NEWS: After sustained attacks from House Republicans, the Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled. A huge blow to academic freedom and our ability to understand platforms and influence operations https://www.platformer.news/stanford-internet-observatory-shutdown-stamos-diresta-sio/

Sam Altman gets what he wants https://www.platformer.news/sam-altman-openai-board-wilmer-hale-investigation/

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It's Hard Fork Friday! This week on the show ... the quest for the mythological room-temperature superconductor. And I DON'T mean Lydia Tár https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/podcasts/superconductor-superconfusion-kosas-hidden-costs-and-hatgpt.html