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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 1d

💯 theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 2d

This probably the wrong person to let your video generator run wild with, and perhaps the likeness best equipped to take legal action. www.theguardian.com/film/2015/ma...

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 7d

Do it!

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 7d

@bransonreese.bsky.social A friend of mine is a high school teacher and he recently sent me this text: "Just got shamed by a student for saying 'the Deftones' instead of 'Deftones'. I will never recover."

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 12d

i don’t name them because I always forget if the K or R is backwards and don’t want to embarrass myself.

(It’s the Я)

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 14d

Generalissimo Hospital once sold me some fake car insurance paperwork.

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CNG @cloudnativegeo.org · 16d

Mark your calendars!
In this #podcast, @jed.co and @dbreunig.bsky.social will use Drew's blog post – "Why LLM advancements have slowed: The low-hanging fruit has been eaten – as a starting point for their conversation. Read the post here:
www.dbreunig.com/2024/12/05/w...

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 17d

this question and answer is wild considering this was like strip 5: swanboy.com/comic/swan-b...

Swan Boy Goes to the Release for the 33 1/3 for 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

Visit the post for more.

swanboy.com

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 18d

It's always been a "power object" that people imbue with whatever signal they want. Best to avoid.

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CNG @cloudnativegeo.org · 20d

🆕 #CNG2025 session video
The live webinar has ended, but the conversation continues! In this talk, @dbreunig.bsky.social explains why our definitions of location are fragmented and how we can standardize "place" like we did time
▶️ youtu.be/stiYfBB0KC8

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 25d

When a new use case arrives (chat, deep research, browsers), AI companies school like fish towards it. Blue oceans turn red in a year or so.

What can we learn from this pattern?

www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/13/t...

AI Companies School Like Fish

Markets for new AI use cases turn from blue oceans to red oceans in under 18 months. Start-ups need to go niche or have one helluva plan.

www.dbreunig.com

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 26d

This is too funny: what3words pivots to AI: what3words.com/products/pro

what3words Pro AI tools: AI Chat, Voice Chat, Import & Scan

Explore Pro’s powerful AI tools & features that make it fast & effortless to use precise locations: AI Chat, Voice Chat, Import Files & Enhanced Scan.

what3words.com

Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 27d

I like that angle.

Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · 28d

Will you be sharing the slides or talk anywhere? This challenge (explain LMs to lay people in a constructive way) is a bit of a white whale of mine and I’d love to see someone else’s take.

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Sep 7

Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am *very* curious how/if the notoriously designed-by-engineers Atlassian will accommodate The Browser Company's design culture.

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Sep 4

Surprise?

The Verge @theverge.com · Sep 4

The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia, is being acquired

The company behind the Dia and Arc browsers is being acquired

$610 million is a pretty big number for a web browser

buff.ly

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Sep 3

GOAT. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time

After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series

www.bbc.co.uk

Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Sep 3

Chatbots may be incompatible with ads as we know them. What options are there? www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/02/c...

Chatbots Aren’t Built for Ads

How do you add advertising to a tool used to make decisions?

www.dbreunig.com

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Sep 1

My monthly newsletter, wrapping up August's writing, just went out. Unintentionally, this is very much a Labor Day issue, with a few articles about AI's impact on work and workers: buttondown.com/dbreunig/arc...

Thinking About AI Jobs on Labor Day

A labor day themed issue, featuring several posts about how AI changes work and workers.

buttondown.com

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Sep 1

KPop Demon Hunters’ success is a strong argument against the other two headlines.

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Aug 31

And thankfully, that song has less than 200k views in 3 weeks. Currently it's novel because it's AI, not because it's good. And that'll fade soon. I wrote about it a bit here: www.dbreunig.com/2025/07/25/a...

A Comedy Writer on How AI Changes Her Field

Kenneth Cukier and Eleanor Warnock recently launched a newsletter about AI’s affect on writing and writers, Chief Word Officer. Their recent issue is an interview with comedy writer Madeleine Bretting...

www.dbreunig.com

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Aug 31

My hope is that this is similar to the "curation" buzz that occurred in the early 2010s, at the height of BoingBoing and Brain Pickings, where there was a bit of a push to treat bloggers who found stuff like artists. Thankfully, that never caught on.

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Drew Breunig @dbreunig.bsky.social · Aug 31

I dislike this and hope it will pass. Every time someone waxes about AI creating content, I ask if they know how many songs were released on Spotify this week? Or bandcamp? How many comics were published just to Comixology? How many streaming episodes launched?

The problem is discovery.

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