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Algorithmic culture
Where software stops being a tool and starts setting the terms. Briefs on artificial intelligence, platforms and the companies that write the defaults everyone else inherits.
Beyond the product cycle
Hardware manufacturers are framing artificial intelligence as a managed product upgrade.
End times normal
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor diagnose the present as a “new and dangerous moment in history,” arguing that factors including the rise of the tech billionaire and the climate emerg…
Licensing control
Licensing constructs markets by converting access into a recurring transaction.
Automating a misunderstood mind
Software firms are building an infrastructure for AI-driven automation that treats discrete applications as a single, programmable ecosystem.
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A clash over automated culture
Commercial and creative sectors are pursuing the deep integration of automated systems into their core operations.
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