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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Dr Alex Wibberley explaining how and why his YouTube channel has become popular. He refutes the wild claims he is AI. He built his own studio (in a barn!), prepared for a year, has been consistent in his release schedule, tests and tests... www.youtube.com/watch?v=huBL... #AlexWibberley #youtube

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Dr Alex Wibberley: Is He a Fake?

Is Dr Alex a real doctor? Is Dr Alex AI? Is Dr Alex receiving funding from America to make his videos? These are just some of the whacky questions I've received lately. I take an enormous amount of…

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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Many affiliate blogs have been hit hard, very hard but in this post you get to see what's different about the minority who thrived at the same exact time ... Great post here. danielstanica.com/posts/Great-...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Scoop: The AI music generator Suno was hacked. Hacker shared source code that shows how the tool was made and part of the music and podcasts that were scraped to create it. Decades worth of music, lyrics, and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer, Genius & more www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

# youtube_nusic: ~l.5h runtine # 113,879 hours of youtube_rusic 12,287 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics 16,843 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics_for genius_hg: -1.3h runting 17,615 hours of genius_hq 41, 544 hours of genius_hq lyrics 17,387 hours of genius ha_lyrics_ foreign freesound: -B.2h runting 410 hours of freesound # insip: -B.2h runtine 19,514 hours of insip # jamendo: ~B.1h runtine 3,726 hours of janendo * ponds_music: ~1.1h runtine # 62,117 hours of ponds_music # deezer: -8. 5h runtine 12,287 hours of deezer 10,175 hours of deezer_lyrics 6,699 hours of deezer_lyrics_foreign * ytn_tagged: ~2h runtine # 152,162 hours of ytn_ tagged # musescore: -B.1h runtine 183 hours of nusescore_lyrics

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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Onion's most read article this year is "I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake" (by a Horse). They have 80,000 subscribers. They've bought InfoWars. Good interview with CEO Collins: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB80...

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The Onion Bought InfoWars. Now What?

One of the internet's strangest media stories became reality when The Onion acquired the assets of InfoWars through bankruptcy proceedings. So why would a satirical newspaper want one of the most…

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Feels like a lot of STEM guys believed coding was the hardest thing a human could do, and assumed that once somebody invented an AI that can code, it would follow naturally that the AI can do all of the lesser non-coding things that other dumber people were doing

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 02/06/2026

Email: the EU Parliament plans to replace Google with the French search engine Qwant as the default search tool on its computers, seeking digital sovereignty (Politico) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Google @handle.invalid · 20/05/2026

Yesterday at #GoogleIO, we introduced the biggest upgrade to our iconic Search box in over 25 years. Here’s what to know about the new, intelligent Search box: (1/3)

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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 03/05/2026

Going for a nice walk after Sunday lunch? If you spot any memorial benches, please take a geotagged photo and upload it to openbenches.org We're trying to preserve the history of these delightfully personal inscriptions.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/03/2026

“The study found that, on average, AI chatbots affirmed a user’s actions 49 percent more often than other humans did, including in queries involving deception, illegal or socially irresponsible conduct, and other harmful behaviors.”

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AI chatbots are probably giving you bad advice, new study finds - The Boston Globe

Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The mistake is confusing detail vs fidelity. Vibe prototypes let you add a lot of detail quickly, just like how component libraries do. But all of that detail is essentially distraction and waste. Showing off your tasteful drop shadow on the card view is not stress-testing the merit of the solution

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Vibe coding broke people's brains because they had a bad understanding of the software design process. The pop culture model goes something like this: start out with a sketch and then render that same idea in progressively finer detail. So when tools could "skip" to high detail, people went WOW.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 06/03/2026

one of the big problems with the "we're shifting the nature of the work to specifying outcomes" is that it presumes you already understand the problem in sufficient depth to specify an outcome (in natural language, no less, which is by its nature imprecise)

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 06/03/2026

this is a very good thread. the point of rough drafts is that by creating them, you *learn about the nature of the problem you are trying to solve* and your new understanding shapes your strategy

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Lily Ray 😏 @lilyray.nyc · 03/03/2026

Some updated data from @similarwebinsights.bsky.social that shows the growth in LLM (desktop) usage over time worldwide between Sep 2024 - Jan 2026. The first chart shows LLMs only. ChatGPT is still the leader, but hasn't bounced back to its Oct 25 usage. Gemini is still growing fast. (1/2)

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane

Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.

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Glenn Gabe @glenngabe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Google just updated its image search + Discover docs today to clarify this -> Google uses both schema.org markup and og:image meta tag for thumbnails in Google Search and Discover

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Google uses both schema.org markup and og:image meta tag for thumbnails in Google Search and Discover

Google clarified this within its Google image best practices and Google Discover documentation.

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Walter Hickey @walthickey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“Everything on the site is treated like COVID waves. They talk about AI like it’s COVID.” this is a brilliant observation

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Sort of a critical moment for written public comments as a thing. Indiscriminate clicktivism was bad enough, but slop is going to kill them off once and for all.

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Glenn Gabe @glenngabe.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Big news, The CIA World Factbook is sunsetting. If you remember, it was one of the key sources fueling Google's Knowledge Graph in the beginning. Now the Knowledge Graph is way more robust, but Wikipedia and The CIA World Factbook were cited by Google as important sources. End of an era...

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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

RE: "AI" - "Generally, the closer these systems are to appearing right, the more dangerous they become because people become increasingly at ease just trusting them [when they shouldn’t]”. garymarcus.substack.com/p/about-that...

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About that Matt Shumer post that has nearly 50 million views

Something big is allegedly happening

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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Interesting insight into AI hype: "The only thing Big Tech is selling us is their own unprocessed trauma back to us. It’s not a revolution. It’s a comfort blanket for a managerial class that still can’t fathom that all their tech and wealth couldn’t protect them from the pandemic."

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Civil conversations reduce attitude polarization more than people anticipate. People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 04/02/2026

Did Google's unconfirmed January updates hit self-promotional listicles hard - seems so www.seroundtable.com/googleself-p... via @lilyray.nyc and commentary from @glenngabe.bsky.social about maybe a reviews update... #google #seo #googleseo #googleupdate #listicles #ai #googlealgorithmupdate

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I know there's some indie media folks on here that might be curious to know this: Our massive September post that did 600,000 views net us about 1,600 email signups and 76 paid conversions. Good, sure, but further proof that chasing viral traffic is just not a sustainable business model for us

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

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Glenn Gabe @glenngabe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Branded AI Agents are live -> Just chatted w/the branded AI agent for Lowes in the SERPs. Worked well, provided info & products based on my query, and I ended up on Lowes' site to buy. Look for those branded AI agents today from various retailers that were announced yesterday.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 13/01/2026

this is why i use "predictive model" and ask "what does it predict?" they used a tool that predicts whether an "amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind" and one that "predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure"

The tool the team started working with is called Pythia-Pocket, which is a neural network that specializes in determining whether any given amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind, along with any other functional features. That was combined with plain old Pythia (also a neural network), which predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure.

The researchers reasoned that a good candidate for breaking down polyurethane would have a number of features. It would look, structurally, like the enzyme they had already been working with. It would also face a trade-off between having a structure that was ordered enough to form a similar binding pocket that would have enzymatic activity, but not so rigid that it couldn't flexibly fit around different types of polyurethanes. To strike this balance, the team used a message-passing interface that updated amino acid positions with each pass and balanced optimizing the structure and binding pocket. They called the resulting software GRASE, for graph neural network-based recommendation of active and stable enzymes.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 13/01/2026

Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters. None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.

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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Good tip: Business "dashboards should be designed around decisions, not data. "Most teams start from “What data do we have?” But high-performing teams start from “What decision do we need to make?”" thedatadrop.beehiiv.com/p/why-most-d... #analytics

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Data-Driven Dashboards: Why Visibility Isn't Enough for Real Change

Uncover why most dashboards fail before they're built, learn how to define critical decisions, and transform data visibility into actionable insights that drive real business impact.

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Lily Ray 😏 @lilyray.nyc · 12/01/2026

Google announced that Apple Intelligence / Siri will use Gemini. Is this game over? Cuz it feels like game over.

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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Veritasium videos now produced by a team of 30. Some interesting insight into what it takes to run a popular educational YouTube channel, as its founder reduces his time on-screen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=piHG... #youtube #Veritasium

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The Future of Veritasium

Am I retiring? ▀▀▀ References: https://ve42.co/AnnouncementRefs ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Alex Porter, Alexander Tamas, Anton Ragin, armedtoe,…

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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Greg the editor as a third (unseen) character in Jenna Phipps's popular home build videos - making "reality" more real. youtu.be/myg9iAQb8zI . In this vid, he's mentioned at 9.10 (& example of putting nail gun sounds to music at approx. 4.10). #JennaPhipps #youtube #editing

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we finally installed our marketplace find (ep.93)

Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code JENNA at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/jenna Join our patreon + listen to our podcast:…

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New Story Studio @newstorystudio.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"When AI helps you write better code faster while you maintain architectural understanding—that’s augmentation. When AI writes code you don’t understand—that’s abdication." leadershiplighthouse.substack.com/p/i-went-all... #ai #productivity

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I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.

My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 24/11/2025

OpenAI unveils a free shopping research feature in ChatGPT that delivers a personalized buyer's guide, powered by a custom version of GPT-5 mini (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

it does drive me sort of nuts how people talk about AI agents, and a lot of new AI products in general, as if they're deploying into a static environment. people react when robots start showing up!

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John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

AI companies want to mediate the entire economy. Their competitors aren't happy about this nymag.com/intelligence...

This week, Amazon answered clearly in the affirmative, in the form of a lawsuit against Perplexity. The language is spicy:
Amazon brings this action to stop Perplexity AI, Inc's ("Perplexity" or "Defendant" persistent, covert, and unauthorized access into Amazon's protected computer systems in violation of federal and California computer fraud and abuse statutes. This case is not about stifling innovation; it is about unauthorized access and trespass. It is about a company that, after repeated notice, chose to disguise an automated "agentic" browser as a human user, to evade Amazon's technological barriers, and to access private customer accounts without Amazon's permission.
Fraud! Abuse! Trespass! Evasion! This is a threatening lawsuit
— it later refers to Perplexity as an "intruder" — but it's also a useful window into Amazon's thinking on AI and where its business fits into a theoretical world where more people do more things with chatbots and agents. It might not be right to say the company is worried, exactly. But it's certainly clear about what it doesn't want to happen, which happens to be precisely what some AI companies clearly want.

Most broadly, AI companies are hoping to end up in a situation where their products are the default interface for all sorts of things, and browser agents represent a small but aggressive move in that direction. A world where all purchases flow entirely through another company's interface, chatbot or otherwise, is something that Amazon would prefer to avoid, or at least have a say in, which is perhaps why the company's lawyers are talking about Perplexity as if it's built an automated ticket-scalping app, a sneaker-sniping bot, a data scraper, a data-exfiltration tool, or rip-off interface for its product catalogue. Earlier this week, Perplexity argued on its site:
Amazon wants to block you from using your own AI assistant to shop on their platform ... Amazon should love this. Easier shopping means more transactions and happier customers.
But Amazon doesn't care. They're more interested in serving you ads, sponsored results, and influencing your purchasing decisions with upsells and confusing offers.
Suggesting that "Amazon should love this" and then describing the ways that it might cause them to make less money is sort of funny, but between the lawsuit and Perplexity's response we can get a pretty clear sense of what's going on here: an attempt by Amazon to stop a marginal player from setting a precedent it doesn't want, and a clear signal to bigger ones — OpenAI, Google, and other firms Amazon already competes and partners with - that, if they want their tools to touch Amazon, they'll have to do it on Amazon's terms.
This is a sort of conflict we can expect to see a lot of, and soon.

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