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(NEXSTAR) — With the stroke of his pen, President Joe Biden seemingly started the countdown to the demise of TikTok. Though it’s possible the app won’t actually be banned in the U.S., the potential end of the platform prompted some social media users to reflect on those we have lost. Here’s a look a
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Tech giants like Google, Meta and Microsoft-backed OpenAI initially used reams of data scraped from the Internet for free to train generative AI models like ChatGPT that can mimic human creativity. At the same time, these tech companies are also quietly paying for content locked behind paywalls and login screens, giving rise to a hidden trade in everything from chat logs to long forgotten personal photos from faded social media apps.
David Remnick interviews Jonathan Haidt, the author of “The Anxious Generation,” about the effect that social media is having on children’s mental health and how we can reverse course.
TikTok has informed users that some of their posts will be shared to an app called "TikTok Notes"—a new platform seemingly similar to Meta's Instagram.