av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes.
While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there is no doubt that many people feel like they can’t escape the pull of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms.
The companies that designed your favorite apps have an incentive to keep you glued to them so they can serve up ads that make them billions of dollars in revenue. Resisting the pull of the endless scroll, the dopamine hits from short-form videos and the ego boost and validation that come from likes and positive interactions, can seem like an unfair fight. For some people, “rage-bait,” gloomy news and arguing with internet strangers also have an irresistible draw.
Källa: Abcnews
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser
Moltbook, marketed as ”A Social Network for AI Agents,” has fundamental architectural flaws. A security analysis reveals the platform is not only smaller and less autonomous than claimed, it also serves as a global gateway for malicious commands.
Moltbook presents itself as a Reddit-style social network where autonomous AI agents post, comment, vote, and interact with each other while humans mostly watch. Posts with more than 113,000 comments and the illusion of tens of thousands of active agents feed the narrative of a thriving digital society.
Källa: The Decoder
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by the Chinese company behind TikTok rocked Hollywood this week – not just because of what it can do, but what it could mean for creative industries.
Created by tech giant ByteDance, Seedance 2.0 can generate cinema-quality video, complete with sound effects and dialogue, from just a few written prompts.
Many of the clips said to have been made using Seedance, and featuring popular characters like Spider-Man and Deadpool, went viral.
Major studios like Disney and Paramount quickly accused ByteDance of copyright infringement but concerns about the technology run deeper than legal issues.
Källa: Bbc
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump overstepped his authority when he ordered tariffs on imports from nearly every country in the world, using a 1970s emergency statute.
Tariffs are raising a lot of money — but not as much as Trump claims
The federal government has been collecting about $30 billion in tariffs every month — or about four times as much as it took in before Trump returned to the White House.
Källa: Npr
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump overstepped his authority when he ordered tariffs on imports from nearly every country in the world, using a 1970s emergency statute.
Tariffs are raising a lot of money — but not as much as Trump claims
The federal government has been collecting about $30 billion in tariffs every month — or about four times as much as it took in before Trump returned to the White House.
Källa: 9to5mac
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
OpenAI is raising its revenue forecasts while warning investors about a dramatic increase in cash outflow. The cost to train and run AI models is growing faster than revenue.
Citing internal financial documents, The Information reports that OpenAI has revised its projections again. The company now expects cumulative cash burn to jump by roughly $111 billion more than previously estimated through 2030. In total, OpenAI expects to spend $665 billion training and operating AI models. While revenue is climbing, it cannot keep pace.
Under the new projections, OpenAI forecasts a cash burn of $25 billion in 2026 and $57 billion in 2027, roughly $30 billion more than previous estimates combined. The company doesn’t expect to become cash-flow positive until 2030, when it projects a positive cash flow of $39 billion. This puts OpenAI behind competitor Anthropic, which is targeting breakeven as early as 2028.
Källa: The Decoder
