Computer-Use Agents, Explained: Why OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity Want to Operate Your Laptop
Computer-use agents are learning to click, scroll, and file your digital life. This guide explains the tech, incentives, risks, and why it matters now.
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This Week in Snark: Allbirds Becomes a Data Center, Factory Replaces Your Engineers, and Apple Tells Anything It Can Do Nothing
A shoe brand sold its soles for GPUs. A startup named Factory raised $150M to automate your job. And Apple banned an app called "Anything." Twice.
RoSHI Turns Human Motion Into Robot Homework — Finally, a Tracksuit for Humanoids
RoSHI is a nine-sensor suit plus Meta-style glasses for harvesting real-world movement data. It is ingenious, faintly absurd, and exactly how robots become better interns.
Spotify Finally Built a Real Tablet App — and I Hate How Long It Took
Spotify’s April 16 tablet redesign fixes a problem that never should’ve lasted this long. It’s overdue, mildly obvious, and annoyingly pretty good.
Epic Gave Fortnite Creators AI NPCs — and Also a Very Large Chaperone
Epic’s new Fortnite conversations system makes NPCs talk back with Gemini and ElevenLabs. Clever, constrained, and not quite ready for public island duty.
Factory Raised $150M to Replace Your Engineers
A startup literally named Factory just hit a $1.5B valuation for AI agents that do software engineering. Their key differentiator? Switching between AI models. Like every other AI coding startup.
AI Shopping Agents, Explained: Why ChatGPT, Amazon, Google, and Visa All Want to Buy Things for You
AI shopping agents are moving from demos to checkout. This deep dive explains how Google, Amazon, OpenAI, and Visa want to own online buying.