Happy Easter! 🐰 ☀️

Judging the Neal Awards for Business Journalism was such a rewarding experience!

Writing articles is one thing...evaluating others' work is another.

And they flattered me with a corny judging certificate 😉

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Status update: on maternity leave! 🐥

Competitive Oscar’s this year. Movies are back!

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes Ars Technica has fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards following an outrage-sparking controversy involving AI-fabricated quotes.

A disappointing but correct outcome.

AI reporters should know chatbots make up quotes, and there are only 3-4 in an article, so why not double-check they are correct with a little Ctrl+F?

Basic skill.

(Follow up to our episode, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social @leolaporte.me)
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Secret Buyer Places $300M Order for AMD GPUs Cooled With Lab-Grown Diamonds Peter Thiel-backed Akash Systems says lab-grown diamonds can slash energy consumption in AI data centers by acting as a 'new layer in the data center cooling stack.'

www.pcmag.com/news/secret-...

As if data centers couldn't get more ridiculous, they're now putting diamonds in them.

Lab-grown diamonds are a unique (and science-backed) solution to slashing electricity consumption. And one US tech company ordered $300M worth of AMD chips full of 'em.

Cut the BS: GPT-5.3 Model Promises to Fix ChatGPT's Preachy Tone After a public roasting in Anthropic's Super Bowl ad and across social media, OpenAI introduces a new model that cuts down on the cringey 'moralizing preambles.'

OpenAI admits ChatGPT often sounds like that holier-than-thou person who just won't shut up.

www.pcmag.com/news/cut-the...

Pete, yes. But you gotta work on your video backgrounds man

Just two doofuses making a podcast over here BECAUSE WE CAN.

This week: @mikeelgan.bsky.social and I run through a list of unexpected AI maladies to see if we have any, and the history of mac & cheese.

www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/noodling-o...

Cool! I just bought the book so we will see how it is. Not familiar with that author but just did a quick search and he looks interesting

Nonfiction! Science/philosophy

There’s a new Michael Pollan book out!

Omnivore’s Dilemma is one of my favorites of all time.

This one has a very different subject: consciousness. Relevant to AI

a.co/d/05ZiKATk

Inside 'Peon Ping,' the Warcraft III-Inspired AI Coding Tool I'm Obsessed With Gary Sheng explains how he went from organizing dance parties to overseeing Peon Ping, a Claude plug-in with 100K+ users that keeps developers on task using video game sounds.

"It's going to keep getting funner and weirder, that's for sure," Sheng says.

www.pcmag.com/articles/ins...

Hostage video aesthetic

Tech News Weekly: Samsung Galaxy S26: AI, Privacy, and New Buds | TWiT.TV Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! A look into a program that trains dogs to detect hidden tech. How AI is impacting learning for kids

Tech News Weekly: @emilyforlini.bsky.social covers a story on an FBI program that trains dogs to find hidden electronics. @mikahsargent.com dives into a new agentic AI that can do homework, and @jasonhowell.bsky.social goes over everything announced at 2026 Galaxy Unpacked.

Watch: twit.tv/tnw/426

Perplexity Computer Everything AI can do, Perplexity Computer does for you.

A+ to whoever did Perplexity's design for the Computer landing page.

This is a new AI agent that deploys teams of "sub-agents," each using different models of your choice, to handle tasks.

www.perplexity.ai/products/com...

PCMag is losing one of its greats, Michael Muchmore, who is hanging up his press pass after 40 years. Back then, PCMag looked like this!

His farewell: www.pcmag.com/opinions/i-b...

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

A must read if you’re following the Anthropic-Pentagon/Hegseth feud.

“Regardless, these threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”

www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

Tech News Weekly: Samsung Galaxy S26: AI, Privacy, and New Buds | TWiT.TV Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! A look into a program that trains dogs to detect hidden tech. How AI is impacting learning for kids

New Podcast Episode:
Tech News Weekly: Samsung Galaxy S26: AI, Privacy, and New Buds
Samsung's New Privacy Display Feature
with @mikahsargent.com, @emilyforlini.bsky.social, @jasonhowell.bsky.social

🤢 sadly. There are so many better men out there I don’t know how we keep getting stuck with these ones

Women’s sports still struggle to gain respect even at the highest level.

Trump says he’s “going to have to” invite the 🥇-winning women’s hockey team or he “would be impeached.”

The FIFA president forcibly kissed a Spanish player after winning the 2023 World Cup.

So much work to be done.

Don't even think about missing the latest episode of Superintelligent! Search your podcast app for "Superintelligent" to find it, click on our links on the website, or watch the video version us on Substack or YouTube! This wee: "AM Radio Vibes!" www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/am-radio-v...

The resistance to change in some pockets of journalism might be unmatched

Snowy scenes

Mr. Nobody Against Putin | Rotten Tomatoes Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Mr. Nobody Against Putin on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!

Pretty incredible documentary (100% on RT 🍅). How did all this footage make it out of Russian schools??

www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mr_nobody_...

Go USA!

- Five year old me playing hockey on an all boys team in Minnesota

A GOLDEN GOAL FOR JACK HUGHES🥇

The United States beats Canada in OT to win its first gold medal in men's hockey since 1980.

#WinterOlympics

Bring back fun sports reporting! The Athletic is doing that and I’m loving it