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Why the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Lots of influential people in tech last week were describing Moltbook, an online hangout populated by AI agents interacting with one another, as a glimpse into the future. It appeared to show…
Reddit Destroyed This Restaurant Over a $22 Grilled Cheese — Now It’s Out of Business
The pricey menu at Farmer’s Wife in Marin County sparked outrage that spiraled into a delgue of one-star reviews.
Anthropic brings agentic plugins to Cowork
Anthropic has extended its plugin system to operate within Cowork, the newly launched agentic platform.
Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands
Bluesky’s first transparency reports tackles moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns and more. The number of government legal requests went up by fivefold.
Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic images banned by the site, a new analysis has found. The study, from researchers at Stanford and Indiana…
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Music Publishers Say Anthropic Is ‘Built on Piracy.’ Now They’re Suing for $3 Billion.
Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group claim the AI company illegally downloaded songs, lyrics, and sheet music to train Claude.
This Pre-IPO Company Is Answering AI’s 8,000% Energy Demand
Investors may have one last chance to join ahead of their planned public listing.
Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump
Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.
Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says
The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.