Meta Abandons Content Moderation, the UK’s AI Music Crisis, and Grok Learns to Talk Dirty with Jag, Jen and Jason - E85
Where power flows, Zuckerberg swiftly follows, which puts him firmly in Trump’s camp for the foreseeable…
How that manifests in Meta we’ll see over the next 4 years, but they’ve already abandoned content moderation in favour of community notes.
We look at the ripples this’ll send throughout their many platforms, as well as the UK’s creative copyright crisis and Grok’s newfound 18+ mode, on this week’s Disconnected.
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Meta’s shift to an unmoderated, community notes-style platform
The UK’s AI strategy coming up against copyright for the creative sector
X’s chatbot discovers how to talk dirty
Episode Highlights:
“Let's be honest, this is not just about free speech. This is about power politics and the increasing willingness of tech giants to surrender their influence to whoever holds the most leverage.” - 4:20 - Jag Sharma
“It's actually quite scary how much power Meta has over society, so I don't think it should be taken lightly.” - 9:00 - Jen Campbell
“Mark is obviously a smart guy. So if the political party changes in another couple of years, he's gonna switch to whatever they're leaning towards.” - 16:45 - Jason Kapadia
“I like the fact that they're acknowledging it and that they're saying copyrights are in place for a reason, and we need to protect that. But equally, if we want to join the AI race as a country and move our economy on, then we also need to be innovating and looking for ways that we can collaborate.” - 24:40 - Jen Campbell
Links & references:
Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/
Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/
Jason Kapadia: