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2d ago

AI’s Missing Mechanisms

My former partner Tim O’Reilly* has written another important essay, and in the lost tradition of blogging about other blogs, I wanted to…

AI’s Missing Mechanisms

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HumanAI

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John Battelle

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Nov 6

Catching a Falling Knife Is Not For the Faint of Heart

There’s a sickening moment in the life of a high-flying startup when you can feel gravity reasserting its inevitable grip. One moment…

Catching a Falling Knife Is Not For the Faint of Heart

John Battelle

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Nov 4

Baring All To AI

As a rule, I don’t trust centralized platforms, even if they have strange but reassuring mottos or convoluted non-public benefit ownership…

Baring All To AI

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Oct 30

Google Crashes, Will the Market Burn?

Here I was planning a perfectly lazy Friday, but Google had to go and sh*t the bed. Given I wrote a book that came out right after the…

Google Crashes, Will the Market Burn?

John Battelle

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Oct 29

Science on the Brink: DOC 2026

It’s taken me a few days to recover from the crescendo that was DOC last week. Planning and executing a magical three-day gathering of 300+…

Science on the Brink: DOC 2026

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Oct 7

The AI Climax Draws Nigh

Good Lord, where do we start?

The AI Climax Draws Nigh

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Oct 2

Should AI Mean We Write Less? Hell No.

Not often does a New York Times’ OpEd rouse me to respond — but this one certainly did:

Should AI Mean We Write Less? Hell No.

John Battelle

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Sep 23

Agents Should Work For Us. These Don’t.

Well, it’s finally happening. The long awaited “agent revolution” is here, in the form of Muse, Meta’s two-week-old entry into the AI…

Agents Should Work For Us. These Don’t.

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Sep 17

Should AI Have Fundamental Rights?

I don’t think so.

Should AI Have Fundamental Rights?

John Battelle

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Sep 14

Can OpenAI Beat Google At Its Own Game?

You’ve noticed it, but maybe you’ve not thought too hard about it. Over the past few months, your Google search habits have changed. What…

Can OpenAI Beat Google At Its Own Game?

John Battelle

John Battelle

A Founder of DOC, The Recount, NewCo, Federated Media, sovrn Holdings, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business

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