Steve Rosenbaum·1d agoLindsey Graham Called Out Social Media Harms.I was in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on January 31, 2024, when the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X, Snap, and Discord faced hours…
Steve Rosenbaum·1d agoA Beach Read With An AI ProtagonistSo it’s summer and the world has slowed down, and I decided it was time to actually crack open a genuine beach read.
Steve Rosenbaum·Jul 7Counterfeit People Are Already In Your InboxIn just the past six months, my inbox has changed. Each morning I wake to a series of pleasant emails from Joe, Sally, or Fred, each of…
Steve Rosenbaum·Jul 5Fencing in FreedomI couldn’t stop thinking about one image from this year’s Fourth of July.
Steve Rosenbaum·Jul 2The KIDS Act Isn’t Child Safety, But A Political Escape Hatch For Big TechIt’s summer. Families are busy, hopefully taking time off. Mark Zuckerberg is counting on that.A response icon1A response icon1
Steve Rosenbaum·Jun 29Why Hallucinations Are a Business Model, Not a Bug.The core argument is that hallucinations are no longer best understood as isolated technical failures. They are an economic tradeoff.
Steve Rosenbaum·Jun 23What Is Art In The AI Era?Many years ago, I went to the Whitney with my younger son. It was the Whitney Biennial, and it was an exhibit of the current state of…
Steve Rosenbaum·Jun 16Spielberg Is Romantic, Parsons Is Brave: Film’s Next Generation ArrivesI’ve been in the film industry a long time, and I’m one of the founding trustees of Producers Guild East. I make a real effort to see at…
Steve Rosenbaum·Jun 9Wikipedia Vs. Google Search: Game On!Two of the internet’s core institutions made decisions about AI this spring. And interestingly, they went in totally opposite directions…
Steve Rosenbaum·Jun 3I Was a Teenage Intern at 60 MinutesA long time ago, when I was graduating high school, I convinced the vice principal of my school in Maine that I shouldn’t have to spend my…A response icon1A response icon1