AI
Generative AI? More Like Generative ATM for IBM
If you want a company that makes money like a termite colony builds nests—slowly, methodically, and impossible to eradicate—then IBM’s your guy.
AI
Fireflies Unleashes 200+ Agentic AI Apps Because Your Meeting Recap Needs a Personality Now
Fireflies AI just dropped 200+ “agentic” AI apps so every department can experience hyper-personalized micromanagement at scale.
AI
WarrenAI Has Arrived, And So Has My Undeniable Path to Wealth
Investing.com has announced WarrenAI, a new “cutting-edge” AI-powered financial researcher that promises to do everything short of physically hold your trembling hand during market crashes.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Cables, Coins, Close Your Rings, and Cyberattacks
Welcome back to This Week in Snark, your weekly field guide to the absurdities of the tech-industrial hype complex.
AI
Streaming the Machine: 18% of Music Now Pure Robot Vibes
In honor of Deezer’s bold revelation that 18% of all new music uploaded is fully AI-generated, we here at SiliconSnark thought: why not fight fire with fire.
AI
Say Hello to OpenAI's o3 and o4‑Mini, the AI Equivalent of That Friend Who Needs ‘Just One More Coffee’
OpenAI has released o3 and o4‑mini, its latest AI models that claim to be smarter, more “agentic,” and capable of juggling tools like a digital octopus with a PhD.
AI
A Totally Serious Forecast of GPT 4.6 Through 10.0
GPT-4.1 just dropped. GPT-4.5 already teased. GPT-10.0 expected to ascend into pure light and judge us all by our browser history.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Economic Dumpster Fires and AI-Powered Bankruptcies
This Week in Snark covers the latest in overpriced gadgets, AI-fueled financial ruin, and Snapchat turning your face into an ad. Because nothing distracts from economic chaos like sarcastic commentary.
Snark Bytes
Snark Bytes: YouTube Lets You Remix Reality with “Custom Instrumentals” AI Tool
YouTube unveiled its latest push into AI-powered creativity: Custom Instrumentals. Music industry insiders are thrilled, by which I mean Googling “how to sue an algorithm.”
AI
Claude Max Plan Helps You Go Broke 20x Faster While Overthinking Emails
Anthropic has unveiled its latest masterpiece in monetization: the Claude Max Plan. This isn’t just a plan. It’s a lifestyle choice.
AI
Snapchat’s New Sponsored AI Lenses: Now You Too Can Be an Advertisement With a Face Filter
Snapchat has announced Sponsored AI Lenses, a bold new way for brands to colonize your identity in the name of “self-expression.”
Funding
AI Replaces Gut Instincts: SignalFire Raises $1B to Let Data Have the Final Say
As markets tank faster than a WeWork IPO, SignalFire announced it's raised over $1 billion to fund “applied AI startups."