scoop: Instagram is pitching influencers on a program that will essentially turn them into a chatbot. it's in its early stages of testing and will rely on data like previous IG posts, DMs, comments & audio from Reels to inform the bots
nytimes.com/2024/04/15/tec… w rat king 🐀

some NeWs: Instagram is testing AI chatbots with influencers that would let creators entirely automate their responses to fans via DMs and eventually comments

the bots would be trained on an influencers DM conversations

by Sapna Maheshwari and me

nytimes.com/2024/04/15/tec…

'Asked on timing for a vote, Cantwell said she wanted to see it 'sooner as opposed to later, because I don’t think it’s going to go away.'' wsj.com/politics/polic…

“Technically I did steal from him,” Mizuhara said in a message he sent last month that the feds obtained and used in court documents filed against him today. “it’s all over for me.”

w/Tim Arango

nytimes.com/2024/04/11/bus…

the little rush i just got to see that a new Girls on the Bus episode is available! (some of the less favorable reviews leave out a few points: it is very watchable, the clothes are good and it's fun to speculate about what real-life journalist inspired each character)

.Matt Levine and I are launching the Money Stuff podcast tomorrow

here’s the trailer!:
link.chtbl.com/Money-Stuff-Th…

this really is the must-read of the week. kudos to David Enrich who I can confirm is not, in fact, “a misogynist and a snake” as Ms. Locke called him…

NEW from me: The inside story of how the prominent media-fighting law firm Clare Locke was torn apart. nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

TikTok notifying some users about a new potential Instagram rival called TikTok Notes... techcrunch.com/2024/04/08/tik…

the most nyc dispatch on the eclipse nytimes.com/2024/04/09/bri…

Witnesses for the defense -- TikTok marshals the faithful. Even a nun, as Sapna Maheshwari explains. nytimes.com/2024/04/04/bus…

when i (obviously) blasted “total eclipse of the heart” for my toddler and husband on spotify this morning

incredible reporting here - a Sunday must read

lol what? 'As Brandy Melville has added some larger sizes, smaller girls have taken to social media to protest.'
wsj.com/style/fashion/…

this is wild:

well... I spoke to the man who got a vasectomy during the earthquake
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

'In the weeks and months ahead, we have the opportunity to make progress on bipartisan bills that enhance our national security, advance online safety for kids and promote innovation, expand the Child Tax Credit, work on a path forward on TikTok legislation...'

TikTok turns to nuns, veterans and ranchers in marketing blitz. Good one by Sapna Maheshwari nytimes.com/2024/04/04/bus…

earthquake or vibe shift?

Twitter feed is all quake but Threads is showing a Jonathan Haidt post from 20 hours ago smh