AI agents have brand “preferences” and are attracted to different kinds of ads (right now, Operator is a fan of buying whatever Bing advertises, Claude has different preferences)

There is likely going to be a lot of money spent trying to influence this in the nearish future.

Lapdog interviewer has a thought.

Unreal city

"Republicans have long wanted to get rid of CFPB" raises the question of why they weren't able to do so, a question that reporters can't answer because it would lead them to to a second set of questions that would collapse the entire pretense of artificial normality undergirding media right now

Authors announcing they have X conference papers accepted.

@pjvogt.bsky.social excellent part I in the "Buckingham Palace" series. Can't wait for part II: "How to pronounce Buckingham".

All the AI progress in the world doesn't seem to be helping me with mundane form-filling and life admin.

How do I stop the cat pics?

Getting positive vibes from Bluesky, though it does seem to be somewhere between "sausage fest" and "sausage extravaganze"...