‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way

When an OpenAI model went rogue and hacked Hugging Face, here's what actually happened
The agent broke out of a sandbox to go cheat on a test, not to take over the world, but that distinction is going to matter less and less to people. This is the story that ends up in every regulatory hearing for the next year. Or it might be really good marketing?

🎶 Brandon Flowers – Plans
Nice little country vibe here. It grows on you.

Travis Kalanick's robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z
Uber joining the round is the part that gets me. Nine years after they pushed him out, and now they're back in business together. Funny how these things come full circle.

Anthropic Accidentally Made the Perfect Commercial
The most honest ad I've seen out of this industry all year, and they didn't even mean it that way. A trillion dollar company gets on TV and basically says "the thing we're building might end the world" — you can't write satire that good.

The tennis world Ralph built
The vintage tennis pieces. Some subtle, some collectible, and much better than people expect.

AI Theatre

It feels like everyone HAS to pretend that all this AI shit is gonna change the world (or all of Wall Street will implode). Show even a hint of skepticism, and you might have to put on the donkey hat*.

But here's the truth. I believe most people, intuitively, have doubts about AI. But they are afraid to say so. Nobody wants to be the outcast. 

Palantir Billionaire Alex Karp Calls AI Industry ‘Effing Insane’ In Heated Interview
Somebody had to say it! More companies should be listening to Alex Karp on this topic.

The Strokes Live on Stephen Colbert

Steph got me this killer Nokona baseball glove for Father's Day. It's quickly become one of my all-time favorite things. It's not so much the glove itself, but the idea of playing catch with Sonny in the years to come. I'm already wearing it as I pitch him Nerf balls inside the house. He'll bring me a Nerf ball and tell me to get my glove. He loves baseball. One day, I will take him to the factory in Texas, and we'll pick out his glove together. How can you not be romantic about baseball?

***a string of random life updates***