Even as tariffs loom, big tech companies still plan to splash tons of money on AI infrastructure. But the return they’re getting on these moonshot investments should give you pause. In numbers, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Amazon combined will spend more than $270 billion in capital expenditures to build AI data centers in 2025 alone, according… Continue reading The Amount Amazon Is Actually Making on AI Will Make Your Eyebrows Raise Dramatically
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Harvard Professor Quietly Gives His Lab Workers His Entire Salary Every Year
As billionaire tech moguls ravish public research funds and startups siphon knowledge workers into pie-in-the-sky venture capitalist schemes, one professor has found his own key to innovation: scientists who are able to do crucial lab work without going broke. David Liu is a chemistry professor and director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare… Continue reading Harvard Professor Quietly Gives His Lab Workers His Entire Salary Every Year
You’ll Die Inside When You Hear How Trump’s Education Secretary Pronounces “AI”
It seems like president Donald Trump’s secretary of education Linda McMahon needs a primer on artificial intelligence. During an education summit organized by Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the 76-year-old Trump appointee and former professional wrestling promoter repeatedly pronounced “AI” as “A1,” the name of a popular steak sauce produced by Kraft Heinz. The baffling appearance… Continue reading You’ll Die Inside When You Hear How Trump’s Education Secretary Pronounces “AI”
Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky
It seems the only thing Bluesky hates more than Donald Trump is brands that promote artificial intelligence — and Adobe, the makers of Photoshop and Acrobat, had to find that out the hard way. Earlier this week, the Photoshop and Acrobat-maker posted an innocuous-enough introduction on its new account in an effort, like other brands… Continue reading Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky
Sam Altman Says Miyazaki Just Needs to Get Over It
In the wake of OpenAI releasing its new server-melting image generator that went viral for creating soulless simulacra of Studio Ghibli-style illustrations, CEO Sam Altman is slamming the haters — including, it seems, the man whose art he’s cribbing. During an interview with tech founder and YouTuber Arun Mayya, Altman dismissed newly-resurfaced criticisms from Studio… Continue reading Sam Altman Says Miyazaki Just Needs to Get Over It
Trump Believes Entire iPhones Can Be Manufactured in America
Smartphones are hard to make. Like, really hard. So hard, in fact, that Apple’s Tim Cook once admitted it takes 30,000 Chinese engineers overseeing some 700,000 workers just to make iPhone manufacturing economically feasible. Though the US has no such labor force, let alone engineering capacity, Donald Trump and his band of minions keep insisting that we… Continue reading Trump Believes Entire iPhones Can Be Manufactured in America
Tech CEOs Bent Over Backwards for Trump and Their “Reward” Has Been Horrible
Tech CEOs spent millions of dollars on donations to president Donald Trump’s campaign and inauguration, and by bending the knee after he was elected. But instead of facing a reinvigorated and less regulated tech market in return, they’ve instead gotten a kick in the teeth. As the New York Times reports, Trump’s disastrous tariff war… Continue reading Tech CEOs Bent Over Backwards for Trump and Their “Reward” Has Been Horrible
Trump Tells Justice Department to Just Let Crypto Fraud Slide
The Trump administration’s Justice Department has been directed to disband a team of prosecutors who’d been investigating cryptocurrency crimes. In a memo, deputy attorney general Todd Blanche argued that the “Department of Justice is not a digital assets regulator,” accusing Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden of using the department to “pursue a reckless strategy of regulation… Continue reading Trump Tells Justice Department to Just Let Crypto Fraud Slide
Quartz Fires All Writers After Move to AI Slop
The cursed pattern continues: following a baffling and error-ridden turn to AI content, the once-acclaimed business publication Quartz has been sold off and its editorial team almost entirely axed — making it the latest media brand to see low-quality AI use precede mass layoffs. As the business publication’s cofounder Zach Seward, who now leads editorial AI… Continue reading Quartz Fires All Writers After Move to AI Slop
China Creates Mocking AI Video of Average Americans Working in Garment Factory
As Americans fret about what their future looks like amidst Donald Trump’s heightening trade wars, the people of China have a suggestion: get used to sweatshops. A wild AI-generated post depicting schlubby Americans toiling in dingy factories has gone viral on Chinese social media before leaking out onto US trending tabs. It pokes fun at… Continue reading China Creates Mocking AI Video of Average Americans Working in Garment Factory