The Three Checkmarks Elon Decided to Pay For
Twitter ripped the legacy blue checkmarks off this week, and Elon Musk personally comped verification for exactly three people. Some notes on the pettiest tech story of the week, plus a Starship tangent.
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Reddit Wants to Charge for Its API and I'm Worried About Apollo
Reddit just announced it's going to start charging for API access, and while the headlines are about AI scraping, the part that actually worries me is what it means for apps like Apollo.
Samsung Banned ChatGPT and I Kind of Get It
Samsung banned ChatGPT for employees after a few code-leak scares, and it made me think hard about the time I almost pasted a client's code into it myself.
Amazon Quietly Names Its AI Titan, And Nobody Blinks
AWS rolled out Bedrock and a model called Titan this week, and the most interesting part isnt the tech, its how little anyone reacted.
So Long, Twitter Bots (And My Dumb Little Cross-Poster)
Twitter's new API pricing just killed off the Big Ben bot and a bunch of other tiny hobby accounts - and it might take my decade-old blog cross-poster down with it.
The Git History Twitter Didn't Open Source
Twitter open-sourced its recommendation algorithm on GitHub, and I lost a Friday night reading it. Some notes on Home Mixer, SimClusters, and a suspiciously clean git history.
My Mom Texted Me the Pope in a Puffer Coat
A fake AI photo of the Pope in a puffer coat fooled my mom, and it's got me thinking about what Midjourney v5's quality jump actually means.
The ChatGPT Bug Nobody's Talking About Anymore
OpenAI quietly confirmed that a bug briefly exposed ChatGPT Plus payment details for some subscribers. A look at the actual incident report, not the GPT-4 hype cycle.
The ChatGPT Bug Nobody Talked About Because of GPT-4
A bug briefly exposed some ChatGPT Plus users' billing info and other people's chat titles this week, and it deserved a lot more attention than it got under the GPT-4 headlines.
Nokia Killed Its Logo and I'm Weirdly Bothered By It
Nokia retired its 60-year-old logo at MWC 2023 in Barcelona this week, and it sent me down a whole drawer-of-old-phones spiral I wasn't expecting.
Meta's New Model Is "Open" If You Fill Out a Form First
Meta quietly released its LLaMA language models this week — but getting the actual weights means filling out an application form, not downloading anything.
Bing Bumped Me Up to Six Messages and I Still Ran Out
Microsoft nudged Bing Chat's turn limit up to six messages per session this week. Notes from actually running into that wall while asking it about recipe substitutions.