Bitcoin Staking Platform Core Joins Crypto Lender Maple and Custodians BitGo, Copper, Hex Trust

Core Foundation, the creator of a yield-bearing bitcoin token, has partnered with institutional lending protocol Maple Finance and custody firms BitGo, Copper and Hex Trust to push deep into the BTC staking sector. Core’s IstBTC token lets institutional participants earn yield on bitcoin holdings while staying safely inside trusted custodial partners without the need to … Read more

Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia thinks he can turn things around with AI; he has a lot riding on it

Social media is often about scale, but Nextdoor bet long ago on something different: that it could grow a big business off smaller, local communities. For years, the plan worked. The 15-year-old company has long been a dominant platform for neighborhood-based conversations, connecting users for everything from lost pet alerts to local business recommendations. Then … Read more

How AI Is Narrowing Our View of the World

:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more

The Danger of AI-Generated Information

:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more

How AI Might Be Recycling—and Shrinking—Knowledge

:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more

Your AI Has a Favorite Opinion—And It’s Not Yours

:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more

When AI Rewrites the Internet, What Do We Lose?

:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more

How AI and Social Media Shape Knowledge Through Echo Chambers and Filter Bubbles

:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more

AI Knows Best—But Only If You Agree With It

:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more