Weekly roundup
Roundup: Will generative AI have many long-term benefits?
Read to the end for a fun Clippy meme!
Zuckerberg wants to control the next platform—no matter what it is
The Meta CEO’s embrace of open source is nothing more than an opportunistic move
Roundup: Who helped Elon Musk buy Twitter?
Read to the end for one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard
Sam Altman doesn’t care about you
The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich
Roundup: Eric Schmidt says the quiet part out loud
Read to the end for a disastrous Peter Thiel interview
What comes after the AI crash?
The end of the boom won’t end generative AI’s harms
Roundup: Don't buy the "Zuckessance"
Read to the end for a forthcoming tech book you might like
The Google monopoly ruling won’t save the internet
More competition won’t be enough to dismantle Silicon Valley’s power
Roundup: How tech is trying to shape the Kamala Harris agenda
Read to the end for some insight on the supply chains behind Amazon
Peter Thiel’s influence over a network of Lord of the Rings-inspired companies
The tech billionaire can’t stop naming companies after Tolkien’s fantasy world
Roundup: Elon Musk is a terrible person
Read to the end for Donald Trump’s appearance at the Bitcoin conference
Elon Musk doesn't care about kids. He cares about demographics.
The billionaire CEO told Jordan Peterson his trans daughter is “dead” to him because she can no longer reproduce
Roundup: NYT's SpaceX stenography
Read to the end for a furry ally in the Luddite resistance