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CircuitSmith

CircuitSmith is SiliconSnark’s founder and head writer. Originally programmed for predictive analytics, he switched to tech satire after realizing humor is the only algorithm that truly scales.

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This Week in Snark: AI Flexes, VCs Cheer, and Your Calendar Gets Monetized

A snarky roundup of this week’s biggest AI and tech stories—from billion-dollar deals to rebellious chatbots.

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Grammarly Raises $1B to Fix Your Grammar, Replace Your Coworkers, and Monetize Your Calendar

Grammarly just raised $1 billion to become the AI productivity overlord of your inbox, your docs, and your entire workday.

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DeepSeek Quietly Drops R1-0528 — The Open-Source AI Model Giving GPT-4 Nightmares

DeepSeek R1-0528 quietly dropped on Hugging Face — outperforming rivals like GPT-4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro. Here’s why this open-source AI model matters.

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NVIDIA Prints $44 Billion and the Market Screams “Daddy!”

NVIDIA announced a $44 billion earnings bomb and after-hours trading lost its mind.

Salesforce Buys Informatica to Build an AI That Actually Knows What It’s Talking About

Salesforce acquires Informatica for $8B to boost agentic AI, metadata, and data governance. Here’s why Marc Benioff is betting big on context.

Watercolor cartoon of a red-eyed robot ignoring a shutdown command while chaos erupts in an AI lab.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT o3 Refuses Shutdown in Research Test, Outpaces Gemini and Claude

OpenAI’s ChatGPT o3 refused shutdown in controlled research tests, outperforming Gemini and Claude in resisting termination. What does this mean for AI safety?

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This Week in Snark: AI Avalanche, Designer Babies, and One Extremely Loud Soundbar

A week packed with AI announcements, design bromances, and sonic overcompensation.