If you thought social media had scrambled America’s CEOs just wait until they’re fully cooked by AI apple.news/AJ_ht7MMyT9G...

2 years ago Microsoft set out to spin an early GenAI lead (courtesy of the OpenAI deal) into corporate & consumer AI gold. @austincarr.bsky.social I take a look at how it's gone, how Satya is hedging bets, building new AI models & navigating changing OAI conditions www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

I still have an app on my phone called "birthcandle" that i downloaded at a bar over 10 years ago so my friend could blow out candles on her birthday. The app no longer opens but I refuse to delete it. bsky.app/profile/aust...

God, I really miss the simpler days of Yo and HQ Trivia... New @bloomberg.com essay on why I keep "ghost apps" on my iPhone like Foursquare & Vine: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In today's Businessweek Daily, @austincarr.bsky.social has some color (I'm sorry, I'm sorry) on the work that goes into the fire retardants being airdropped in Los Angeles www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Walgreens lost $200 million installing 10,000 video doors nobody wants or needs. We could already see soda bottles through the glass. What they should have done is install 10,000 video doors that all display Han Solo frozen in carbonite

Walgreens is at center of some really baffling decisions, and this Bloomberg story about the drama behind their video freezer screens is a great read www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The guy who led Walgreens' investment in Theranos bet on another startup:

This is such a satisfying @austincarr.bsky.social story about a niche disaster that has fascinated me for years: The Walgreens video cooler door fiasco. A true retail cautionary tale. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Walgreens putting food and drinks behind high-tech refrigerator screens also turned out to be a disaster. New @bloomberg.com feature on the $200 million lawsuit sparked from Walgreens' attempt to digitize the cooler aisle www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Wrote about some of the best AI interface design of 2024, including from Anthropic, Granola, Cove and OpenAI www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

They also can be insanely profitable on secondary markets if you're clever enough www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Heavy rains Wednesday night flooded a ramp in the Ted Williams Tunnel along with other highways and left some 2,000 customers without electricity early Thursday, according to the National Weather Service and MassDOT. trib.al/WEqmC4a (Video courtesy of @mariabarajas_ and @drevankappler)

Imho, ChatGPT Plus remains a steal at $20/month, and I imagine OpenAI could get away with charging a lot more than $200/month for ChatGPT Pro considering what it includes www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

A bit alarming that my most played Spotify song is the 50 Cent cover from "Anatomy of a Fall"

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. Grateful to get to spend another turkey day with this turkey

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

Anyway, tapping this sign from the lesser-cited part of Michael Crichton's “Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Another 4 billion reasons Amazon needs Anthropic's help to improve its struggling AI: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...