Today brought so many stories worth “notes and observations” that I thought I’d try something new – a flash newsletter of sorts, with commentary on stories that pushed my eyebrows up a bit more than usual. Each of these items is worth a full-fledged long-form piece, but it’s Friday, so let’s be brief: Do You … Continue reading "If You Trust AI, You’re Asleep. (At Least You’re Not “Woke”)"| John Battelle's Search Blog
(This piece is cross-posted from Signal360, where it first appeared) “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” -Ernest Hemingwa…| John Battelle's Search Blog
There are precious few companies in the tech world that are willing to stick their necks out and “do the right thing,” and even fewer who both operate at Internet scale and enjoy Wall Street’s unabashed fandom. In fact, I can only think of one: Cloudflare. And today, the $65 billion public company* announced a … Continue reading "CloudFlare To The AI Industry: Pay Up!"| John Battelle's Search Blog
Bill Gross has been here before. Back when the Internet was young, when the dot-com wave broke across the monied shoals of Wall Street opportunism, Gross built a world-changing company, took it public, then sold it for billions. Google was a fledgling startup with no discernible business model when Gross pioneered a revolutionary approach to … Continue reading "AI Is Breaking The Internet. Can Bill Gross Fix It?"| John Battelle's Search Blog