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LISTEN: The Vital Records of Mr. George Rex, ‘The Last Slave’
There’s a startlng occupation listed in entry 983 of the death ledger for the town of Newtown, Queens covering the years 1881-1897: “The Last Slave.” Department of Records Associate Commissioner Kenneth Cobb and Research Associate Marcia Kirk visited Lit NYC to explain how the Municipal Archives found that entry, what they’ve learned since then about […]
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Digg announces a "hard reset" and shuts down operations two months after it was relaunched by Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, citing the scale of AI bot spam (Richard Lawler/The Verge)
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Digg announces a “hard reset” and shuts down operations two months after it was relaunched by Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, citing the scale of AI bot spam — Digg's Reddit-like relaunch failed fast, but its CEO is already planning another comeback.
Facebook launches new tools to help creators detect and report impersonation, and updates guidelines to better define what it considers to be "original content" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook launches new tools to help creators detect and report impersonation, and updates guidelines to better define what it considers to be “original content” — After numerous accusations claiming that Facebook has turned into an “AI slop hellscape,” Meta on Friday announced …