny
Just two months ago, Sam Altman acknowledged that putting a “sex bot avatar” in ChatGPT would be a move to “juice growth.” Something the company had been tempted to do, he said, but had resisted.
Trump
News Outlets Won't Describe Trump's AI Video For What It Is: The President Pooping on America
Major outlets said the President dumped "brown liquid" that "appeared to be feces" in an AI-generated video. They refused to call a spade a spade, or poop, poop.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Engaging the Public
This week, we discuss crowdsourced resistance and a big government data dump.