AI

The modern great game being played our on a global tech stage

The Politics of TikTok, Reddit explained, and Google gamed Members Public

Could a US ban on TikTok trigger a social media power struggle? And how did the Verge use ChatGPT to game Google?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
world politics
An AI-driven robot spewing lies to a crowd.

AI is about to take misinformation to a new level Members Public

AI generated misinformation is going to be a nightmare to verify. Plus a big Google update, YouTube gets serious about podcasting and some rules for curation.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI

Weekend Reads: social media cycles, AI and a podcast car crash Members Public

Insights into the decline and fall of social networks, the audience capture of celebrities — and the surprisingly dangerous nature of podcasting.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI

Weekend reading — from the serious to the silly Members Public

From lessons we should learn from the coverage of Nicola Bulley’s disappearance, to AI copyright, to that weird, mysterious content on TikTok, it’s all here.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism

Readers Write: on ChatGPT search, Twitter changes and Mastodon Ice Cubes Members Public

Thoughts from the lovely OM&HB community about types of search, the impact of Twitter’s changes — and a freebie Mastodon app.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
SEO

What is a newsletter? Members Public

Rethinking how we conceptualise newsletters, why you should ignore the podcast doom-mongers and more in today’s updates.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

Why the Twitter road crash is more serious than you think Members Public

Plus the growing evidence that AI chat search is far from ready for prime time, and some great reads on both how ChatGPT actually works and what’s behind “hot, lonely women” catfishing scams

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Twitter

Friday Five: misreporting Mastodon, dangerous deepfakes and tanking Twitter Members Public

Is Mastodon really tanking? Who’s making a mint from newsletters? And who are these eerie newsreaders spouting propaganda? Your weekend reading, sorted.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters