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OpenAI built a safer ChatGPT, just not for you
OpenAI’s new “teen” version is an admission by the company that it knows its chatbot is harmful and knows how to make it less harmful. It also knows…
Aug 18
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AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyone
One person's AI-fueled productivity causes extra work for everyone else. It's time to stop the delusional thinking about AI.
Aug 12
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Apple's war on OpenAI is really about who owns the Attachment Economy
Both Apple and OpenAI want to demo desktop robots this year and ship early next year. It's a race between Apple engineers who stayed and Apple engineers…
Aug 8
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Mike Elgan
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July 2026
The Friend AI Pendant is not a product
It’s part of an art project, and the “canvas” is capitalism.
Jul 30
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If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?
AI companies expect us to consume AI-generated content, even though they themselves vastly prefer human-generated content for training AI models.
Jul 23
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How AI makes people confidently wrong
The accuracy of people using AI drops by one-third, but their certainty that they’re right more than doubles.
Jul 20
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Amazon invents the Attachment Economy bait-and-switch
Amazon’s first great innovation was the ability to subtly lure people into dependence for eCommerce. Now they’re doing it again with attachment.
Jul 18
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Why "maxxing" is made for social media and terrible for real life
Let's try to minimize our "maxxing," mkay?
Jul 17
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Mike Elgan
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OpenAI’s first hardware device will be a portable desktop robot
OpenAI’s first-ever hardware device will be a battery powered, “humanlike” AI smart speaker designed to compete in the new Attachment Economy.
Jul 14
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Rise of the 'slop zombies'
Corporate America and the wider world of work are suffering from a pandemic of AI-pilled slop zombies infected with brain rot and unearned confidence.
Jul 10
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Driving in Europe feels like a dystopian sci-fi novel
When you get behind the wheel in the EU, Big Brother is Always Watching You.
Jul 9
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June 2026
Gen Z’s AI problem isn’t about AI
The generation that distrusts everything and everyone found one place to converse without judgement or consequence.
Jun 29
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