2025-11-05
I've spent more money on Amazon using an AI assistant than I do normally, because I get out of “frantically reading every review” and actually making a purchase much faster. The Comet Assistant never completes an action without my approval. But sure, let's block AI assistants.
Bloomberg
Amazon sues Perplexity, accusing it of computer fraud, after sending a cease-and-desist letter demanding it stop letting Comet make purchases on users' behalf
Amazon.com Inc. is suing Perplexity AI Inc. to try and stop the startup from helping users buy items on the world's largest online marketplace …
I've spent more money on Amazon using an AI assistant than I do normally, because I get out of “frantically reading every review” and actually making a purchase much faster. The Comet Assistant never completes an action without my approval. But sure, let's block AI assistants.
CNBC
Perplexity AI accuses Amazon of “bullying” via an “aggressive legal threat” that demands it stop Comet Assistant purchases for users, who “love this experience”
The point of technology is to make life better for people. Laurent Giret / Thurrott : Amazon Sues Perplexity Over Comet's Agentic Shopping Capabilities M.G. Siegler / Spyglass : AI...
2021-02-15
Still waiting to see even one major tech or VC exec speak up and disavow this behavior. Have I missed any? https://twitter.com/...
Noahpinion
The NYT overstated the influence of both Slate Star Codex and the Rationalist community on Silicon Valley, and falsely portrayed the tech industry as right-wing
Stereotyping the tech industry as a bunch of secretive right-wingers isn't correct, and it isn't helpful. — 11 hr ago
Still waiting to see even one major tech or VC exec speak up and disavow this behavior. Have I missed any? https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Examining the links between the Rationalist community, with Slate Star Codex blog as its epicenter, and influential leaders in tech, including OpenAI's founders
even inside newsrooms. This is depraved. https://twitter.com/... Robin Hanson / @robinhanson : “The ideas they exchanged were often controversial — connected to gender, race and in...
2021-02-14
Still waiting to see even one major tech or VC exec speak up and disavow this behavior. Have I missed any? https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Examining the links between the Rationalist community, with Slate Star Codex blog as its epicenter, and influential leaders in tech, including OpenAI's founders
Slate Star Codex was a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future. Then it disappeared.