Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Twitter cuts off API access to Movetodon, one of the best tools for finding and following one’s own Twitter followers on Mastodon — from the trying-to-lock-the-barn-doors dept — People keep…
Sri Lanka’s Flawed Path to Independence
Sri Lanka’s elite-driven independence process laid the groundwork for the problems that continue to plague the country today, from ethnic tensions to inequality.
Dutch slavery exhibition to open at UN headquarters
A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York. The show, titled ‘Slavery. Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery,’ will open in the …
Family of Minneapolis man killed in no-knock raid sues city
The parents of Amir Locke, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer when a SWAT team executed a no-knock search warrant one year ago, are suing the city and the officer.
Secret recording captures George Santos offering advice about Botox
The leaked audio is just the latest strange twist for the embattled congressman
Around the halls: Brookings experts on Biden’s performance in the Middle East
NATAN SACHS Two years into the Biden administration’s term, Middle East-focused scholars in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings offer thoughts on some of the policy areas the Biden administration has dealt with thus far. The Middle East has fit awkwardly within Biden’s global priorities. Biden has sought to focus U.S. attention to other…
Q&A with Sam Altman about AI systems replacing search engines, OpenAI’s Microsoft investment, how artificial general intelligence could “break capitalism”, more (Forbes)
Forbes:
Q&A with Sam Altman about AI systems replacing search engines, OpenAI’s Microsoft investment, how artificial general intelligence could “break capitalism”, more — In a rare interview, OpenAI’s CEO talks about…