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Received yesterday — 13 February 2026

‘Something Big Is Happening’ + A.I. Rocks the Romance Novel Industry + One Good Thing

“I do think we are reaching an inflection point in people’s feelings and senses about A.I. and where it’s going.”

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Will ChatGPT Ads Change OpenAI? + Amanda Askell Explains Claude’s New Constitution

“The question is not are these first couple of ads that we’re seeing from OpenAI going to be good or not? It’s whether two or three years from now, ChatGPT is being steered toward ad-friendly topics.”

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Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse

“If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.

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Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax

“This is a story about how a tool can be used to try to affect politics and in particular to minimize women, denigrate them and push them out of the conversation.”

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