AI is again in the headlines this week with Anthropic announcing that its AI will do anything to survive...even bust you for cheating on your wife.

AI layoffs are starting to hit home. It's almost to the point that people are being laid off "by" AI itself. Joe and Robert uncover the truth.

Rand Fishkin discusses 10 ways to understand no-click search...and it's mostly stuff we can actually do.

And long live print, as Microsoft launches a new print publication.

Winners and losers include LinkedIn commenting and Duolingo.

Rants and raves include the new Bitcoin treasury fad and AI Agent pitch decks.

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Anthropic AI Resorts to Blackmail

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