ChatGPT has been around for almost a year. It’s hard to fathom the magnitude of the impact it has had, along with other similar Artificial Intelligence (AI) products. And yet, at the same time, some things that I wish would…
Category: Social Media
Snapchat’s My AI Companion
I first heard about Snapchat’s “My AI” companion on a podcast. Essentially it’s an AI (artificial intelligence) chatbot automatically rolled out to everybody’s Snapchat account. According to the Snapchat help pages, My AI “can answer a burning trivia question, offer…
Registering for Email Accounts In Utero?
I recently read an article about parents who set up their children’s email and social media accounts at birth. In some cases, parents registered accounts before the birth! Although we all want the best for our kids, is this really…
Censoring the Internet
I’ve always found China’s approach to the internet fascinating. Or at least based on my understanding of it to control content and messaging, mainly through censoring and propaganda. This means China restricts access to certain sites, domains, and social media…
The Return of Trump to Twitter
Shortly after purchasing Twitter, Elon Musk decided to reinstate Trump’s account. To clarify, the decision wasn’t Musk’s alone. Musk used Twitter to tweet out a poll for platform users to vote. The poll received about 15 million votes, 52% in…