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Midjourney's V1 video model may seem like innocent fun, but for working artists and designers, it represents another nail in the coffin of sustainable creative careers. We analyze the concerning implications.

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Midjourney's V1 Video Model

We need to talk about those five seconds. Midjourney launched its V1 video model on June 18, 2025, and while tech bros are celebrating another milestone in the march toward their inevitable "real-time open-world simulations," those of us paying...

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AI's explosive energy demands are driving electricity bills up 20% while threatening grid stability—the hidden costs of artificial intelligence that nobody talks about.

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AI's Energy Crisis Is Coming for Your Electric Bill

Your electricity bill is about to become a casualty of Silicon Valley's AI arms race, and the numbers are more alarming than anyone in the tech...

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A major NBC News poll of 19,410 Americans reveals the country is almost perfectly split on AI's impact on daily life, education, and the future—with surprising unity across party lines.

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America's AI Divide: a Massive New Poll

The most striking finding in NBC News's comprehensive poll of 19,410 Americans isn't what divides us on artificial intelligence—it's what unites us...

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's AI workforce memo isn't just about job cuts—it's a blueprint for the growth mindset leadership transformation needed to thrive in the AI era.

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Andy Jassy's AI Memo - What Everyone's Missing

Everyone's talking about the wrong part of Andy Jassy's memo. Yes, Amazon's CEO told employees that AI will "reduce our total corporate workforce" in...

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Amazon's rebuild of Alexa using AI tools throughout development signals a paradigm shift in software engineering, with

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Amazon Alexa is Jam-Packed With AI Now

The most fascinating part of Amazon's Alexa+ rebuild isn't the conversational AI or the $19.99 subscription model. It's how they built it: using AI...

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At Cannes Lions 2025, AI threatens to destroy advertising's creative soul while creating unprecedented commercial opportunities—here's why both things can be true.

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Cannes Lions 2025: AI Apocalypse or Commercial Opportunity?

The cocktail conversations along the Croisette at Cannes Lions 2025 carry an undercurrent of existential dread wrapped in champagne-fueled optimism....

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Elon Musk's xAI burning $1 billion monthly with no clear path to profitability represents the unsustainable waste plaguing the AI industry—it's time to slow down and plan strategically.

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xAI's $1 Billion Monthly Burn Rate Is Everything Wrong with AI Today

Somewhere in Silicon Valley, a cash bonfire is burning through $1 billion every month, and we're supposed to call it innovation. Elon Musk's xAI, the...

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YouTube's free Veo 3 integration into Shorts could shift the creator economy away from TikTok, offering AI video generation with synchronized audio that costs $249/month elsewhere.

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YouTube Shorts Gets Veo 3

Sometimes the most disruptive moves come disguised as platform features. YouTube's announcement that Google's Veo 3—the video generation model that...

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Pope Leo XIV positions artificial intelligence as a defining challenge of his papacy, building on Vatican's pioneering AI ethics work with tech giants to champion human dignity in the digital age.

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Pope Leo XIV Makes AI Ethics Central to His Papacy

Pope Leo XIV has made artificial intelligence ethics a cornerstone of his papal mission, positioning the Catholic Church as a moral leader in...

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Stop obsessing over AI job doom scenarios. History shows us the real question isn't

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AI Job Apocalypse OR Skills Reset?

We're drowning in a sea of AI anxiety. Every week brings fresh predictions about artificial intelligence obliterating jobs, with forecasts ranging...

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Sam Altman reveals Meta's desperate $100M signing bonuses to poach OpenAI talent—and why throwing money at innovation never works. A sarcastic take on Silicon Valley's most expensive midlife crisis.

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Meta Offers OpenAI Employees $100M to Switch Jobs

Here's a story that would make even the most jaded venture capitalist do a spit-take: Meta is allegedly throwing $100 million signing bonuses at...

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Republicans battle over a 10-year AI regulation moratorium while the $1.8 trillion industry rockets forward with zero federal oversight. Peak political theater meets regulatory negligence.

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Republicans Issue a 10-year AI Regulation Moratorium

Republicans are having a states' rights showdown over whether to ban AI regulation for a decade, while the AI industry—currently valued at $640...

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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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