Challenges in Media and Design: Traffic Declines and New Paradigms

Zuckerberg’s big ambitions for AI seem to be coming into focus. OpenAI is actively starting to play the field when it comes to compute. More signs AI is kneecapping web traffic. And what do we think? Is liquid glass a good design choice, or a cul-de-sac for Apple?

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Links:

• Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’ (NYTimes)
• Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sources say (Reuters)
• Waymo halts service in downtown Los Angeles amid ICE protests (LA Times)
• News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools (WSJ)
• Apple will end support for Intel Macs next year, macOS 27 will require Apple Silicon (9to5Mac)
• ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Hard to Read’: Designers React to Apple’s Liquid Glass Update (Wired)

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