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The AI Ghost in the Byline
The Wall Street Journal defends an AI op-ed while an arXiv paper finds LLMs make disturbingly egalitarian medical decisions. The machine has opinions now.
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AI Talent Is a Revolving Door and Google Wins
Barret Zoph's journey from Thinking Machines to OpenAI to Google in under a year maps the actual power structure of the AI industry better than any funding round.
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GTA VI, Netflix, and the Collapse of the Premiere
GTA VI debuting as a Netflix event is the clearest sign yet that AAA gaming and streaming have merged into one undifferentiated attention industry.
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Kusama's Words and the Dot Trap
Yayoi Kusama's death at 97 reveals how thoroughly her literary and philosophical output was eclipsed by a visual brand the art market could sell.
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Meta's Pervert Glasses Fix Is a PR Problem Dressed as an Ethics Problem
Meta patching its smart glasses' recording loophole while launching a rebrand campaign reveals the gap between a safety fix and a trust fix.
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Bluesky's Opt-Out Is a Vibe, Not a Feature
Bluesky's new 'don't go viral' toggle and YouTube's Amazon affiliate push reveal two irreconcilable visions of what the internet is for.
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Quantum Gravity Is Not Sci-Fi. NASA Just Paid $20M for It.
NASA's $20M quantum gravity sensor contract explains why the most consequential quantum technology isn't a computer at all.
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