Artists Shouldn’t Need a Smoke Alarm for AI Scraping
A new tool can warn artists when their work appears in public AI datasets. Its very existence shows how badly online consent has failed.
Month: September 2026
Smart Glasses Broke the Social Contract of the Camera
Smart glasses did not invent public recording. They removed the gesture that tells everyone else a camera is pointed at them—and our rules have not caught up.
Netflix May Have Found Its Real Role in Gaming: The World’s Biggest Trailer Screen
Netflix has spent years trying to persuade people that the little Games tab belongs beside its films and television shows. Today, it tried something much easier: it put the most anticipated game in the world on television. On August 27, Netflix gave subscribers a six-hour head start on Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look,…
Uber Doesn’t Need to Build the Robotaxi. It Needs to Own the Button
Uber no longer needs to invent the winning self-driving car. Its larger advantage may be the app millions of passengers already use to request a ride.
Bluesky Finally Admits Going Viral Can Be a Problem
Social networks treat a larger audience as an automatic reward. Bluesky’s new Discover opt-out recognizes that sometimes unwanted reach is the problem.
