'Stealing Isn't Innovation' campaign suggests that there's an ethical way to rip off human creativity

AI is the world's most efficient plagiarism machine, and it is coming for music. But, the recording industry isn't trying to ...
InfoQ

Fast Eventual Consistency: Inside Corrosion, the Distributed System Powering Fly.io

Somtochi Onyekwere explains the architecture of Corrosion, a distributed system designed for low-latency state replication. She shares how Fly.io transitioned from Consul to a gossip-based SQLite ...
Yardbarker

20 awesome animated films outside of the Disney universe

3D computer animation is the go-to style for most studios making animated films today. However, traditional hand-drawn 2D animation once ruled over the industry and is sorely missed in the modern ...
Hypebeast

Instagram Launches “Your Algorithm” Controls for Reels

Instagram debuted “Your Algorithm,” an AI-powered feature that gives users control over their Reels recommendations The tool shows an AI-generated summary of interests (e.g., “creativity, sports hype” ...
Engadget

Instagram will let you control which topics its algorithm recommends

For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...
The Verge

Instagram gives you more control over your Reels algorithm

Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. is a ...
The Washington Post

Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal.

You chose selected. Each dot here represents a single video about selected. While you’re on the app, TikTok tracks how you interact with videos. It monitors your watch time, the videos you like, the ...
Deadline.com

Gungnir Launches Animation Studio To Build “The Cartoon Network Of The Digital Era”

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. publisher Gungnir is launching an animation studio that will feed an in-house YouTube channel that planned as “the Cartoon Network of the digital era.” Gungnir Animation Studio will ...
The New York Times

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his ...
The New Yorker

What Can Economists Agree on These Days?

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. “The Larry Summers era is over,” Politico proclaimed, after the House Oversight Committee released ...
Seattle Times

Can Disney Animation reclaim its magic?

Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan had spoken the line six different ways. Soft. Bright. With a bit more hiss — he was voicing a character called Gary De’Snake in “Zootopia 2,” after all. Alas, a seventh ...