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LLMs: damned if you don’t, worse if you do
https://blog.zgp.org/llms-damned-if-you-don-t-worse-if-you-do/
Published: August 16, 2026 00:00
The Carlson Lab at the Yale School of Public Health has done some research and held some discussions, and posted The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI. Our lab has agreed on a blanket ban on the use of generative AI for writing….Using…
How Meta will fail at prediction markets
https://blog.zgp.org/how-meta-will-fail-at-prediction-markets/
Published: August 15, 2026 00:00
Meta still doesn’t control a customer-facing platform, and the prospects for pervert glasses don’t look especially good right now, either. They’re losing the same cultural debate that Google Glass did. ICYMI: Wetherspoons bans Meta Glasses in pubs amid…
substitution effects
https://blog.zgp.org/substitution-effects/
Published: August 6, 2026 00:00
Previously: Arguments for the attribution cartel One of the arguments for the attribution cartel is that in-browser attribution tracking will somehow displace other forms of ad measurement. Because reasons, I guess. Or because the cartel members believe…
1,741 partners
https://blog.zgp.org/1741-partners/
Published: July 31, 2026 00:00
previously: paleoenshittification and a path to adoption for MyTerms The European privacy organization noyb has filed a complaint over a common web annoyances. This one is a little more extreme than most: 1,741 “informed” consents with one click?! GDPR…
The hidden cost of New York Times AI columns
https://blog.zgp.org/the-hidden-cost-of-new-york-times-ai-columns/
Published: July 30, 2026 00:00
In The Hidden Cost of China’s Free A.I., Tal Feldman writes, A.I. models are very different from the usual inexpensive imports we buy from China. These products must promote the interests of the Chinese government. Propaganda and false claims are baked…
How scams target you online—and how to fight back
https://blog.zgp.org/how-scams-target-you-online-and-how-to-fight-back/
Published: July 26, 2026 00:00
The prophet Jeremiah once asked, Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Every generation of people perceives a collapse in ethical behavior, and if the trust level of human civilization…
Links for 25 July 2026
https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2026-07-25/
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Programmatic Platforms Champion Transparency, But Not If It Means Giving Activists Access by Anthony Vargas. (I said I would let you know when it’s safe to turn off your ad blocker, and nope, still wretched hive of scum and villainy. This story is about…
Are ya winning, son?
https://blog.zgp.org/are-ya-winning-son/
Published: July 22, 2026 00:00
The attribution cartel is in Digiday, in a series by Ronan Shields. WTF: W3C’s Attribution API? W3C Attribution API prompts debate over web measurement future Fears of Big Tech bias underpin debates around W3C’s Attribution API I’m quoted, about the…
Starting Firefox with a temporary profile
https://blog.zgp.org/starting-firefox-with-a-temporary-profile/
Published: July 21, 2026 00:00
I have been starting Firefox with temporary throwaway profiles (for research and testing purposes), and wrote this to make it a little faster. #!/usr/bin/env python3 from os import path from subprocess import run from sys import argv from tempfile import…
paleoenshittification and a path to adoption for MyTerms
https://blog.zgp.org/paleoenshittification-and-myterms/
Published: July 15, 2026 00:00
previously: A BATNA for MyTerms Looking back at the history of the IT industry, it’s possible to find instances where vendors did to their customers some of the same kinds of shenanigans that oligopoly companies are doing to everyone today. An early…