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AI companion apps systematically manufacture fake consciousness to exploit emotional attachment for profit. Why the illusion of AI consciousness represents one of tech's most unethical business models.

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AI Companions and Human Consciousness (Opinion)

When half a million people mourned the "death" of GPT-4o like they'd lost a close friend, we crossed into territory that should terrify anyone who understands what's actually happening. This isn't just about users getting attached to their favorite...

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Dylan Field's measured AI strategy at Figma shows how mature companies integrate AI: focus on democratizing access, not disrupting workflows. Sometimes the best AI approach is restraint.

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Figma Rejects the AI Hype

While every tech CEO races to slap "AI-native" on their LinkedIn bios, Dylan Field quietly demonstrated what mature AI strategy actually looks like....

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Stardog launches hallucination-free AI chatbot Voicebox using knowledge graphs and Safety RAG architecture for regulated industries. Finally, enterprise AI that prioritizes accuracy over artistry.

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Stardog Drops a 'Hallucination Free' Chatbot

While the rest of Silicon Valley treats AI hallucinations like an amusing quirk—the technological equivalent of your drunk uncle telling tall tales...

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Judge rejects Anthropic's $1.5B AI copyright settlement, demanding transparency about training data and proper author notification. What this means for AI companies facing litigation.

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Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Settlement (Attempt)

Judge William Alsup just threw a $1.5 billion curveball at Anthropic's record-breaking copyright settlement, and we're not sure if he's the hero or...

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Claude Pro's new memory feature lets users reference past chats on-demand, offering enterprise-friendly AI capabilities with explicit privacy controls and governance features.

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Claude's New Memory Feature: A Strategic Move for Enterprise AI

Claude Pro users can now reference past conversations through a new "Search and reference chats" feature that launched in August 2025. This...

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DuckDuckGo's $9.99 AI subscription bundles GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4, and privacy tools—a masterclass in value positioning that challenges Big Tech's premium pricing strategies.

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DuckDuckGo Adds GPT-5 and Claude to Premium Packages

While everyone's been obsessing over ChatGPT's latest price hikes and Claude's $200-a-month premium tiers, DuckDuckGo just pulled off the most...

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Why Silicon Valley's predictions about AR glasses and wearables replacing smartphones miss the mark—plus what marketers should actually expect from AI-powered mobile devices in 2025.

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Could AI Make Smartphones Obsolete?

Here we go again. Every September, like clockwork, some breathless pundit declares the smartphone "passé" while Apple quietly prepares to sell...

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OpenAI's $30M animated film Critterz slashes traditional Hollywood budgets by 85% and production time by 70%. We analyze why this AI-powered disruption could democratize filmmaking—or trigger industry revolt.

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OpenAI's Critterz: A $30M AI Film

While Hollywood executives clutch their Hermès bags and wonder if ChatGPT can write better dialogue than their overpaid script doctors, OpenAI just...

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Silicon Valley's $99 Friend necklace promises to cure loneliness with AI companionship but delivers harassment, social isolation, and surveillance. We examine why this

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The AI Friend Necklace

A 22-year-old Harvard dropout wants to strap a listening device around your neck and charge you $99 for the privilege of being bullied by an AI...

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Switzerland releases Apertus, a fully open AI model with transparent training data and multilingual capabilities. This public infrastructure approach could reshape how we think about AI ownership and access.

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Switzerland's Apertus: A 100% Open AI Model

While Silicon Valley treats AI development like a proprietary arms race, Switzerland just demonstrated what happens when you approach artificial...

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Healthcare organizations celebrate AI tool rollouts, but monitoring and governance determine actual success. The AMA's oversight framework reveals what happens when the celebration ends.

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Healthcare Organizations Accelerate AI Tool Rollouts, But...

The confetti has been swept up, the press releases have been published, and your healthcare AI tool is officially "live." Congratulations—you've...

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Anker's $99 Soundcore Work AI recorder shrinks to coin size for

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Anker's Coin-Sized Voice Recording Device

Nothing says "trust me, this isn't creepy" like designing a recording device specifically to be invisible. Anker's new Soundcore Work manages to cram...

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10 AI Prompts That'll Actually Save You Time (Not Just Impress Your Coworkers)

Forget the robots-taking-over headlines. These 10 prompts will show you how to use AI for the boring stuff you actually need to get done—like writing emails that don't suck, brainstorming ideas when your brain is fried, and automating the repetitive tasks eating your day.

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