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You're still the product

There are a lot of expensive-to-manage products that are basically free for users: Google search, Instagram, LinkedIn. The reason they can be offered for free is because when you're using these products, they're collecting your data, and they use that data to more effectively target ads at you.

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Weekly Links (12/5/25)

Epoch AI was able to use satellite images to detect a Chinese data center.

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AI agents can present our AI demos

AI agents are becoming increasingly capable of taking actions beyond the chat window and interacting with tools in the real world, such as web browsers.

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