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In a surprise, Meta increases funding to the Oversight Board
by Casey Newton on May 28, 2026
After months of uncertainty, the company's oversight body has a new lifeline
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Claude Code's creator on the end of the software engineer
by Casey Newton on May 27, 2026
Anthropic's Boris Cherny tells me major job loss due to automation really is coming — but job creation is, too. PLUS: the Pope's AI encyclical, and Trump abandons an AI executive order
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Is the web being summarized to death?
by Casey Newton on May 22, 2026
At Google I/O, new features bring AI agents into the inbox and YouTube in ways that further strain the relationship between publishers and platforms
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Google's James Manyika is betting that doomers are wrong about AI and jobs
by Casey Newton on May 19, 2026
Tasks are getting easier to automate — jobs aren't. What now?
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Are the Twitter clones in trouble?
by Casey Newton on May 15, 2026
A new report says X is resurgent — but it may be missing the bigger picture
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The best argument I’ve heard for why AI won't take your job
by Casey Newton on May 13, 2026
In the first episode of the Platformer podcast, Box CEO Aaron Levie makes the case that you'll keep your job — but soon, you might not recognize it
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Did xAI just concede the AI race?
by Casey Newton on May 8, 2026
Elon Musk had lots of reasons to make a deal with Anthropic — but he wouldn’t have done it if he were ahead. PLUS: The incredible testimony of Shivon Zilis, and a big new study on school phone bans
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The Trump administration's AI doomer moment
by Casey Newton on May 6, 2026
A year ago, officials all but sneered at the idea of AI safety. A new frontier model has them reconsidering
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We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is
by Casey Newton on May 1, 2026
Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one of the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial
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How we're shaking up Platformer for the AI era
by Casey Newton on April 28, 2026
On newsletters in the age of AI automation. PLUS: Musk and OpenAI in court, and China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition
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The week that Meta employees became training data
by Casey Newton on April 24, 2026
Invasive monitoring and a fresh round of layoffs have workers I spoke to on edge. Is this the future of knowledge work?
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Following: Trump says Anthropic is “shaping up”
by Casey Newton on April 22, 2026
PLUS: Everyone has feelings about Tim Cook
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Why UBI is making a comeback
by Casey Newton on April 21, 2026
Tech companies hope a check in the mail will calm the AI backlash — but there are reasons for skepticism
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Sam Altman’s second thoughts
by Casey Newton on April 14, 2026
OpenAI’s CEO is asking the public to lower the temperature on AI. But who turned it up in the first place?
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Meta has a new model
by Casey Newton on April 10, 2026
Nine months after an expensive overhaul, the company says it's back in the AI race — but the race keeps getting faster






