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Stress tested by news: do empty platforms make the least sound?
So-called legacy media still informs a great deal of debate on platforms
Dec 5, 2024
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Head of Content IntelligenceRob Corbidge is Head of Content Intelligence at Glide Publishing Platform, applying the latest knowledge about advances and ideas in the publishing industry to our own product and helping clients get the most from their content.
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No monopoly on thought: defending the indefensible
An attempt to defend Google from break-up still falls short of addressing the commercial reality faced by content providers and other online businesses.
Nov 28, 2024
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Google's mazey new Reputation Abuse policies seem to lead back to its own front door
Where does advertorial stop, and parasite SEO begin? Google's experts say "Do as we say, not as we do..."
Nov 21, 2024
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Stochastic parrots and AIs on the stopwatch
Is that the smell of content deals going up in smoke? LLMs are reaching a data and compute scaling plateau, and better data might not be the answer.
Nov 14, 2024
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What will a Trump administration do with Section 230?
A famous and contentious clause in the US Communications Act may well come under renewed scrutiny.
Nov 7, 2024
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Big Tech whales? They'd be kelpless without the rest of us to feed them
A visit by site owners to Google's HQ to discuss the state of search was highly revealing - just not in the way Google would like.
Oct 31, 2024
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Fruit juice, fair use, and moving the legal goalposts
Copyright and fair use are under attack as AI businesses look to squeeze as much juice as they can from a currently forbidden fruit. It turns out all Adam & Eve needed was a better lawyer or lobbyist.
Oct 24, 2024
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The ABC of AI use in content production from Down Under
A clearly defined experiment in AI use for content production has yielded some interesting results
Oct 17, 2024
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The rulings holding a pin to the big Google balloon
The verdicts are in, and now the decisions are looming. Only a true optimist would think that Google will emerge unscathed from its recent legal losses.
Oct 10, 2024
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Who do Open Source CMS like WordPress belong to?
Big Tech & capriciousness often go together like dogs & fleas. The sober world of CMS and content management seemed above such fluff - until its own toys/pram moment this week. It's not a good look.
Oct 3, 2024
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Bots faking it as people is a fact of modern life - but is it art?
Computer says "This is not art; no beauty, no skill, no emotional depth, it is merely a statement devoid of any artistic merit...no!"
Sep 26, 2024
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The race to write the laws which will make or break AI
Politicians and legislators are generating proposals to regulate the future of AI so quickly that one wonders if they are using ChatGPT to do it. A look at some of the proposals is very revealing.
Sep 19, 2024