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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...
The future of TikTok's U.S. operations is uncertain after ByteDance, the app's owner, signed agreements to form a joint ...
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Williams is Assistant Professor of Communication and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan, Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at the Mozilla Foundation, and Faculty Associate at Harvard ...