Elsewhere on Thursday…
— Inside Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals (WSJ $)
— New World Order? (The Polycrisis)
— Did Sam Altman really tell a room of VCs that he’s going to ask the AI how best to make AI profitable? (TikTok v Rusty Foster)
— The case for building homes on some of London’s 95 golf courses (Notes on Growth)
— AI isn’t useless. But is it worth it? (Molly White)
— Screening out consciousness (Indignity)
— Britain’s richest man is so secretive even his receptionist hasn’t heard of him (Daily Mail)
— How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English (The Guardian)
— Bronx tax preparer known as ‘the Magician’ charged by IRS in $100 million fraud (NBC New York)
— Tory MP allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’ (The Times)