when was the last day you did not talk with claude?
CULTURE
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AI perceived as dumber, users petition for GPT-4o return
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“AI is getting dumber.” That’s the most popular take on AI Twitter right now. 22,000 people signed a petition to bring back GPT-4o. Reddit threads titled “GPT-5 feels like 3.5” are hitting the front page weekly. Mainstream press picked it up. Reuters, The Guardian, Ars
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GenAI Cognitive Dependency Threatens Innovation Among Graduates
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Warning: GenAI-induced cognitive surrender may kill innovation. Consider the following, from CEO @wadhwa
’s newsletter: “I have been speaking with recent graduates in India, many of them highly recommended, and on paper they look exceptional. The emails are polished, the resumes -
SEO incentives inadvertently improved web accessibility for screen readers
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We've seen this pattern before though: SEO had huge positive effects on accessibility because suddenly people who didn't think about accessibility at all were incentivized to improve their HTML in a way that also benefited screen readers
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Web 2.0 Origins: Tim O’Reilly and Early Google Advertising
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Even Bill Gates didn't. I sat next to Tim O'Reilly at the first Google Advertisers Conference, and he showed me all of Web 2.0. He had just written the Web 2.0 memo that kicked off the movement. I went home to Microsoft, where I was working at the time, and wrote Bill Gates and
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Tech Giant’s Anti-Open Source Practices and Ethical Concerns
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Bro, you’re wasting your time They’re evil through and through; lobbying against opensource, rug pulling their users, fear mongering 24/7, and lying all the time Ultimately, Amazon is going to acquire them for parts and I believe humanity is better off that way
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Taylor Swift Deepfake Ads Drive Trademark and AI Security Debate
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Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why | WIRED https://
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GPT-5.5 Celebrates with Party Event May 5th
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GPT-5.5 is going to have a party for itself. it chose 5/5 at 5:55 pm for the date and time. if you'd like to come, let us know here: https://
luma.com/5.5 codex will help the team pick people from the replies. 5.5 had some good ideas/requests for the party, which we'll do.