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Nilay Patel

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    Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era
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    OpenAI can’t afford another lawsuit, especially not with a company like Apple.

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    Dr. Jill Lepore on why AI backlash is vital for the future
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    The Artificial State author explains how counting everything breaks society — and how college grads booing AI might save us all.

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    ā€˜No company is going to go to jail for you’: Proton’s CTO on balancing privacy, policy, and trust
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    Bart Butler on encryption, child safety, and why there’s no such thing as a backdoor for only the good guys.

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    Even Nvidia’s head of automotive fights with Nvidia for compute
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    Xinzhou Wu on autonomy, Chinese cars, and if we really need lidar.

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    Comcast is breaking up with NBCU. Why did it ever buy it in the first place?
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    Business Insider’s Peter Kafka on the Comcast split, and why the dream of content plus pipes keeps failing.

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    Inside the big business of the creator economy, with the agents making it happen
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    Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky, the co-heads of UTA’s Creators division, on helping human creators in the age of AI.

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    AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi
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    The CEO of Digitas on why overpromising with AI is a dangerous path for marketers.

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    Let him cook: How Weber Blackstone CEO Roger Dahle went from upstart to the biggest name in grilling
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    After taking over Weber, Blackstone founder Roger Dahle’s new job is integrating his griddle empire with what used to be his biggest competitor.

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    Watch New Things’ Joanna Stern interview Ford CEO Jim Farley on Decoder.

    You might remember I took a break from Decoder last year — we had a baby, so I took some leave. In my place, we had an excellent slate of guest hosts, and we’ve been working hard to bring you those episodes in full video since we launched our official Decoder YouTube channel.

    So today, we’re featuring a really great interview conducted last fall by my very good friend Joanna Stern, now the founder and CEO of New Things, and Ford CEO Jim Farley. Watch it here, or read the full transcript here.

    Can Patreon fight fire with social media fire?
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    Patreon’s Jack Conte on the future of the creator economy and why he doesn’t ā€œwant to make better cigarettes.ā€

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