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    Why Sam Altman Declared ‘Code Red’ at OpenAIWhat happens when the avatar of the AI boom loses its juice?
    By John Herrman
  2. just asking questions
    Cursor Pointing to word EXIT on a Computer Screen
    The Internet Doesn’t Have to SuckEnshittification author Cory Doctorow says specific policy choices led to today’s broken web — and could lead us out.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Reddit Wants a Lot More Money From AI CompaniesGoogle and OpenAI are building empires on Reddit’s data. The platform would like a cut, please.
    By John Herrman
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    The New Green Light for Google’s MonopolyFor a while, it seemed as though Google’s dominance might get reined in, but monopoly is now back on the menu.
    By John Herrman
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    Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI ExpectationsSam Altman is talking bubbles now, and Eric Schmidt is over the term “AGI.”
    By John Herrman
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    SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO.Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.
    By John Herrman
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    The AI Boom Is Expanding Google’s DominanceIt’s been good for Google, but at great cost to the company’s partners and the web.
    By John Herrman
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    Why You Are Reading Reddit a Lot More These Days“The front page of the web” is turning into the last refuge of the human internet. But can it survive AI?
    By John Herrman
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    Big Tech Is Making Big Money. Time for More Layoffs?Working for the tech giants used to be considered a lucrative, super-stable career. Those days are over.
    By John Herrman
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    Google Is Burying the Web AliveAI, chatbots, and the end of the link economy.
    By John Herrman
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    What Would a Post-Google Google Look Like?Alphabet’s latest filings offer a few clues about how it can be successful without depending on AI everything.
    By John Herrman
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    How AI Made the Future UnthinkableAdvanced artificial intelligence will change everything, we are told. Do we get a say?
    By John Herrman
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    Why TikTok’s Legal Purgatory Is a Tech-Sector NightmareThe only reason U.S. companies can still do business with TikTok is because Trump says he won’t enforce the law. It also gives him leverage.
    By John Herrman
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    AI Ate the Web. Now It’s Coming Back for Seconds.What “deep research” tells us about the future of AI — and the internet.
    By John Herrman
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    Is Google Eating Reddit?The Google-Reddit partnership has definitely been mutually beneficial, but it’s also showing signs of strain.
    By John Herrman
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    Big Tech’s Other Big Battle Is for the BoxThe tech giants all say they’re chasing AGI, but they’re also fighting over something we all use that’s already here.
    By John Herrman
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    Why YouTube Should Cut Off Its ThumbnailsThe platform is testing a ban on “egregious” clickbait titles and thumbnails. Why not go all the way?
    By John Herrman
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    Why the Government’s Google Breakup Plan Is Such a Big DealCleaving off Chrome could reset the web as we know it.
    By John Herrman
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    Democrats Are Massively Outspending Republicans on Social MediaIt’s not even close — $182 million to just $45 million, according to one new estimate.
    By John Herrman
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    Why Reddit Is Blowing UpThe social media site is making money and growing fast. It can thank new search traffic.
    By John Herrman
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    The Rise of the Self-Clicking ComputerAI agents would like access to your mouse — and all of your data — please.
    By John Herrman
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    What If Google’s Biggest Problem Isn’t AI?While Google is scrambling to catch up on AI, Amazon is carving off a big slice of its core business.
    By John Herrman
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    New York City Marks 23rd Anniversary Of September 11, 2001 Attacks
    How Tall Is J.D. Vance Really?He’s 6’2” — saved you the click.
    By Matt Stieb
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    AI Wants to Be FreeOr at least very, very cheap.
    By John Herrman
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    How Do You Break Up a Company Like Google?A federal-court ruling has made that question real. Is it into two pieces … or into 20?
    By John Herrman
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    The Future Will Be BriefWhat happens when AI summarizes everything we do and say?
    By John Herrman
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    2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field - Day 10
    Google Pulls AI Olympics Commercial That Everyone HatedNo one liked the search engine’s one weird trick to writing fan mail.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Why Won’t Google Auto-complete ‘Trump Assassination Attempt’?Welcome to the rich tradition of politically charged questions around this search feature.
    By John Herrman
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    Reddit, Google, and the Real Cost of the AI Data RushThe open web is getting walled off.
    By John Herrman
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    The Internet’s Biggest MysteryHow many regular users do the likes of Facebook, Youtube, and Netflix even have anymore?
    By John Herrman
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    How Siri Made Apple Cautious About AIThe company is still trying to make good on a vision of a personal assistant offered in 2011.
    By John Herrman
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    Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s FaceThe search giant advised us to eat glue and rocks and maybe even try walking off a cliff. The gaffes are part of a much bigger story.
    By John Herrman
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    Google Is About to Change the Whole Internet — AgainThe company’s all-in investment in AI.
    By John Herrman
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    Google Is Staring Down Its First Serious Threats in YearsThe search giant now faces three simultaneous challenges: government regulators, real competition, and itself.
    By John Herrman
  35. social studies
    How Gmail Became Our DiaryRebecca Makkai, Paul Murray, and other authors dig through their email archives on the 20th anniversary of Google’s other flagship product.
    By The Editors
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    How Product Recommendations Broke GoogleAnd ate the internet in the process.
    By John Herrman
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    Can Reddit Survive Its IPO?The company wants to sell shares to users and user data to Google. Redditors might have other ideas.
    By John Herrman
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    AI Companies Are Getting the Culture War They DeserveGoogle’s new image generator is yet another half-baked AI tool that is practically designed to provoke controversy.
    By John Herrman
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    Google’s New AI-Powered Browser Could Mark the End of the Human InternetLess a place of words written by people, more one of words generated by bots.
    By John Herrman
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    The Vision Pro’s Biggest Problem Is AppleNobody wants to lend a hand to the richest tech company on earth.
    By John Herrman
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    How Big Tech Companies Really Think About AIWe’re learning a lot from what tech companies’ lawyers argue in response to the many lawsuits they face over their voracious AI models.
    By John Herrman
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    The AI Chatbot Assistants Are Here. Do We Actually Want Them?Sometimes I just want to use my computer, not tell it what to do.
    By John Herrman
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    How AI Will Change the News Business: 3 TheoriesThe media industry is panicky. The tech companies are opaque. But some scenarios are starting to take shape.
    By John Herrman
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    Is ChatGPT Getting Dumber?Many early users say so. But maybe the AI bot is just done with them.
    By John Herrman
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    Will Google’s AI Plans Destroy the Media?The new bot-generated content is ominous for digital publishers. But the search giant might have a reason to pull back.
    By John Herrman
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    Is AI Coming for Coders First?The tech industry is running a big experiment on itself.
    By John Herrman
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    Will ChatGPT Become Your Everything App?The announcement of an app store for the AI chat interface reveals the scale of OpenAI’s ambitions.
    By John Herrman
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    The Nightmare of AI-Powered Gmail Has ArrivedIt’ll write your emails for you and read them, too. What could go wrong?
    By John Herrman
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    Google and Bing Are a Mess. Will AI Solve Their Problems?This new era of search is a story about automation. But it’s also a story about corporate choices.
    By John Herrman
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    AI Art Is Here and the World Is Already DifferentWork, communication, and even thought change when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.
    By John Herrman
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