What I Read This Week...
The New York Times is suing OpenAI, online anonymity is dying in China, and the U.S. and Mexico are working together to tackle problems at the Southern border
Caught my eye…
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming the two companies used millions of NYT articles to train their large language models which now “directly compete” with the New York Times. When asked about current events, the New York Times alleges that ChatGPT will sometimes generate word-for-word excerpts of its articles that lie behind a paywall.
Online anonymity is dying in China. While China already requires frequent identity verification to use the internet, in April last year, Chinese social media companies began requiring all users to disclose their location using their IP address. Chinese platforms went a step further in October by requiring accounts with more than 500k followers to publicly disclose their real identities, and many are now worried that this rule will be extended to all online accounts.
U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed to work together more closely to tackle record migration at the Southern border. Talks occurred shortly after the U.S. temporarily closed parts of the border to redeploy enforcement agents, which resulted in a slowdown in trade.
Other reading…
Russia Faces Mighty Obstacle in Western LNG Sanctions (Reuters)
U.S. Shoots Down Houthi Drone, Ballistic Missile in Red Sea (ABC)
Blue States Don’t Build (Noahpinion)
Are Global Harvests Keeping Pace in a Warming World? (Hannah Ritchie)
Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer? (Wired)
On X…
The migration chart doesn’t look as interesting repotted as a % of state population.
But the trend is clear. Thanks for sharing.
Good spread, the NAT has story about Russia is interesting
Blue states need to solve basic problems. They’ll easily keep their populations if they do