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Mark Zuckerberg published another unedited 6,500-word manifesto laying out Meta's AI vision, arguing AI concerns are overblown and advocating for government collaboration on model releases.
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Kara Swisher opens Scott-Free August by welcoming Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, who waste no time dropping their news: they've caught 'founderitis' and are leaving the New York Times's Hard Fork podcast to co-found an independent AI-focused media company. Kevin explains that Hard Fork was originally a 2021 bet on crypto — hence the name — and since that bet proved wrong, a fresh brand is warranted. The new show will publish at least twice a week and will be YouTube-first, banking on video to reach a wider audience [1] — Kevin Roose "Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are leaving the NYT's 'Hard Fork' after catching 'founderitis' — the Silicon Valley affliction that turns midd…" 02:18 . Casey credits Kara with pushing him toward independence from almost the beginning of Hard Fork. In a warm moment, Kevin formally asks Kara to be the 'podmother' of their new podcast — she accepts immediately, with the caveat that the name had better be good. Kevin's book, 'The AGI Chronicles,' covering a decade of AI history, is also set to release in early October.
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are leaving the NYT's 'Hard Fork' after catching 'founderitis' — the Silicon Valley affliction that turns middle-aged men into startup founders. They're launching an independent, YouTube-first podcast covering AI at least twice a week, with Kara Swisher named its 'podmother.'
Kevin Roose has a book called 'The AGI Chronicles,' covering the last 10 years in AI, releasing in early October 2026 alongside his new independent podcast launch.
Meta's AI manifesto conveniently advocates for the exact policies — like unlimited model distillation — that benefit a company that is not at the frontier. Kevin Roose puts it bluntly: the vision 'happens to suit Meta's business priorities almost exactly, and I don't think that's an accident.'
Sam's initial MVP was coded in approximately one week using ChatGPT voice mode and copy-pasting code, with no prior technical experience.
Sam argues Discord is 10x better than email for building relationships with younger users who rarely check their inbox.
Sam's monthly operating costs include Cursor ($200), AI image generation ($100), AI video generation ($200), hosting ($100), email marketing ($80), and AI compute ($300–$500).
Sam recommends copying days of Discord chat history into ChatGPT and prompting it to list recurring pain points as a fast, free market research technique.
Bhanu and his team built approximately 50 free tools to attract search traffic, each linked back to SiteGPT.
With AI coding tools like Cursor, Bhanu can now create a new free marketing tool in less than 5 minutes by referencing existing tools.
Bhanu filters Ahrefs keyword results to show only those with a keyword difficulty below 10, making them realistic ranking targets for any decent website.
Bhanu sets a minimum search volume of 1,000 monthly searches when selecting keywords to target with free tools.
PropGPT averaged 20 downloads per day right after launching on the App Store through influencer marketing.
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