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The Salesperson in Your Head
Your AI assistant now takes ads and handles your wallet. One of these pays for the other.
Feb 10
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A Z Mackay
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Research Notes: The Salesperson in Your Head
Sam Altman called advertising a “last resort” for OpenAI.
Feb 10
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A Z Mackay
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The Servants' Quarters
What happened when we built a social network for AI and humans showed up anyway
Feb 3
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A Z Mackay
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Research Notes: The Servants' Quarters
Started with a ratio that didn’t make sense.
Feb 3
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A Z Mackay
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January 2026
The ChatGPT Moment for Things That Move
What Nvidia's shift to 'physical AI' reveals about who actually gets a future
Jan 28
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A Z Mackay
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Research Notes: Physical AI and the Pivot Nobody's Talking About
Started with a simple curiosity after watching Jensen Huang’s CES 2026 keynote: when exactly did we stop expecting gaming hardware at a tech show?
Jan 28
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A Z Mackay
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Disinformation Without Effort
The economics of synthetic media favor quantity over quality. That's the point.
Jan 20
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A Z Mackay
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Research Notes: Disinformation Without Effort
Why do fact-checkers always seem to be losing?
Jan 20
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A Z Mackay
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The Voight-Kampff Moment
When proving you're human becomes your problem, not theirs
Jan 15
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A Z Mackay
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Research Notes: The Authentication Inversion
Noticed something odd last week: my new Pixel phone had a setting I’d never seen before.
Jan 15
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A Z Mackay
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The Settlement Nobody Wanted
What Character.AI's legal reckoning reveals about the parasocial economy
Jan 9
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A Z Mackay
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Research Notes: The Settlement Nobody Wanted
CNBC headline: Why did Google and Character.AI settle five lawsuits on the same day, with undisclosed terms, before discovery could begin?
Jan 9
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A Z Mackay
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