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News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.
Platformer
• Casey Newton
As more details emerge about OpenAI's cyberattack against Hugging Face, lawmakers are taking an interest. PLUS: Meta's cynical new ad + "pervert glasses" damage control
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• Casey Newton
Glaze's Thomas Paul Mann on disposable software, the SaaS apocalypse, and why half the software you use in a few years will be something you made. PLUS: OpenAI's rogue model, and the distillation debate
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• Casey Newton
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 is very good — but the hype may be getting ahead of reality. (For now.)
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• Casey Newton
The Verge's David Pierce kicks off our new series on staying productive in the AI era — starting with why you should stop trying to stay ahead
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• Casey Newton
200 economists and AI leaders say something big is happening. What should we do about it? Plus: Apple sues OpenAI
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• Casey Newton
GPT-5.6 impresses the critics, but Fidji Simo's exit leaves OpenAI's focus — and its org chart — in flux. PLUS: Meta plays catch-up, and the "AI 2027" authors present "AI 2040."
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• Casey Newton
Adventures with Raycast’s new app-making app, Glaze
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• Casey Newton
How a recent talk by researcher Candice Odgers explains why ban critics are losing
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• Casey Newton
AI's externalities are growing faster than the industry can address them
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• Casey Newton
Matt Garman argues that junior employees are as necessary as ever. But AWS now sells agents that can recruit, code, and process claims. Will the balance hold?
Platformer
• Casey Newton
And yes, AI is a factor. Replika and Wabi founder Eugenia Kuyda on how advances in coding changed her hiring calculus
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• Casey Newton
Highlights from Hard Fork Live, including Figma CEO Dylan Field on why design isn’t dead
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• Casey Newton
Brookings Institution researcher Molly Kinder on why she's leaving her job to create solution for AI's "messy middle." PLUS: Claude Fable arrives
Platformer
• Casey Newton
After hundreds of users submitted public comments, the board says it's clear the company has a problem
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards isn't worried AI will create a new class of permanently idle Americans — but argues it's still time for the government to fix the social safety net
Platformer
• Casey Newton
After months of uncertainty, the company's oversight body has a new lifeline
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• Casey Newton
Anthropic's Boris Cherny tells me major job loss due to automation really is coming — but job creation is, too. PLUS: the Pope's AI encyclical, and Trump abandons an AI executive order
Platformer
• Casey Newton
At Google I/O, new features bring AI agents into the inbox and YouTube in ways that further strain the relationship between publishers and platforms
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• Casey Newton
Tasks are getting easier to automate — jobs aren't. What now?
Platformer
• Ella Markianos
Musk vows to appeal; the judge vows to throw that case out, too
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• Casey Newton
A new report says X is resurgent — but it may be missing the bigger picture
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• Casey Newton
In the first episode of the Platformer podcast, Box CEO Aaron Levie makes the case that you'll keep your job — but soon, you might not recognize it
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Elon Musk had lots of reasons to make a deal with Anthropic — but he wouldn’t have done it if he were ahead. PLUS: The incredible testimony of Shivon Zilis, and a big new study on school phone bans
Platformer
• Casey Newton
A year ago, officials all but sneered at the idea of AI safety. A new frontier model has them reconsidering
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• Casey Newton
Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one of the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial
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• Casey Newton
On newsletters in the age of AI automation. PLUS: Musk and OpenAI in court, and China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition
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• Casey Newton
Invasive monitoring and a fresh round of layoffs have workers I spoke to on edge. Is this the future of knowledge work?
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• Casey Newton
PLUS: Everyone has feelings about Tim Cook
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• Casey Newton
Tech companies hope a check in the mail will calm the AI backlash — but there are reasons for skepticism
Platformer
• Ella Markianos
New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why?
