As the DOJ vs Meta trial moves forward, an interesting…and honestly wacky idea of Mark Zuckerberg’s came to light. Techcrunch.com reports that Zuckerberg sent an email in 2022 proposing the strategy of  “wiping everyone’s graphs and having them start again” as a possible solution to Facebook’s declining significance in the social networking space. The idea was that forcing everyone to re-create their friend graphs could encourage users to reconnect with the social network as they rebuild their social connections. A number of other Facebook execs, including the head of Facebook Tom Alison pushed back hard. Fortunately, the idea was never implemented. Just in the last few weeks, Facebook has nudged users towards their Friends tab…which mainly just shows posts from friends, without the proposed pages and all the other crap they have loaded up the main feed with. 

OpenAI is developing its own X—like social network. According to theverge.com, there is already an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that has a social feed. CEO Sam Altman has been privately asking around for feedback on the project. Right now, it’s not clear if OpenAI would release the social network as a separate app or integrate it into ChatGPT. Putting out an X-like product would just up the bad feelings between Elon Musk and Altman…Elon was originally involved in ChatGPT but left a number of years ago. Besides the obvious of having a social platform, a social app would also give OpenAI its own unique real-time data.

Public figures, especially actors and voice people have been concerned for some time about the ability of generative AI to clone their likenesses or voices. Now, geekwire.com says a startup called Loti is aiming to help celebrities, politicians, and other high profile folks protect their digital likeness and sound. Loti’s advanced facial and voice recognition software analyzes real photos, video and audio from customers and then scans the internet for infringing media — such as fake social media accounts, fake endorsements, or deepfakes that misuse their likeness. The company can then put out takedown requests. The company has support from the re-introduction of the No Fakes Act…that bill is supported by Google, Amazon, and others. A couple of major talent agencies are partnering with Loti, and they have raised a fresh blast of $16 million. 

More on the upcoming iPhone Fold from mashable.com and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The folding iPhone is supposed to drop in the last quarter of 2026. The folder will have a book type design like the Samsung Galaxy Z Folds have. It should have a 7.8 inch allegedly crease-free inner screen, and a 5.5 inch outer display. Kuo expects a dual rear camera, and and added selfie cam…which will work when the phone is folded or unfolded. It should be notably slimmer…9 to 9.5mm thick folded, and 4.5 to 4.8mm thick, compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 6…at 12.1mm folded and 5.6 mm unfolded. The hinge…nearly as crucial as the crease or lack of it, will be stainless steel and titanium, with the case titanium like the present iPhone 16 Pros. It will have a Touch ID button and high density battery. The price is expected to be between $2000 and $2500. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.