My favorite Langewiesche of all time was "The Ship Breakers," which I can't find on the Atlantic's site. uss-bennington.org/shipbreakers/s…

You couldn't put down a William Langewiesche story, whether you went in caring about the subject or not. "The Shipbreakers" was the piece that drew me into longform journalism, and still astonishes today. What a reporter, what a writer, what a life. RIP.

AI Slop is now getting fed into AI answer engines where it’s laundered to seem more authentic. Real people will believe and launder it again into AI training data. jalopnik.com/1884156/ai-slo…

Hi all — I wrote about growing up in Altadena, and what was lost there, for New York Magazine and it’s a very meaningful story to me, so I am spreading the word far and wide. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

McDonald's uses an AI bot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security flaws as basic as using the password "123456". wired.com/story/mcdonald…

The only way I've lasted here is by being lightening quick on the draw.

New for Businessweek: What do Amazon, Boeing, Google, Hyatt, NBCUniversal, Nike, and Nvidia have in common? They’ve all unwittingly hired North Korean agents in recent years. I delved into the scheme, with exclusive access to an American facilitator who enabled it: bloomberg.com/news/features/…