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• Sam Altman says 'yes,' AI is in a bubble


• Is the A.I. Sell-off the Start of Something Bigger?


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• How to use "skibidi" and other new slang added to Cambridge Dictionary


• YouTube Is Making a Play to Host the Oscars


• Leobait: Resisting AI Solutionism through Workplace Collective Action


• So ... is AI writing any good?


• Project Indigo


• We used AI to analyse three cities. It's true: we now walk more quickly and socialise less

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