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Tech journalist Karen Hao's new book examines whether OpenAI has become a tech empire or quasi-religious movement, raising questions about Sam Altman's leadership and the company's transformation from nonprofit idealism to corporate power.

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Open AI: Tech Empire or Quasi-Religious Movement?

In December 2015, OpenAI announced itself to the world with a bold promise: to "advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole." Nearly a decade later, the company that launched ChatGPT has become one of...

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Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn's contradictory AI-first statements reveal how tech leaders are flying blind on workforce transformation, talking around the obvious truth that AI is permanently reshaping employment while pretending it's just about

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The CEO's AI Waffle - Duolingo's Luis von Ahn

Here's a fun drinking game for tech leadership theater: take a shot every time a CEO announces an "AI-first transformation" while simultaneously...

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Meta's plan to fully automate advertising by 2026 threatens creative agencies with AI-generated

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Meta's AI Ads: The Fast Food-ification of Creativity

you're scrolling Instagram and see an ad for cupcakes. The image is glossy, slightly plasticky, and feels like it was birthed from the fever dream of...

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Apple's new research exposes the fundamental flaws in AI reasoning models, revealing why the AGI hysteria is premature when AI still can't handle basic tasks consistently.

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AGI - Apple's Reality Check on Silicon Valley's Favorite Delusion

Here's a fun party trick: next time someone breathlessly tells you we're "months away from AGI," ask them to explain why ChatGPT cited six entirely...

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Getty Images' landmark copyright lawsuit against Stability AI marks a crucial turning point for creator rights, signaling the beginning of a fairer AI ecosystem that values human creativity over algorithmic theft.

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Getty's AI Lawsuit Signals Hope

Here's a thought that might sound radical in 2025: artists deserve to get paid when their work powers billion-dollar AI companies. Revolutionary,...

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MIT's Themis AI tackles AI hallucinations with uncertainty detection—finally teaching machines to admit when they're making stuff up.

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MIT Creates Themis AI for Uncertainty Detection

While the marketing world obsesses over AI-generated content that sounds confident but lacks substance, a team of MIT researchers has been quietly...

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Google's AI Mode represents the tech giant's final transformation into a content-stealing monopoly that's systematically destroying the publisher ecosystem it depends on—and hastening its own inevitable downfall.

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Is Google's AI Mode a Digital Parasite?

We should have seen this coming when Google dropped "Don't be evil" from its code of conduct. The search giant's latest AI Mode rollout isn't...

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp's latest

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Is Alex Karp's Just AI Fearmongering?

The most dangerous person in a boardroom isn't the one plotting corporate espionage—it's the one who genuinely believes their surveillance empire...

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AI-generated summaries represent journalism's final surrender to automation over investigation—a pragmatic disaster that's replacing empirical research with algorithmic convenience while newsrooms hemorrhage talent and credibility.

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The Death of Journalism by a Thousand AI Cuts

When The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Yahoo News proudly showcase their AI-generated article summaries, they're not demonstrating...

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China's state-backed AI propaganda videos mocking Trump's tariffs represent a new low in digital diplomacy—when authoritarian regimes master internet culture better than democratic institutions, we're all in trouble.

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China's AI Propaganda Machine: When World Diplomacy Gets Weird

Nothing says "sophisticated international relations" quite like a Chinese state media outlet producing AI-generated music videos that parody Taylor...

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San Francisco partners with Stanford to use AI for cutting municipal bureaucracy, eliminating 140 redundant reporting requirements. Could this be the practical AI application government has been waiting for?

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San Francisco's AI Experiment

In a world where AI promises often feel like marketing fluff, San Francisco's City Attorney David Chiu is doing something refreshingly practical:...

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Anthropic's Claude Gov models for national security customers signal a dangerous three-tier AI system: premium government access, costly enterprise solutions, and basic consumer tools. This digital apartheid threatens democratic equality.

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Anthropic's Government Models for U.S. Security Customers

Anthropic just announced custom AI models built exclusively for U.S. national security customers. These "Claude Gov" models are "already deployed by...

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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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