Tech
Under the influencers
Taylor Lorenz explains how content creators killed traditional media and why that might not be a bad thing
TikTok is being overrun by Sean Parker’s royal hamsters
An AI-generated hamster isn’t cool. You know what is? A billion AI-generated hamsters, all speaking in a vaguely Irish accent
Job hunting is now a full-time job
With AI breaking both sides of the hiring process, LinkedIn is less a platform to find work than a place to vent about how bad the search has become
SFPD is using an influencer from New Hampshire to recruit new officers
‘You don’t need to be some big tough guy to be a police officer in San Francisco,’ says TikTok career influencer in one video
Zero clicks given
Publishers are waking up to the fact that readers aren’t disappearing, they’re being disappeared
The banality of Palantir’s evil airport ad
Why is a company that makes millions tracking down immigrants for ICE advertising at SFO?
The robotaxis are scared
Waymo and Zoox are still not operating in certain parts of the city after this weekend’s protests, a sign that discontent around AVs is growing
Snuff this film
Hollywood wants to tell the story of Sam Altman’s ‘blip,’ but even generative AI can tell you there’s no story there
This article was not written by AI
With bots recommending nonexistent beach reads, it’s time for writers to rediscover what we’re made of
