This Week in Snark: The AI Hype Spiral, Meme Coin Payouts, and Nintendo’s Eternal Money Printer
This week in tech snark: meme coin economics, BMW’s parking pants fix, AMD’s buzzword bonanza, and Apple’s AI overload.
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Sam Altman Explains How AGI Will Upend the World in a Calm, Soothing Tone
Sam Altman casually announces the singularity, assures us it’ll be chill, and then describes a polite robot uprising.
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.
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?
This Week in Snark: AI Avalanche, Designer Babies, and One Extremely Loud Soundbar
A week packed with AI announcements, design bromances, and sonic overcompensation.
Altman and Ive Made an AI Baby. Their Video Was Wild. Our Script Is Better.
Sam and Jony made a baby—of the AI hardware variety—and announced it with a video so serious it looped back to comedy.
This Week in Snark: Piano VCs, Wag-the-Theranos, and AI for Wage Gaps
This week, a legacy piano brand decided it’s also a VC firm now, OpenAI remembered it needed even more CEOs, and Silicon Valley resurrected the Theranos playbook with extra paw prints.