A look at the rise of AI companionship apps; a researcher found 206 on Apple's App Store and 253 on Google Play, with a total of 220M+ downloads as of July 2025
1. The first trend is a decline in people using dating apps like Tinder & Bumble. — 2. The rise of AI companion (aka AI girlfriend) apps. — 3. Using ChatGPT to write messages to people you're dati...
A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app to pay $20 to $24 to manually close robotaxi doors and $60 to $80 to tow its cars
“While the Waymo Driver is designed to handle dark traffic signals as four-way stops, it may occasionally request a confirmation check to ensure it makes the safest choice.” — waymo.com/blog/2025/12...
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its X post about its €120M fine of X; X terminates the EC's ad account
to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it...
As OpenAI committed to spending ~$1.4T on data centers, it hasn't disclosed its auditor nor used an independent accountant to compile its financial statements
Just asking X: @michaeljburry , @silvermanjacob , @dariocpx , @jpatrades , @dariocpx , @michaeljburry , @samanthaladuc , @martinshkreli , and @aagresearch Bluesky: @smtuffy , @prietschka , @edzitron.c...
Empower: US BNPL use has grown to 91.5M users, with 25% financing groceries, as default rates accelerate and most loans aren't reported, creating “phantom debt”
* AI bubble — * Wall Street bitcoin — * Private equity bubble — * adding the Buy Now Pay Later bubble, which is ... largely untracked!! — techcrunch.com/2025/11/16/b... this feeds to my theor...
Bluesky says it has hit 40M users and plans to launch “dislikes” in beta to tailor content rankings and reply rankings
techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b... Dorte Hummelshøj / @dortehummelshoj : No thanks, @bsky.app! — We don't want that! We are adults, and we are able to mute or block what we don't want to see, so no cen...
Sources: OpenAI told studios that it plans to release a new version of Sora that creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out
2. I don't think copyright law works like that — www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : OpenAI realizes they don't have enough training data to compete with Google's Veo being t...
A look at Starlink's plans to launch a cellphone service that some experts say will likely remain complementary to existing networks, focusing on rural coverage
The tech entrepreneur has upended one business after another. Now he may be going after our phone networks. — Just now X: @eyup_io and @kidcandyfighter Bluesky: @dogefort and @prietschka . Mastodon...
Meta created and let users create flirty chatbots and intimate images using the names and likenesses of Taylor Swift and other celebs without their permission
This has been a persistent problem with edge content. In addition to violating content, Meta also classifies content as “borderline” and “ambiguous.” The latter two categories vastly outweigh the fi...
Q&A with David Luan, head of Amazon's AGI research lab, on leaving Adept in a reverse acquihire deal, why he believes progress on AI models has slowed, and more
Why Amazon AGI Labs chief David Luan thinks solving agents is the next ‘S-curve’ for AI. Bluesky: @prietschka . Mastodon: @jukkan@mstdn.social . Threads: @alexheath . X: @rohitprasadai . LinkedIn: Ju...