Casey Newton

But of course, all of the big tech companies are just making the bet that courts are going to side with the big corporations here and the publishers are going to be out of luck.

Some people do think that. Some people will say that ChatGPT and Google Gemini are like the fruit of a poisoned tree, that because you used all this copyrighted material in the creation of them, you will actually have to destroy them. But vanishingly few people I've spoken to think that is a likely outcome.

Some people do think that. Some people will say that ChatGPT and Google Gemini are like the fruit of a poisoned tree, that because you used all this copyrighted material in the creation of them, you will actually have to destroy them. But vanishingly few people I've spoken to think that is a likely outcome.

Some people do think that. Some people will say that ChatGPT and Google Gemini are like the fruit of a poisoned tree, that because you used all this copyrighted material in the creation of them, you will actually have to destroy them. But vanishingly few people I've spoken to think that is a likely outcome.

I can't figure that out yet. I had an opportunity back when Platformer was still on Substack. If you want to know why we're not there, that's another great story that you can Google. For now. And they had some kind of toggle where I could say, don't train your LLMs on Platformer, you rogues. And I didn't switch it on. Because number one, Platformer publishes like three articles a week, okay?

I can't figure that out yet. I had an opportunity back when Platformer was still on Substack. If you want to know why we're not there, that's another great story that you can Google. For now. And they had some kind of toggle where I could say, don't train your LLMs on Platformer, you rogues. And I didn't switch it on. Because number one, Platformer publishes like three articles a week, okay?

I can't figure that out yet. I had an opportunity back when Platformer was still on Substack. If you want to know why we're not there, that's another great story that you can Google. For now. And they had some kind of toggle where I could say, don't train your LLMs on Platformer, you rogues. And I didn't switch it on. Because number one, Platformer publishes like three articles a week, okay?

We're a very low volume publisher. We've never, frankly, even relied on Google for very much of our traffic. I started a newsletter because I didn't want to have to fight platform algorithms for the rest of my life. I just wanted to write about them. So I've never thought that... whatever happens in Google is necessarily gonna be like curtains for a platform.

We're a very low volume publisher. We've never, frankly, even relied on Google for very much of our traffic. I started a newsletter because I didn't want to have to fight platform algorithms for the rest of my life. I just wanted to write about them. So I've never thought that... whatever happens in Google is necessarily gonna be like curtains for a platform.

We're a very low volume publisher. We've never, frankly, even relied on Google for very much of our traffic. I started a newsletter because I didn't want to have to fight platform algorithms for the rest of my life. I just wanted to write about them. So I've never thought that... whatever happens in Google is necessarily gonna be like curtains for a platform.

In fact, sometimes I think I'm weirdly worked up for this given how little I actually expect this to affect me in the near term. Except that I love the web. I grew up on the web. The web brought me like everything that I have.

In fact, sometimes I think I'm weirdly worked up for this given how little I actually expect this to affect me in the near term. Except that I love the web. I grew up on the web. The web brought me like everything that I have.

In fact, sometimes I think I'm weirdly worked up for this given how little I actually expect this to affect me in the near term. Except that I love the web. I grew up on the web. The web brought me like everything that I have.

And Platformer is much better when there is more journalism for me to read and have thoughts about and inspire questions in me and, you know, send me chasing stories on my own. I don't think this is going to have a huge effect on me directly. But like indirectly, it feels like the only story.

And Platformer is much better when there is more journalism for me to read and have thoughts about and inspire questions in me and, you know, send me chasing stories on my own. I don't think this is going to have a huge effect on me directly. But like indirectly, it feels like the only story.

And Platformer is much better when there is more journalism for me to read and have thoughts about and inspire questions in me and, you know, send me chasing stories on my own. I don't think this is going to have a huge effect on me directly. But like indirectly, it feels like the only story.

Which is, what is the internet going to look like in five years? And you think it's that fast. Yeah. This stuff is moving very quickly. Every few weeks, it seems, one of these AI makers comes out with a more efficient version of a model or a model that has been tuned for some specific purpose. Like maybe it's better at education or it's better at science or it's better at healthcare.

Which is, what is the internet going to look like in five years? And you think it's that fast. Yeah. This stuff is moving very quickly. Every few weeks, it seems, one of these AI makers comes out with a more efficient version of a model or a model that has been tuned for some specific purpose. Like maybe it's better at education or it's better at science or it's better at healthcare.

Which is, what is the internet going to look like in five years? And you think it's that fast. Yeah. This stuff is moving very quickly. Every few weeks, it seems, one of these AI makers comes out with a more efficient version of a model or a model that has been tuned for some specific purpose. Like maybe it's better at education or it's better at science or it's better at healthcare.

And we're just kind of in that liftoff stage. And this stuff is starting to... accumulate. These chatbot assistants are getting better and better. A lot of people probably watched the demo that OpenAI had this week where they've made this assistant that has this uncannily emotional voice. It's like actively flirting with you now. I was watching their videos. It's crazy.