Stink Like a Pile of Manure Growing up I shoveled and wheeled cow manure in the winter. In the spring, I spread it on our fields. After a while you don’t notice the stink. There’s one smell that always burns my nostrils. It’s the smell of leaders who show up thinking only of themselves. You … Read more
The New York Times Company has reportedly “entered exclusive negotiations” to acquire Letterboxd for $330 million, according to a report from The New York Times itself. Letterboxd, an online platform for movie lovers that could be compared to Goodreads for movies, has grown dramatically in recent years. Letterboxd reported 3 million users in January 2021, … Read more
OpenAI has signed content deals with more than 20 publishers since 2023, from the Associated Press to Vogue’s owner, Condé Nast. Each deal works roughly the same way: the publisher licenses its content to OpenAI, and ChatGPT shows summaries of that content with attribution and a link back to the source. That makes these publishers … Read more
Food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company after confidentially filing for an initial public offering (IPO). The company announced the filing on Thursday, marking a major milestone following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion. Wonder has yet to reveal how many shares it plans to make available or the … Read more
Apple is cutting the daily amount its engineering teams can spend on AI, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. It’s a big change for a company that has worked to integrate the technology into its engineering processes. In October, Apple lowered the daily AI spending cap for its engineering teams, decreasing it from $300 to $200, the outlet … Read more
The Invisible Architecture of Persuasion WHEN we think about persuasion, we picture the visible part: the rousing pitch, the polished slide deck, the closing argument that wins the room over. But the visible part is only half the equation. Persuasion’s real impact is determined by an invisible architecture. Here’s what that architecture is made of—the … Read more
Anthropic is working on an open source system to verify which AI model produced a given output, according to a blog post published Tuesday. The system, called FlashProve, is built to provide what researchers call “provable inference” — a cryptographic proof, essentially a mathematical guarantee, that a given output came from a specific model. It’s … Read more
Step 6: Investigate the 499s Let’s go back to the third row from our earlier log example: 23.102.140.7 [12/Aug/2026:14:32:07 +0000] “GET /guides/pricing HTTP/1.1” 499 0 “-” “…ChatGPT-User/1.0” rt=31.412 cache=MISS The 499 status code means “client closed request.” The requester hung up before your server finished sending it. This isn’t an official HTTP status code; rather, … Read more
Perception Isn’t Reality Perception isn’t reality. It’s judgment. You might be juggling ten priorities. But people think you don’t care when you rush past them. You’re judged by actions, not the good in your heart. Perceptions are filters. Once you’re seen as pushy, people find reasons to justify their judgment. A Script to Change Negative … Read more
Apple’s services business remains at record levels, but it’s facing growing pressure. The central part of that business, Apple’s App Store, has faced regulatory pressure and a slump in mobile gaming, which have hurt services growth. However, on Monday’s earnings call, Apple signaled that it may look to boost services revenue through third-party apps. What … Read more