Zillow Has Gone Wild—for AI
This will not be a banner year for the real estate app Zillow. “We describe the home market…
The Only Thing Standing Between Humanity and AI Apocalypse Is … Claude?
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After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent
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The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up
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6 Scary Predictions for AI in 2026
When OpenAI declared a “code red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I couldn’t…
There Is Only One AI Company. Welcome to the Blob
It all began, as many things do, with Elon Musk. In the early 2010s he realized that AI…
Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap?
I recently vacationed in Italy. As one does these days, I ran my itinerary past GPT-5 for sightseeing…
I Wasn’t Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now
A billion dollars isn’t what it used to be—but it still focuses the mind. At least it did…