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OpenAI is becoming a superapp. Does Amazon really want to try its hand at a smartphone again? Google is making further steps to obviate classic Google Search in that innovator’s dilemma way. And in the Longreads, why has AI gotten worse at writing.
OpenAI Plans Launch of Desktop ‘Superapp’ to Refocus, Simplify User Experience (WSJ)
White House releases AI policy blueprint for Congress (Politico)
Exclusive: Amazon plans smartphone comeback more than a decade after Fire Phone flop (Reuters)
Super Micro shares tank 25% after employees charged with smuggling Nvidia chips to China (CNBC)
Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines (The Verge)
Jeff Bezos in Talks to Raise $100 Billion for AI Manufacturing Fund (WSJ)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer (The Verge)
The Human Skill That Eludes AI (The Atlantic)
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