The Ethics of Monetizing Personal Prayers and Remote Customer Service

Ho hum. Apple reports its most revenue and profit in history. You’ll soon be able to unlock your iPhone while masked, even without the Apple Watch. The White House is readying a huge executive order on Crypto. The new version of GPT-3 is less error-prone, and less prone to say bad stuff. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Apple CEO: ‘We Don’t Make Purely Financial Decisions’ About Apple TV Plus Content (Variety)
• iOS 15.4 Beta Lets You Use Face ID With a Mask On (MacRumors)
• White House reportedly preparing executive order on crypto (CoinTelegraph)
• The new version of GPT-3 is much better behaved (and should be less toxic) (Technology Review)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs (Folding Ideas on YouTube)
• Three things web3 should fix in 2022 (Platformer)
• The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be the Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’ (RollingStone)
• Nothing Sacred: These Apps Reserve The Right To Sell Your Prayers (Buzzfeed News)
• Your Hotel Concierge Is Probably a Texting Robot. Srsly. (WSJ)
• Why Netflix Just Had Its Worst Day in A Decade (Bloomberg)
• Netflix stock market woe is warning to Hollywood (Financial Times)

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