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Tom Simonite

@simonite.bsky.social

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Tech companies editor @washingtonpost.com // tom.simonite@washpost.com

Tom Simonite @simonite.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Does ChatGPT really love em dashes and say yes a lot? @jeremybmerrill.com analyzed more than 30,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations to find out. The data shows that ChatGPT's use of em dashes soared this year www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

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Tom Simonite @simonite.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Sora can mimic Netflix shows, movies, TikTok videos and Twitch streams, suggesting it was trained on versions of the originals. Netflix said it didn't provide data to OpenAI. Twitch said it doesn't have a partnership w/ OpenAI.

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Tom Simonite @simonite.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

OpenAI won't say whose content it used to train its video generator Sora. Here are some clues. Gift link: wapo.st/3KeqLR0

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Tom Simonite @simonite.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

AI chatbots now rival social media for the stickiest apps by time spent -- but AI companions and girlfriends/boyfriends soak up much much more of their users' time than do ChatGPT and Claude

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Tom Simonite @simonite.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

They were individually wrapped apnews.com/article/gard...

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Tom Simonite @simonite.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

New: Elon Musk's online reach dominates that of Donald Trump, data shows, as he leans into using X as a tool of political influence www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

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