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Cyberpunk non-fiction: artificial intelligence, AI glasses, spatial computing, augmented reality, virtual reality, synthetic media, extended reality, mixed reality and the future of work. Click to read Machine Society, by Mike Elgan, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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OpenAI built a safer ChatGPT, just not for you
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (AUGUST 18, 2026) - OpenAI launched a teen version of ChatGPT today. Here's why the move is an admission not only that the company is cynically serving toxic, harmful features to adults, but that it can switch them off at will a
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AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyone
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (AUGUST 12, 2026) - Early refrigerators ran on ammonia, methyl chloride, and sulfur dioxide. These gases were toxic, flammable, and deadly to families that owned refrigerators. So in 1928, Thomas Midgley Jr. solved the problem b
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Apple's war on OpenAI is really about who owns the Attachment Economy
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (AUGUST 8, 2026) - Apple is suing OpenAI, saying the company "has been stealing Apple's trade secrets and confidential information" and that it's using these "stolen trade secrets" as the foundation of its "nascent hardware busi
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The Friend AI Pendant is not a product
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (JULY 30, 2026) - A superficial glance at the Friend AI Pendant suggests another entry in the burgeoning AI hardware market. It's a wearable that gives you a virtual "friend" to confide in and maintain a relationship with. A sup
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If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (JULY 23, 2026) - 404 Media reported recently that AI companies are buying pre-AI books for training AI. One major source for book data is a company called ISBNdb, which started out as a source of book metadata for libraries and
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