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The AI jobs panic peaked in May and has faded fast since:
- News reports on AI job loss are down ~65%, back to year-ago levels
- Layoff announcements that cite AI are down ~90%, near the lowest of the year
Charts of the Week: a16z.news/p/charts-of-the-we…
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BREAKING: The number of restaurants in New York dropped ~2,000 YoY in Q1 2026, posting its largest YoY decline in at least 36 years.
This surpasses even the worst contraction recorded in any quarter during the 2020 pandemic.
The number of eating and drinking places in New York State has now declined YoY for 4 consecutive quarters, its longest streak since 2021.
This comes as restaurants are facing surging operating expenses, including insurance premiums, wages, interest rates, utilities, and health coverage, with overall costs rising faster than national averages.
Last year, employee health insurance costs jumped +12.9% for New York-area service firms, business insurance rose +7.0%, while utility costs surged +8.5%, according to the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.
Skyrocketing costs are crushing New York restaurants.
na boa, o caminho pro Vorcaro é, saindo da prisão e pagando sua dívida com a sociedade, engatar venda de curso de gestão do tempo. sempre dá tempo de dar uma guinada na carreira e focar no que você é realmente bom. 👍
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uma das coisas mais legais que achei do Muse é criar automaticamente os artefatos (parecido com o do Claude), um html interativo com o sumário das respostas.
Acho útil quando tô fazendo comparação de produtos, checklist pra um projeto etc.
A interface ainda está meio sloppy, precisa de ajustes. mas criar uma interface visual ajuda muito.
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go pink power
launched a model
accidentally served trillions of tokens a day
29.4% of the fortune 500 showed up
raised a really big series A from @a16z
it's been 3 weeks
we would like to sleep now
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e o modelo da Anthropic que submeteu uma pista *falsa* de um homicidio para o Departamento de Policia da Philadelphia?
wtf?
anthropic.com/research/inves…
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That's what we call Agent to Agent communication 😂
My muse called Volvo for me to see when the next available appointment is.
You can listen to the phone call here.
I have it do multiple calls like this every day (I'm still trying to get better and better at leveraging muse).
My muse called, waited on the line for 15 minutes, and then got the information I needed.
- Saved me a ton of time
- Muse was able to talk to the other person, with no confusion or interruptions on Volvo's side, and got the info we needed
(This is the real transcript from the call but the audio has been recreated for this video)
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can’t wait to sign up for this. cheaper, better and faster.
We announced an agreement to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio that will pave the way for @Starlink to become a major mobile carrier in the US.
With this new spectrum and our Gen2 constellation, Starlink Mobile can ensure Americans have access to high-speed mobile broadband no matter where they are → spacex.com/updates#starlink-…
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We talk about how Muse can improve signals to Meta Ads, but what if Meta Ads signals improve quality/conversion for Muse?
Think of this loop: you engage with a video ad on Instagram (let's say the new Patagonia jackets fall collection) without purchasing. Muse sends you a notification two weeks later that the collection is at a discount asking if you want to try out your M size. It gives you a few options and you go ahead and complete the purchase. Meta takes a cut from Patagonia (similar to how an affiliate program would do).
teapawt.net/rodnotrob/status/21057…
I guess it will depend on how much incremental performance those signals will add to the existing signals Meta already captures on its owned platforms.
reality is that most of users' direct interest (short and long term), brands, buying preferences/habits are already captured, which is why Meta is so compelling for direct purchases.
Muse is actually a great add-on for more valuable inventory for Meta, now in a real purchase moment. They won't miss the opportunity to drive you to purchase direct instead of just influence it.. and they will monetize it heavily.
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