Daily Update
Archive of Daily Emails for Stratechery Members
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The State of Fable, The Jailbreak Problem, SpaceX Acquires Cursor
The administration is very likely wrong about Fable, but that is ultimately Anthropic’s responsibility.
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Fox Buys Roku, The Problem With Fox’s Smart Strategy, Streaming That Works
The market hates Fox’s acquisition of Roku, but the company is trading extraction from rights holders for leverage as a renter.
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An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute
An interview with Ben Bajarin about WWDC and the status of the AI compute industry.
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Fable 5, Anthropic Alignment, AI Tiers
Fable 5 is the public version of Mythos, and while it is very capable it sets some troubling new precedents.
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Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics
Google’s deal with SpaceX, and Broadcom’s earnings, both seem bullish for Nvidia. Then, what I’m looking for at WWDC.
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An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies
An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about figuring out Microsoft’s role in AI, the relationship with OpenAI, Capex, Software, and a potential new agentic platform.
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The Nvidia AI PC, Project Solara, Microsoft AI
The Nvidia AI PC feels like a relic of another AI era; Microsoft’s vision for devices at Build was much more compelling.
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YouTubers Win the Box Office, Goodbye Gatekeepers, The YouTube Bar
YouTubers are ruling the box office, and it shouldn’t be a surprise: succeeding on YouTube is a much higher bar than the gates that currently govern Hollywood.
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Nvidia Earnings, The AI Stack, Nvidia’s New Reporting
Nvidia is changing its reporting to delineate between hyperscaler sales — where Nvidia is fighting commoditization — and everyone else, where Nvidia runs the whole stack.