Tue. 04/08 – It’s Already Starting…

Uh oh, it looks like the tech price hikes are already starting! People are accusing Meta of doing some weird things with those latest AI models. Shopify tells workers that they need to embrace AI for everything. Is AI killing web traffic? And how AI is being used to automatically create sequels for books.

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Links:

• Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs (ArsTechnica)
• Exclusive: Micron to impose tariff-related surcharge on some products from April 9, sources say (Reuters)
• Apple Plans to Source More iPhones From India as Potential Tariff Fix (WSJ)
• Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs (Bloomberg)
• Meta got caught gaming AI benchmarks (The Verge)
• Shopify CEO says staffers need to prove jobs can’t be done by AI before asking for more headcount (CNBC)
• Google AI Search Shift Leaves Website Makers Feeling ‘Betrayed’ (Bloomberg)
• THE A.I. ROMANCE FACTORY (Bloomberg Businessweek)