The Great Blue
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Banking on It
The news is bad. I mean that in both senses: "bad news" and "news, bad." There's been much discussion this week of Trump's "university compact," his attempt to bribe the administrations at nine universities by promising them access to funding
Without Our Consent
When I wrote last week’s round-up of “AI”-related news, I didn’t include any of OpenAI’s product releases, mostly because it’s 2025 and I’m exhausted by this game that tech companies and tech journalists continue to play: the former lobs a press release; the latter
Gone to the Dogs
Companion Specious
If you've ridden the NYC subway lately, you've seen the ads for Friend. "Largest subway campaign ever," the founder proudly posted on Instagram. Friend is (of course) an "AI" startup, another one of these "'AI' companion" services, another