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"I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that postmortem."
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From AI appropriation to browsers that evade monetization, the foundations of the Internet teeter
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The Mop-Up #3: MoP Fixes the News Business
"I don’t know, but I am not ready to leave our democracy in the hands of citizen journalists on TikTok."
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MoP #6: The Murky and Evolving Ethics of AI
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"It’s about believing your own hype, which, untreated, can lead to acute ego-monster syndrome."
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MoP #5: The Future of AI News Can Be Found In the Past
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Ironically, I’m writing this particular post in the default 'notes' app on Mac.
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MoP #4: Believing in Spite of Everything, With Mike Fisher
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Something of a crisis for a company that needs you to, uh, read things.