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Anthropic and OpenAI are claiming something remarkable this week — that they've effectively disproved a foundational tenet of computer science, rendering decades of established research obsolete. Researchers are reportedly unsettled but also energized, describing themselves as feeling like, quote, overexcited bunnies, as entirely new questions open up before them.
Closer to the world of regulation, South Korea has fined both Apple and Google for violating the country's Telecommunications Business Act over app store practices. It's the latest chapter in a global story about whether the companies that built the dominant mobile platforms should have unchecked control over how software reaches the people who buy their devices.
And in a quieter but telling moment from the advertising world, Prada has launched a hand-drawn holiday campaign featuring Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke, illustrated by legendary Disney animator John Pomeroy. At a time when AI-generated imagery is flooding marketing, the choice to return to traditional craft is drawing widespread praise — and raising a real question about what consumers actually value when the shortcut is always available.
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