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Episode Synopsis
Cotypist autocompletion for MacOS is available in beta, Google wrecks search results on purpose, SoundCloud adds “AI” training to TOS, and authors imprison themselves in Substack’s walled garden.
Cotypist: Local LLM-powered autocompletion on MacOS
Google made search results worse on purpose
SoundCloud claims the right to train AI on your songs
Don’t call it a Substack
Substack alternatives:
Ghost
Buttondown
Beehiiv
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
Cotypist: Local LLM-powered autocompletion on MacOS
Google made search results worse on purpose
SoundCloud claims the right to train AI on your songs
Don’t call it a Substack
Substack alternatives:
Ghost
Buttondown
Beehiiv
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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