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Google Crashes, But It Won’t Burn.
Here I was planning a perfectly lazy Friday, but Google had to go and sh*t the bed. Given I wrote a book that came out right after the company went public, I can’t ignore the fact that GOOG just dropped more than 12 percent yesterday – erasing nearly half a TRILLION dollars from…
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DOC 2026: Science on the Brink
It’s taken me a few days to recover from the crescendo that was DOC last week. Planning and executing a magical three-day gathering of 300+ brilliant scientists, investors, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders is both exhausting and exhilarating. It’s a bit like throwing a wedding,…
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DOC Is Next Week!
When I don’t post for a while, I start to get antsy. There’s so much to talk about in the world I usually cover, but in the past few weeks, I’ve had precious little time to sit with it and think. There’s a good reason for my lack of posting: The third annual DOC … Continue…
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The AI Narrative Has Shifted
Good Lord, where do we start? The narrative driving AI these past few weeks has been operatic, and true to form, it’s building toward a frenzied crescendo. But what kind of opera are we living inside? Is it Tragedy? Semiseria? Farce? Perhaps it’s all three. To review, we’ve…
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In Defense of Writing (and Reading, and Conversation)
Not often does a New York Times’ OpEd rouse me to respond – but this one certainly did: I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think. The author, Joe Cruz, is the chair of the philosophy department and the program on cognitive science at Williams College. He…
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Get An Agent Who Works For You
Well, it’s finally happening. The long awaited “agent revolution” is here, in the form of Muse, Meta’s two-week-old entry into the AI platform wars. The early reviews are in, and they’re quite positive (“blown away!” gushed the Times). Muse quickly hit No. 1 in app store…
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On Suleyman’s Conjecture: Should AI Have Rights?
Of all the think pieces, manifestos, hand wringing, and news analysis I’ve read about AI threats and opportunities, the one piece that feels critical to consider is a plea from Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. Its subhead lays out its core argument: “AIs do not have…
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Google Has Lapped ChatGPT. Now What?
You’ve noticed it, but maybe you’ve not thought too hard about it. Over the past few months, your Google search habits have changed. What was once mostly call and response – query, results, click, repeat – is now more of a conversation. If you’re anything like me, you’ve started…
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AI Data Dustups, Bond Market Tremors, and Whatever Muse Is
I might just have to make a weekly news roundup part of the regular rotation here, as once again the noteworthy stories crowding my inbox are so numerous this morning I feel compelled to comment on each of them in turn. If you hate roundups, skip this post – but here are the top…
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Comparing OpenAI’s Ad Platform to Early Google and Facebook Growth
Watching OpenAI promote its ads business puts me in something of a nostalgic mood. When I saw OpenAI’s thirsty announcement this week proclaiming a billion-dollar revenue run rate in its advertising business, I had myself something of a chuckle. We’ve seen this movie before – I…