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Blood in the Machine

AI as the new avatar of American capitalism (opens in new tab)

Covers 12 stories including Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low MoraleCovered by 7 sources including Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow), TechCrunch

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Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale

Discussed on Hacker News, r/TrueReddit, and r/technology

Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution’

Discussed on Hacker News and r/technology

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

Discussed on Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/artificial, and r/technology

The fight against AI data centers isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy | Astra Taylor and Saul Levin

I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI

Discussed on Hacker News, r/Longreads, r/longform, and r/technology

washingtonpost.com·

Anthropic ‘destructively’ scanned millions of books to build Claude

Discussed on Hacker News

🌻 AI populism's warning shots

The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction

Discussed on Hacker News

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How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company

Discussed on Hacker News and r/singularity

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A.I Populism Is Here. And No One Is Ready.

Covered in 7 articles

Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)·

Pluralistic: Making sense of Trump’s unscheduled sudden midair disassembly of the American empire (16 May 2026)

If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI

naked capitalism·

Links 5/18/2026

The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence

The Present Age·

A Seat on the Rocket Ship

Monday 18 May,2026

Do Not Research·

Hello, World3

Discussed on Substack