Social media at a time of war
IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and I have many feelings about Sora, OpenAI's new AI-generated social media platform. Many of which are encapsulated by this video by Casey Neistat. #FreeTheSlop.
— The world's largest platforms have failed to respond to the highest level of global conflict since World War II.
— The semiconductor wars between China and the United States are creating a massive barrier between the world's two largest economies.
— China's DeepSeek performs significantly worse than its US counterparts on a series of benchmark tests.
Let's get started: