The things we’re building now
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The $900 billion reason Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei keeps talking about AI taking away millions of jobs
nthropic CEO Dario Amodei keeps predicting that AI will trigger mass unemployment on a global scale. But with…
Will human minds still be special in an age of AI? | Books
Until recently, we humans have been able to be smug about our abilities. No other animals play boardgames,…
Mystery sitter in Holbein portrait could be Anne Boleyn, AI analysis finds | Hans Holbein
They are two small sketches by the Renaissance master Hans Holbein: one has long been considered to be…
How A.I. Is Transforming China’s Entertainment Industry
When Li Jiao’e moved to Hengdian, a major filming hub in eastern China, in 2024, he had only…
I use OpenCode over Claude Code, and it’s every bit as good
Before AI came into the picture, I’d rarely hear non-developers talk about building their own apps, tools, or…
AI chatbot fraud: the ‘gift card’ subcription that may cost you dear | Scams
David Duggan* was so impressed with the ability of the Claude chatbot to answer medical questions and organise…
How to roll your own local AI coding agents • The Register
With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing, that…
Mac Mini Starting Price Jumps to $799 As AI Demand Grows
Apple’s “most affordable Mac” just got more expensive. Loading audio narration… The starting price for the Mac Mini…
Nemotron Labs: What OpenClaw Agents Mean for Every Organization
Editor’s note: This post is part of the Nemotron Labs blog series, which explores how the latest open…
How Shivon Zilis Operated as Elon Musk’s OpenAI Insider
As the first week of trial in Musk v. Altman comes to a close, one person has emerged…
The unstoppable AI train, pain on the ASX and the RBA’s wicked problem
May 1, 2026 – 5.48pm This week on the Chanticleer podcast, James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain why…