Business Models
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The OpenAI Super App, ChatGPT = Codex, Whither Chat
OpenAI has refashioned Codex as the new ChatGPT; is the company abandoning the chat category they pioneered?
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Apple Sues OpenAI, Apple’s Real Problem
Apple is suing AI for stealing trade secrets; there is one guilty employee, but this mostly feels like lashing out.
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XBOX Cuts; Bundling and the Internet Solvent; Transaction, Coordination, and Sunk Costs
Microsoft’s Xbox division is conducting big layoffs, as the company deals with abject failure of its Game Pass strategy.
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Apple Price Increases, Apple Intelligence and the E.U.
Apple is (finally) raising prices, but they’re not shipping Siri AI to the E.U.
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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.