What I’m Reading - 11/5/23

Tune into the Circus this evening for my chat on the elections next year and the online environment

After another hectic week of tech news, I hope you all are getting a little rest this weekend. I know I’m keeping it pretty chill with reading and catching up on a little bit of work, and last night, I went to see comedian Iliza Shlesinger, who was fantastic.

If you want something to watch tonight, tune into The Circus at 7 pm Eastern on Paramount+ and Showtime, where I talked with Mark McKinnon and their guest host Jordan Klepper on the 2024 elections and how social media companies might be preparing.

Have a great Sunday!

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What I’m Reading

1. Associated Press: Poll shows most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024

2. Bloomberg: Felony for AI Election Deepfakes Bill Heads to Michigan Senate 

3. The Verge: Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig on why AI and social media are causing a free speech crisis for the internet

4. CNN: How Microsoft’s AI is making a mess of the news

5. The Atlantic: The Great Social Media–News Collapse 

6. Richard Gingras (Global VP for News at Google): How might we build trust in an untrusting world? 

7. Nate Silver
   : Free speech is in trouble

8. The Hill: AI forum on elections to be held in Senate next week, Schumer says

9. White House: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

10. White House: FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces New U.S. Initiatives to Advance the Safe and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence

11. White House:  FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence 

12. Tech Policy Press: White House AI Executive Order Takes On Complexity of Content Integrity Issues 

13. Axios: When humans and machines share a canvas 

14. Stratechery: Attenuating Innovation (AI) 

15. Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
    : Regulating AI by Executive Order is the Real AI Risk

16. UK Government: Frontier AI Taskforce: second progress report 

17. Global Partners Digital: Navigating the Global AI Governance Landscape 

18. NPR: Democrats consider how TikTok may fit into their 2024 campaign strategy 

19. Forbes: A Platform Storing TikTok Corporate Secrets Was Inspected By The Chinese Government

20. Washington Post: Israel-Gaza war sparks debate over TikTok's role in setting public opinion 

21. Wired: How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War

22. Gabbor Cselle: From T2 to Pebble: The Rise, Challenges, and Lessons of Building a Twitter Alternative 

23. The Verge: Did SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google? 

24. Knight First Amendment Institute: Be Careful What You Ask For - Five reflections on the role of the courts and the First Amendment in jawboning

25. Tech Policy Podcast: Information Animals Fighting Information Wars

26. Columbia Journalism Review: Black in Moderation 

27. Internet Law & Policy Foundry Tech Policy Grind Podcast: Demystifying Election Security Misinformation with Katie Harbath

28. CNBC: LinkedIn passes 1 billion members and launches new AI chatbot to help you get a job 

29. Vox: The Supreme Court seems stumped by two cases about free speech online 

30. New York Times: Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Social Media Cases Can Strengthen Our Democracy 

31. The Independent (UK): Rishi Sunak hints next general election will be held in 2024 

32. Reuters: Facebook owner Meta faces EU ban on targeted advertising 

33. Global Voices: The UK and Sri Lanka: A comparison of two online safety bills

34. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Inquiry into foreign interference to begin hearings in new year 

35. Tremau: DSA Transparency Reports Tracker: A Step Towards A More Transparent Digital World

36. Wired: Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird 

37. Rest of World: AI Modi started as a joke, but it could win him votes 

38. Financial Times: Is rule by WhatsApp sending wrong message on transparency? 

39. Vanity Fair: The Untold Story of Tucker Carlson’s Ugly Exit From Fox News 

40. Washington Post: Key takeaways from our deep look at the creator economy 

41. Washington Post: Content creators surge past legacy media as news hits a tipping point 

42. WSJ: Forget Retirement. Become a Social-Media Star Instead. 

43. The Verge: Elon Musk shares X ‘everything app’ plan in leaked all-hands 

44. Trust and Safety Foundation: The History of Trust & Safety Project

45. Twitch: An Update on Appeals and Our Enforcement Approach 

46. Semafor: How advances in AI can make content moderation harder — and easier

47. SXSW: 450+ Community-Sourced Sessions for the 2024 SXSW Conference

    Some interesting panels I found going through those announced:

    1. Elections in the Age of AI: New Tech's Impacts on Democracy 

    2. AI and Journalism: The Massive Consequences When Truth is AI

    3. AI, Social Media, and Nukes: Lessons and The Path Forward

    4. Navigating the Global AI Governance Landscape

48. The Cut: How Chef Erin French Gets It Done 

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