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Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)

Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI:
Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices  —  AI isn't the only thing behind Medvi  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing  —  and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI:

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie had a massive opening weekend

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie had 2026's biggest opening weekend yet, beating out films like Project Hail Mary and Scream 7.

Los Thuthanaka’s Wak’a is a mellower follow-up to last year’s surprise Pitchfork favorite

Los Thuthanaka basically came out of nowhere last year to capture Pitchfork's album of the year with their self-titled debut. Because it wasn't available on streaming, it largely flew under the radar. I honestly kind of forgot about it until Pitchfork gave it the number one spot in its year-end list. In retrospect, I'm not […]

Triplets of Belleville’s director just invented the cozy ghost biopic

A Magnificent Life, Sylvain Chomet’s animated biography of legendary French writer Marcel Pagnol, comes with a strange, sweet supernatural twist.

Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit  —  Attackers posed as a trading firm, met Drift contributors in person across multiple countries, deposited $1 million of their own capital …