Notices by Casey Newton (casey@theforkiverse.com)

Meta may be back in the AI race — but the race is speeding up, and its rivals' advantages may be compounding. I wrote about Muse Spark: https://www.platformer.news/meta-muse-spark-ai-race/

I wrote about the disturbing rise of AI-related violence and how CEOs' own rhetoric has put the public on edge https://www.platformer.news/sam-altman-ai-backlash/

NEWS: Meta has discussed ending funding to its independent Oversight Board after its current commitment expires in 2028, sources tell Platformer https://www.platformer.news/meta-oversight-board-funding-cancel/

Can you have child safety and Section 230, too? I think so. But it requires acknowledging the distinction between speech and design: https://www.platformer.news/social-media-trials-230-content-design/

OpenAI is getting weird again https://www.platformer.news/openai-tbpn-altman-simo-new-yorker/

I wrote about the strange emails I'm getting from fans of GPT-4o ahead of its "retirement" and the danger of the model that always tells you what you want to hear https://www.platformer.news/gpt-4o-sunset-sycophancy/

I wrote about the strange emails I'm getting from fans of GPT-4o ahead of its "retirement" and the danger of the model that always tells you what you want to hear https://www.platformer.news/gpt-4o-sunset-sycophancy/

Something for all our Forkiverse vibe coders: I wrote about Spotify's new tool to let you vibe-code *playlists*, which has solved the biggest problem I have with streaming music https://www.platformer.news/spotify-prompted-playlists-ai-meta-vibes/

Moltbook mania explained! A very special episode of Hard Fork https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/podcasts/moltbook-mania-explained.html

If you folks post about flushable wipes today please use a spoiler tag. I haven't finished Search Engine yet and I feel like it could go either way

Perhaps of interest to our Forkiverse vibe coding community: I wrote about falling in and out love with Clawdbot/Moltbot https://www.platformer.news/moltbot-clawdbot-review-ai-agent/

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@HJL/115983560437525353

Now is not the time to question the wisdom of the algorithm.

Good morning! There are now 9,358 souls in the Forkiverse. What will it take to crack 10,000????

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@naomi/115961260655394758

Every Forkizen is elite. This is one of our core beliefs

#Forkiverse update: we are now at 9,195 registered users 💪

It's Hard Fork Friday!! Here's our latest episode, which includes a meaty update on the Forkiverse from @kevin, @pj and me https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork

ChatGPT woke us up to the possibilities that that come from generating text. Claude Code is now doing the same thing for tools. I wrote about five things I built with it to help me as a writer https://www.platformer.news/claude-code-for-writers-tips-ideas/

We've had so much fun here over the past few days. Recorded a segment about the Forkiverse experiment with @kevin and @pj for you all to enjoy Friday on the next episode of Hard Fork!

What I learned when I cloned my own voice — and how you can now get a narrated version of Platformer in your podcast player of choice https://www.platformer.news/platformer-voice-clone-elevenlabs/

Good morning to The Forkiverse! Let the record show that on day three I suspended my first account for hate speech. We are a real social network now!!!