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Claude Code for writers
Five useful things I’ve built so far. Plus: Grok caves, and Thinking Machines implodes
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January 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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What I learned while cloning my own voice
Announcing Platformer+, a new way to listen to our columns
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January 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Grok gets blocked
More than a week into a deepfake scandal, a handful of foreign governments have found the strength to do what Apple, Google, and the United States will not
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January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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The project that turned me into a Claude Code believer
I feel great about the website I’m building — and terrible for professional website builders. PLUS: Who will stop Grok? And ChatGPT will see you now
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January 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Inside the debate over AI consciousness
At ConCon, researchers and tech workers debate whether future systems could develop an inner life — and how you would know if they did
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January 7, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
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January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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11 predictions for 2026
PLUS: What I got right (and wrong) about 2025
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December 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Spotify is part of the trade war now
The US is retaliating against the EU after it fined X — and now some of Europe's biggest companies are caught in the crossfire
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December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Meta's scam problem may trigger a legal reckoning
A fresh investigation reveals the scope of Meta's problem in China. Will a pending court case force the company to crack down — or destroy Section 230?
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December 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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OpenAI is a normal company now
A decade years in, what started as a sci-fi lab is now focused on engagement and growth. What does that mean for building AI safely?
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December 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Australia kicks the kids off social media
How social networks lost the argument. PLUS: All worked up over Nvidia's H200
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December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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How X made the EU's case for it
By banning an ad account on a flimsy pretext, X demonstrated the exact behavior that led the European Union to fine it. PLUS: The state AI law moratorium is back, and the Paramount-Netflix fight
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December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Where Meta's biggest experiment in governance went wrong
Five years after the Oversight Board's creation, few are satisfied with the result. Can it be saved?
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December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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How researchers reversed polarization on X with a simple change to the algorithm
A new study offers evidence for what we’ve long suspected: rage bait is distorting our politics. PLUS: The David Sacks discourse, and Claude Opus 4.5 debuts
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December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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AI is winning the copyright fight
Why music labels are folding in their cases against AI startups
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November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Roblox is a problem — but it’s a symptom of something worse
What is the role of tech journalism in a world where CEOs no longer feel shame?
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November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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How Trump is converting Republicans to AI safety
His new push for a state moratorium on AI regulation has the right talking like effective altruists. PLUS: the EU backtracks on AI and privacy, and Grok loves Elon
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November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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The simple test that blew up the FTC's case against Meta
How one experiment defined the social networking market better than the government did. PLUS: Gemini 3 arrives
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November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The California law that has platforms shaking
The state says ranking algorithms aren't protected by the First Amendment — and judges are starting to agree. PLUS: An OpenAI-powered toy breaks bad, and Jeff Bezos has a new AI company
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November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Spotify's doppelgänger problem
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place
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November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Europe might cave on privacy protections
The bloc's leaders seem increasingly convinced AI regulations are harming its competitiveness. Are they right? PLUS: Another wave of ChatGPT lawsuits
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November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Meta has a scam problem
The company's own projections showed up to 10 percent of its revenue could come from scams, according to a new leak. PLUS: OpenAI's "backstop" controversy
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November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Amazon gets hit by a Comet
How Perplexity's smash-and-grab tactics are clouding the future of AI agents
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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The Bluesky exodus, one year later
The company has 40 million users and big plans for the future. So why don't its users seem happy? PLUS: The NEO Home Robot goes viral + Ilya Sutskever's surprising deposition
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November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Character.AI cuts off teens from their companions
It's the first big developer to say AI companions aren't safe for under-18s. Will others follow?
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October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM