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Bill Gates is weighing in on the artificial intelligence moment we're living through, arguing that the decisions being made right now will shape the technology's trajectory for decades. It's a familiar theme from Gates, but the urgency in his framing reflects a broader anxiety in the industry about governance, access, and who gets to set the rules.
That question of who wins when AI becomes a commodity is getting serious attention elsewhere too. A piece circulating in tech circles asks a pointed question: as intelligence itself becomes cheap and widely available, does the advantage shift to whoever owns the infrastructure, the data, or the distribution? It's the kind of structural question that tends to matter more than the product launches dominating the headlines.
And speaking of product launches, Whoop is out with something called Meridian, a fitness tracker dressed up in Milanese metal mesh and premium finishes. The pitch is essentially that it looks like jewelry so you'll never take it off, which is exactly what Whoop wants, because continuous wear means continuous data. Whether that trade-off appeals to you probably says something about how you feel about being quantified.
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