‘Anthropic and Alignment’ Link to: https://stratechery.com/2026/anthropic-and-alignment/

@gruber.foo Anthropic is saying “we refuse to make nuclear weapons or to allow our products to be used to make nuclear weapons and the Department of defense can either work with us or not.” The government doesn’t have to destroy them for that. Many companies don’t make weapons bit.ly/476p1Su

Meta’s Response to Reuters Report on ‘Romance AI Chatbots’ for Teenagers Link to: https://x.com/andymstone/status/2016242174447223049

Thanks for reacting to the middle manager. I had same thought when I read your post. I wonder how ChatBots compare to libraries? I read Mischner in 7th grade from school library. Concentration camp story of shattering glass rods in penis. Explicit.
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The Economic Legacy of DOGE DOGE is the Largest Peacetime Cut to the Federal Workforce in Modern US History, But it Failed its Supposed Budget-Cutting Goals & Broke Important Agencies

@gruber.foo I thought you’d enjoy this data dump about #DOGE #fail www.apricitas.io/p/the-econom... Well maybe not enjoy, but vibe with it.

Thinking through Apple’s September 9 announcements Big day on Tuesday, as iPhone Days usually are. I think Apple’s big event this year was actually more impressive than it’s been for quite a while, and despite the flurry of leaks and ru…

I think a key reason that Apple didn’t announce hypertension earlier is because they didn’t have to. When they release things early, it gives competitive a chance to swoop in with some 60% solution and claim they got there first. @snell.zone sixcolors.com/post/2025/09...

A Cynical Read on Anthropic’s Book Settlement Link to: https://spyglass.org/cynical-read-on-anthropics-book-settlement/

I don’t buy the cynical take. The lawsuits & settlements were inevitable. It’s been clear since the Reddit deal that AI companies are going to need to spend millions/billions for content. The moat remains the billions in their war chests.
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Gemini for Home is Google’s biggest smart home play in years Hey Google, meet Gemini.

“Hey Google, play that song from this year’s summer blockbuster about race cars”. This all I want from Siri/Apple Intelligence along with “call my wife on speaker”. @gruber.foo @reneritchie.bsky.social www.theverge.com/news/762370/...

Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon It is disturbing to think that the leader of a beloved, trusted, and widely believed-to-be-ethical company like Apple has succumbed to avarice. That Tim Cook feels no qualms about — or perhaps even de...

Trump is scum, but if Biden offered a $50B a year incentive (25% tax on iPhones) to build in America, a joint press conference and a thoughtful gift that Biden appreciated wouldn’t be so odd. This is blackmail, but pragmatically it’s the right move. @gruber.foo daringfireball.net/2025/08/gold...

I’m not convinced to epilogues add much to most stories. I always read them because I’m afraid I’m gonna miss something, but I often feel vaguely disappointed like I reached the end of the book and then burped and unpleasant taste after a good meal. #books #booklovers #romancebooks #writing

I think @slashdot.org’s rss feed has been hacked. When you click to view it on web it’s a completely different article. #funny

‘This Is Our Signature’: iOS 7 The software is now of a piece with the hardware. Two sides of the same coin. Not hardware design and software design. Just design.

I was curious to compare @gruber.foo ‘s feedback about the iOS7 beta compared to MacOS/iOS26. Worlds apart. “Resounding yes” type comments about iOS7 vs “is a serious problem” for MacOS/iOS26 daringfireball.net/2013/06/ios_...

First Look: macOS Tahoe Public Beta For many years, Apple’s annual operating-system cycle seemed to be all about the iPhone, with the occasional bone thrown to the Mac or iPad. But Apple’s latest operating-system releases…

Does #MacOS Tahoe Spotlight integrate with passwords or 1Passwords? I used to use Alfred with 1Password 7 and it was great since I didn’t have to bookmark sites and then also add them to password manager
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Walmart has the craziest T-shirt options. #funny

Dipping my toes into @blender.org again. Our city does crowdsource cinema where everyone gets a two minute snippet of a popular movie to redo and then they stitch it back together. This year is Matilda. Here are my initial character sketches in blender. I’m trying to figure out cloth and hair. #3d

Unfortunately #fantastical doesn’t actually put entire message when creating an event from email, it only puts the start of it and a link to apple mail (I use #Mimestream) 😢 @gruber.foo @flexibits.com
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Working on my garden today definitely helped me remember how much gardening sucks. lol.

The one that gets me is how the word wretched turned into ratchet. I was teaching high school and I actually made a slide on our TV screen that explained the difference because it was driving me crazy that all of our kids were used to birds interchangeably @brandon.insertcredit.com

MCP will be built into Windows to make an 'agentic OS' but security will be a key concern • DEVCLASS Microsoft’s Build developer conference is under way in Seattle, where the company has revealed plans to make the […]

I feel like this is what many people feel that Apple should do. devclass.com/2025/05/19/m... @gruber.foo

@aftermath.site Heard about ya’ll from Gruber. I use RSS and your RSS streams never have enough info for me to want to click more… have you considered putting the first couple of paragraphs into the RSS feed to entice ppl to read and click for more? Seems like what most sites do…

Feelings sick. Just want to eat junk food and feel better, and I know that won’t make me feel better… :(

Microsoft’s 50th Birthday Was Interrupted, Twice, by Employees Protesting Against Israel Link to: https://www.theverge.com/news/644027/microsoft-50th-anniversary-protest

Agree MSFT event isn’t the right place, but “doing business in a state that is sexist” is NOT the same as “actively supplying AI software used to incorrectly target and kill people”. They’re both bad, but very different orders of magnitude. daringfireball.net/linked/2025/... @gruber.foo

Intel Refreshes Iconic Brand - Slashdot Intel has unveiled a refresh of its iconic brand identity, introducing the slogan "That's the power of Intel Inside" to reconnect with consumers and highlight the chipmaker's role in modern computing....

When your company is well and truly screwed… it’s time for a new slogan or logo. (It won’t help you but at least the C-suite will feel like they’re doing something) www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... @gruber.foo #marketingfail

I think OpenAI might be exaggerating my muscles and jawline… lol. I see how it came up with Christine’s picture (tats are a nice addition)… but I think it confused me with #Thor… #openAI #AI #Marvel (I know AI is evil and I'm probably a bad person for even playing around with it)

When I was in high school I hated popular music on principal… I wasn’t as cool as I thought 🤣

You’ll Never Guess Which Recent DF Article Was ‘Flagged’ at Hacker News Link to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43489058

It’s cool to hate apple. I think that’s it. I’m on other sites where if ANYTHING even slightly positive about apple is posted it gets downvoted to the trash bin. Linux and Android can add the most minor feature and get a million upvotes.
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This is a real product! A crotch cooler… lol and their featured photo makes it even funnier. Dude’s got major goose bumps #Amazon #funny

Apple Shakes Up AI Executive Ranks in Bid to Turn Around Siri Apple Inc. is undergoing a rare shake-up of its executive ranks, aiming to get its artificial intelligence efforts back on track after months of delays and stumbles, according to people familiar with ...

I wonder if Giannadrea was already “out” at the time of Gurman’s last post, which could be why Walker was listed as “top executive overseeing Siri”? www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @gruber.foo #apple

@macworld.com I think there’s a bug on your site. I’m trying to read an article and every three seconds this head pops up

My latest watercolor postcard. Inspired by some unattributed art I saw on Pinterest. #watercolor #art #painting

YouTube video by Dreams4Rest Circle Around

Ian (17) recorded another song while Christine and I were out of town for the day… :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5lD...

Just Siri being Siri. #apple #siri