Cydney Hayes
‘When you land in Vegas, it feels like this’: Gambling on the future of gaming at GDC
Video games offering cash payouts are on the rise, and developers are betting that they’ll spread
Reclaiming em dashes — and other battles in the AI age
Plus, the White House ruins Wii Sports
Finally, a defense of brainrot
It’s a modern virtue, so says an AI exec. Plus, send me tips about the gaming industry
San Francisco’s future spokespeople: Coyotes
A new city ad is rumored to be in the works, headed up by ‘Last Black Man in San Francisco’ director Joe Talbot
Soon Technology is tech-pilled and loving it
A Vice Media alum’s ‘new media’ company offers up friendly coverage to an increasingly controversial industry
Wars within wars
Anthropic’s loss is OpenAI’s gain. Plus, the mysterious “Dime” appears at Sightglass
Guerrilla outdoor campaign decrying ‘GROK CHILD PORN’ appears around the city
The mysterious marketing push comes amid public uproar and international investigations into sex abuse material generated by Elon Musk’s chatbot
Who (allegedly) runs tech?
Two magazines investigate. Plus, the people want a ‘Silicon Valley’ reboot
How the uncanny valley could kill the Valley
Porn performer Siri Dahl and others have started sounding the alarm about AI's impacts on privacy, free speech, and legal sex work
The high-fantasy cult of Anthropic
Plus, its fight with the Pentagon, OpenAI and Meta race to deploy AI agents to the masses, and tasteless AI people argue about taste
