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Every AI bot just hit a new paywall: permission & payment.

Posted by Jay Kim · rewiring demand | ai × culture × impulse 17 hours ago

Cloudflare, a CDN piping ~20% of global web traffic, just flipped the switch. AI crawlers are now *blocked by default* across its network.

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Brittain Ladd

on... Meta Hires Four More OpenAI Researchers

I absolutely love how aggressive Mark Zuckerberg has become in running Meta, and making a Big Bet on AI. When Zuckerberg realized Meta’s AI model was a dud, he pivoted and immediately went on a recruiting and hiring spree to find the best talent available.

I agree with the 49% investment in Scale AI and hiring Alexandr Wang. However, I’d also like to see Zuckerberg acquire Thinking Machines Lab, and hire Mira Murati.

I’m surprised that he hasn’t hired

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Justin Zhang

on... OpenAI and Microsoft Duel Over AGI in High-Stakes Negotiation

Excellent piece!

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Hunter Walk

on... Google Cuts Smart TV Budget as It Doubles Down on YouTube

Christian Oestlien is strong, credible exec from my experience with him - we worked together 2006/2007 and have remained friends. Would be good choice IMO.

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