I wrote about how adding 'Ask Meta AI' to the search bar of Facebook and Instagram is weird because we're used to the search bar being a place of shame -- where you go to look up your ex, not these cheerful suggestions to search for like, hobbies and garden tips. It feels wrong

Here, via Adrienne LaFrance, is Albert Brooks getting driving directions to PCH from a cow, and almost having a nervous breakdown in front of a room full of clowns.

'As with so many AI products, the R1 is fueled more by hype than by a persuasive use case,' Caroline Mimbs Nyce writes. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

NEW VIDEO - Rabbit R1: Barely Reviewable

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This is the pinnacle of a trend that's been annoying for years: Delivering barely finished products to win a 'race' and then continuing to build them after charging full price. Games, phones, cars, now AI in a box

Another AI gadget that’s selling an unrealized promise. It feels like we’ve entered an era of consumer investment in, like, Jobsian product-announcement events rather than functional hardware. Nice writeup of the Rabbit R1 by Caroline Mimbs Nyce theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

thrilled to report that i've weighed in on the TikTok ban theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

hey people of california, jerusalem got you a present!!!!

Ooookay! theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

'...in the era of endless scrolling, an author doesn’t necessarily need Winfrey’s stamp of approval. They just need TikTok.' Caroline Mimbs Nyce on the wild success of 'The Shadow Work Journal'—and the curious decision by its author to sign with Simon & Schuster theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

STAFF! WRITER! ELLEN! CUSHING! theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

I wrote about the apps for The Atlantic!

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I got the finished copies of The Light Eaters this weekend. The hardcovers beneath the jacket are parrot green. A very good object.

Preorders are 15% off on Bookshop rn, with code LOVEBOOKSELLERS. Out a month from yesterday 🪲 bookshop.org/p/books/the-li…

For a third consecutive year, The Atlantic has earned the top honor of General Excellence at the 2024 National Magazine Awards, recognizing a year of exceptional journalism and storytelling.

i've been to red lobster with julie and can confirm the enthusiasm

file under: everyone has to be an influencer now, dog rescue edition
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