Linkage

• Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet (The Honest Broker) He is arguing that Google is following a path of arrogance, then madness, then self destruction. In ancient Greek, this is, “
• Hubris — Ate — Nemesis.”
• Wall Street Is Jacking Up The Cost Of Your Doctor Visits (Lever News) Private equity destroys everything that it touches.
• Trump’s First Big Fiasco Triggers Stephen Miller’s Rage — Take Note Dems (The New Republic) Trump ally says that there is no immigration problem, there are just lazy American workers. Much hilarity ensues.
• Ford pauses retaliatory measures to U.S. tariffs after Trump delays them by 30 days (CBC News) Ontario Premier and bowling ball impersonator Doug Ford was promising that he would cancel the province’s $100m Starlink contract when the tariff kicks in. File under strange bedfellows.
• Google’s Sergey Brin Says Engineers Should Work 60-Hour Weeks in Office to Build AI That Could Replace Them (Gizmodo) I want the guillotine concession.
• Alibaba Releases Advanced Open Video Model, Immediately Becomes AI Porn Machine (404 Media) This is the first example of an actual viable business model for AI.