Feb. 10, 2026
AI: Better, Faster, Stronger… Or Just Working Harder?
So, have you hit the ads in ChatGPT yet, cause they’re there. Spotify comes out of nowhere with killer good earnings. The coming tidal wave of Chinese AI launches. The coming deluge of social media trials. And does AI usage reduce the amount of work you do, or actually compound it?
- OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT (Mashable)
- Spotify Shares Surge After Adding Record Number of New Users (Bloomberg)
- Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance Offer AI Red Packets to Lure Users (Bloomberg)
- New Mexico lawsuit accuses Meta of failing to protect children from sexual exploitation online (AP)
- AI Doesn't Reduce Work, It Intensifies It (HBR)
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