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Mechanical Turk walked so Scale AI could run? www.cnbc.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
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Amazon service Bezos once called 'artificial artificial intelligence' is shutting down cnbc.com
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Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people? arstechnica.com
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents arstechnica.com
125 Tests of the New AI Siri pogueman.substack.com
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Not about this specific incident but same thing applies: arstechnica.com/information-...
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My take from January: "As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before." I still think this will generally be the case. arstechnica.com/information-...
Benj Edwards reposted
Fun list of things that worked (and a few that didn't) using the new Siri AI. pogueman.substack.com/p/125-tests-...
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Anthropic AI model submits false homicide tip to police website reut.rs/4hSrfcI
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I've seen a few negative reactions to my recent vintage mods using AI, and I get it. The tech world is changing rapidly and it's frightening, even for someone who has expected this. I've had existential dread since I first used Claude Code last year Someone on X put it pretty well:
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