







Another EA nukes Billions on long bets. This one won't go to prison.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back their AI jobs apocalypse prophecies as they eye blockbuster IPOs | Fortune
Some leaders like Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon and Box’s Aaron Levie have been saying all along that there won’t be a white-collar wipeout.

A Star Investor's Tale of Risk, Ruin & Reinvention w/ Victor Haghani (RWH071)
What the heck is wrong with our AI overlords?
New profile of Sam Altman shines a light on a whole industry.

The Package King of Miami
Matthew Bergwall was a gifted coder who could have gotten a job at any tech company. He decided to go in another direction.

Pro-Iran hackers claim ‘sophisticated’ attack on Bluesky
A pro-Iran hacking group that has been relentlessly targeting American companies with DDoS attacks claims it disrupted Bluesky with what the social media site called a “sophisticated” attack that…

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

Do Not Buy The War Crime N64
There's so many ways to play the N64. You do not need to support Palmer Luckey's little project.

Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats
Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats

I’m Calling It. Time for a New NATO | The Tyee
The ‘New Alliance Treaty Organization’ could offer real protection from what’s brewing in the US.

The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world
A politician’s home was also attacked after voting to rezone for a data center.

Hasan Piker Threatens the Establishment. That’s Why They Want to Destroy Him.
Critics are leveling baseless charges of antisemitism and bigotry at the mega-streamer. But they’re really scared of the challenge he poses to their power.

Another one bites the dust. AVNStars shutting down payments.
Dudes thinking big thoughts: Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson and the lure of the rabbit hole
After B-list careers in their primary professions, these men have found their callings in the earbuds of the young.

AI alliance Cohere and Aleph Alpha
Cohere and Aleph Alpha, two trusted sovereign AI providers for governments and regulated industries, today announce their plan to join forces. This transatlantic alliance would combine Cohere’s global AI scale with Aleph Alpha’s strong research excellence and deep institutional relationships, forging a globally competitive AI champion backed by their Canadian and German ecosystems. The initiative reflects a shared vision: To provide the world with an independent, enterprise-grade sovereign alternative in an era of growing AI concentration and to ensure that organizations do not need to relinquish control over their own AI stack.
"What has really happened is VC built the wrong AI, you’ll pay a high price for this error with your pension, and nobody will go to jail." x.com/AndrewOrlowski/status/2073821… via @cabernet.bsky.social
Sources for the April 24, 2026 thread on the Cohere/Aleph Alpha merger and what it means for sovereign AI as a corporate strategy. Includes the announcement primary sources, the diplomatic scaffolding from February, and reporting on Aleph Alpha's earlier pivot away from frontier scale.

AI firm Cohere in merger talks with Germany’s Aleph Alpha, sources say
Cohere + Aleph Alpha: The Transatlantic Merger That Will Define Sovereign AI

German LLM maker Aleph Alpha pivots to AI support | TechCrunch
Canada and Germany sign AI joint declaration and launch Sovereign Technology Alliance

Künstliche Intelligenz: Allianz mit Kanada – Aleph Alpha und Cohere sprechen über Fusion

Cohere and Aleph Alpha merge into a $20B transatlantic AI company