Is taste a 'new core skill'? Techies debate — and quickly get memed

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Discourse about "taste" is growing among techies on X.

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DeepMind's CEO says using AI can make you a genius — or hurt your critical thinking skills

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CEO of DeepMind Technologies Demis Hassabis at an AI summit at Imperial College London, in central London on July 9, 2025
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warned at the Athens Innovation Summit that AI must avoid repeating social media's toxic patterns.

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Mark Cuban on 2 types of AI users: you're either using it to 'learn everything' or 'so you don't have to learn anything'

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Mark Cuban said people who use AI either use it to learn everything or to avoid learning.

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Walmart's growing share of high-income shoppers helped its e-commerce business turn into a powerhouse

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Josh Kushner uses 'Lord of the Rings' to explain what being close to OpenAI taught him about perceived power

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Josh Kusner, a venture capitalist and founder of the $50 billion Thrive Capital, compared AI giants to Lord of the Rings characters.

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Emails show 'Godfather of AGI' Ben Goertzel courted Epstein for funding and congratulated him on jail release

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Ben Goertzel had dozens of email exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein.

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It's the Mac Mini's moment, thanks to the OpenClaw craze

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The Mac Mini is benefiting from the OpenClaw craze.

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I quit my $192K Microsoft job and moved to Canada — then almost everything I owned was stolen. I'm learning to rebuild from scratch.

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David Chong

David Chong

Big Tech alum says the individual contributor role is 'probably over' — AI is making everyone a manager

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Philip Su.

Philip Su

Several Meta employees have started calling themselves 'AI builders'

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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