A five-year scenario about AI and Europe's impending slide into irrelevance, with a 2034 epilogue that describes how the collapse of the European model could have been prevented.

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For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

The US government has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States.

Poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack

The European Commission has responded to Apple's announcement that Siri AI will not launch in the EU, saying the decision is entirely Apple's and that the company sought an exemption from its legal…

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Someone shared a real Monet painting as an AI image and asked for critiques as to why AI art is inferior to the real thing. Hilarity ensued.

The American drawdown is a cultural divorce as well as a military one.

A blog about software craft and quality

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Firefox team doesn’t think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition.

I tried Claude Design yesterday and I have a theory for how this whole thing shakes out.

Trump’s venal persona and his war on Iran will do untold damage to America’s ability to make a positive difference in the world

Google, Meta, and Perplexity accused of sharing millions of chats to increase ad revenue.