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Generative AI is a climate disaster
Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share
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Roundup: Uber's war on workers' rights continues
Read to the end for wild AI statements by tech’s thought leaders
Amazon
Amazon's disastrous plan to emulate Temu
The ecommerce giant is continuing a race to the bottom for workers and the environment
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Roundup: OpenAI says some artistic jobs shouldn’t exist
Read to the end for a good overview of failing social media platforms
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Roundup: Elon gets the green light to loot Tesla
Read to the end for a video game finding getting rid of landlords solves the rent crisis
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Silicon Valley’s unlikely ally to defend generative AI
Anti-copyright activists fought the film and music industries. Now they’re fighting artists who want to stop generative AI.
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Apple hopes AI will make you buy a new iPhone
The company’s mundane features confirm the generative AI hype is rapidly waning
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Roundup: Is this peak AI hype?
Read to the end for Elon Musk admitting he’s a fascist
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Roundup: Elon Musk’s naive plan to end global water shortages
Read to the end for a fun AI meme
Media
Kara Swisher's story about Sam Altman is falling apart
The supposed hard-hitting journalist was peddling Altman’s narrative during his ouster from OpenAI
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Roundup: Pronatalists who defend hitting kids
Read to the end for Elon Musk potentially revealing another of his burner accounts on Twitter
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Scarlett Johansson can’t escape tech exploitation
OpenAI grabbing her voice is just the latest scandal that demands a regulatory response