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Gift link. This matters quite a bit for media. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...

Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed nytimes.com
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Human traffic to finance, publishing and retail sites fell nearly 40 percent between June 2025 and April 2026, per Cloudflare data cited by the Times.
  • Google's AI Mode keeps users inside Google in roughly 75 percent of sessions, with queries running about three times as long as before.
  • The Verge's Nilay Patel says 'Google Zero' has arrived for publishers; Google's Liz Reid counters that AI Search still sends billions of clicks weekly.
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Meta has patented an AI device that tracks your emotions and watches you take your meds.

Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds 404media.co
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Meta filed the patent in December 2025 and it was published July 2, 2026, describing a wearable that infers emotional state from voice and behavior.
  • The system would ingest sighs, laughter, vocal tone, location, surrounding objects, and medication timing, aligned on synchronized timelines for accuracy.
  • Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton said patents 'may or may not be implemented,' the standard hedge on filings that are not guaranteed to ship.
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Not sure how many people on this app followed the X discourse about a "tech forward" left. But this is the best thing ever written on this topic imo and outlines not just why my comments were stupid but also why this notion is a flawed one more broadly. Very good read

The Future Is Not Tech-Forward thetechbubble.info
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A Super PAC network supported by a $25 million donation from OpenAI President Greg Brockman and $50 million from a16z, just admitted to paying for “parody meme accounts” mocking people with Down syndrome, calling for violence against tech leaders, among a bunch of other insane…

A Pro-AI Super PAC’s Secret Meme Sockpuppets usermag.co
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"Until the deeper cultural problems are addressed, the data center backlash will only recreate itself in other forms. If people are this angry at a building sitting and paying taxes on unused land, something deep has gone very wrong."

No Data Centers In My Backyard jasmi.news
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Meta used AI to target ⁠people with ​disabilities or who ​took ⁠medical leave for mass layoffs. www.usnews.com/news/top-new...

usnews.com
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"If A.I. is the new interface for creating code, and code is a form of communication and expression, then it’s incumbent to ensure only the most critical restrictions are applied to these models."

nytimes.com
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How did I miss the Goop podcast featuring a leading AI weapons manufacturer

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