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Meh…not the solution I need. Every load has things that need air dried in my case. I’d prefer louder persistent alerts that laundry is done, like my oven. Btw I do want something that lets me know if something is overcooking in the kitchen. wsj.com/lifestyle/laun…

This is a good thing. It forces responsible AI development further upstream. Anyone who opposes it wants to exonerated from negative externalities their products create. I hope this bill becomes law. theinformation.com/articles/passa…

Why are Asian students not considered adding to diversity?

Retail expert Sucharita Kodali is back on the pod! Forrester’s Principal Analyst joins us to separate hope from hype on e-commerce vs digital commerce & the impact of digital on stores. Plus, we dive into this week’s retail news! Tune in: loom.ly/9e-7vqs 🎧

One day, genAI will accurately tell us what the weather is outside right now and it will be transformational.

Those EU Golden Visas look really attractive after reading this. nytimes.com/2024/10/02/mag…

🧵I’ve read through the evidence section—the first 85 pages—of Jack Smith filing on Trump’s private criminal efforts to stay in power despite knowing that he’d lost the election. The evidence is stunning. It’s clear why Trump did not want the public to see this testimony. 13

Wasn’t this the guy that lost $14b on WeWork? I don’t think anyone should be super interested in what he thinks is the next big thing. wsj.com/tech/ai/softba…

I hope someone makes a documentary about this.

I’m ok if all deepfakes go away and never come back. wsj.com/us-news/law/el…

Great additions to the user experience. I think Amazon is the first one doing most of these things. aboutamazon.com/news/retail/vi…

I don’t know how many times people need to learn this lesson: just because a startup ceo says something is true, it often is not. The quotes from the Grabango ceo here are pretty damning. cnbc.com/2024/10/09/ama…

The election intimidation that doesn’t get as much attention these days—crypto lobbyists. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

"Collective sacrifice" here really means "Social Security and Medicaid recipients need to sacrifice so that I can pay less in taxes."

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I’m so baffled by the use cases they cite here. They picked “creating a personalized mug on Etsy” in this pitch? On a 1-10 scale, with 10 giving me bad FOMO, that’s a negative 5. openai.com/index/introduc…

Urban Outfitters has a new store that is “eco conscious.” Line to get in on Day 2 (in Charlotte). More thoughts here: linkedin.com/posts/sucharit…

Four: Trump then declares emergency and hands administration of Social Security to private equity and tech bros to fix problem they created.

Dang. If he’d only run for office and say this in a live debate. (JFK’s grandson btw if you didn’t know.)