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Fri. 05/17 – Reddit Embraces Its AI Role


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As telegraphed for the last year, Reddit is going all in on being an all you can eat buffet for AI companies. Will new batteries give iPhones longer battery life like I want, or will they just make the phones thinner? A subtle but important improvement to ChatGPT and in the Longreads, a deep dive into what happened at Cruise.

Links:

  • OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT (Reuters)
  • OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts (The Verge)
  • Grand Theft Auto VI is launching in fall 2025 (The Verge)
  • iPhone 16 Pro Max to get new battery that could last longer (AppleInsider)
  • ChatGPT now lets you import files directly from Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive (VentureBeat)
  • Twitter is officially X.com now (The Verge)


    Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

    • In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet (Fortune)
    • How cuddly robots could change dementia care (MIT Technology Review)
    • Where Did All The Stocks Go? (Sherwood)

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