AI spent the week living its best contradiction — warning about bubbles while blowing them bigger, reading our minds while missing the point, and turning the US government into a venture capitalist. Silicon Valley has discovered you can have your cake, eat it too, and warn everyone the cake is poisoned. Welcome to the future, where nothing makes sense but everything costs billions.
SAYING ONE THING, DOING ANOTHER
Altman Yells "Fire" While Pouring Gas as OpenAI's CEO warns investors AI is definitely a bubble where "phenomenal" money will vanish, while simultaneously seeking a $500 billion valuation. OpenAI Locks the Back Door by warning investors against "unauthorized" methods to buy stakes, protecting their bubble from the wrong kind of speculation.
PRIVACY'S FINAL FRONTIER
Stanford Cracks Mind Reading with a brain-computer interface that decodes your inner monologue, immediately realizing they've opened Pandora's Box and scrambling to add safeguards. Google Confesses Energy Sins by revea…
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