The case for making your own apps

Glaze's Thomas Paul Mann on disposable software, the SaaS apocalypse, and why half the software you use in a few years will be something you made. PLUS: OpenAI's rogue model, and the distillation debate | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 16 hours ago

China has a new top model

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 is very good — but the hype may be getting ahead of reality. (For now.) | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 5 days ago

The man who tried 200 to-do apps has some advice about AI

The Verge's David Pierce kicks off our new series on staying productive in the AI era — starting with why you should stop trying to stay ahead | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 7 days ago

The loudest warning about AI and jobs yet

200 economists and AI leaders say something big is happening. What should we do about it? Plus: Apple sues OpenAI | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 8 days ago

OpenAI's big launch — and bigger departure

GPT-5.6 impresses the critics, but Fidji Simo's exit leaves OpenAI's focus — and its org chart — in flux. PLUS: Meta plays catch-up, and the "AI 2027" authors present "AI 2040." | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 12 days ago

Vibe coding has escaped the terminal

Adventures with Raycast’s new app-making app, Glaze | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 14 days ago

Why social media bans are gaining steam

How a recent talk by researcher Candice Odgers explains why ban critics are losing | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 19 days ago

Why the tech industry can't keep up with the AI backlash

AI's externalities are growing faster than the industry can address them | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 20 days ago

The CEO of AWS on why Amazon is hiring 11,000 interns and junior employees

Matt Garman argues that junior employees are as necessary as ever. But AWS now sells agents that can recruit, code, and process claims. Will the balance hold? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 28 days ago

This founder isn’t hiring junior engineers anymore

And yes, AI is a factor. Replika and Wabi founder Eugenia Kuyda on how advances in coding changed her hiring calculus | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 1 month ago

Five things I learned from a conversation with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Highlights from Hard Fork Live, including Figma CEO Dylan Field on why design isn’t dead | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 1 month ago

How to help knowledge workers who lose their jobs to AI

Brookings Institution researcher Molly Kinder on why she's leaving her job to create solution for AI's "messy middle." PLUS: Claude Fable arrives | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 1 month ago

An economist's case against the AI jobs-pocalypse

Labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards isn't worried AI will create a new class of permanently idle Americans — but argues it's still time for the government to fix the social safety net | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 1 month ago

In a surprise, Meta increases funding to the Oversight Board

After months of uncertainty, the company's oversight body has a new lifeline | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 1 month ago

Claude Code's creator on the end of the software engineer

Anthropic's Boris Cherny tells me major job loss due to automation really is coming — but job creation is, too. PLUS: the Pope's AI encyclical, and Trump abandons an AI executive order | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 1 month ago

Is the web being summarized to death?

At Google I/O, new features bring AI agents into the inbox and YouTube in ways that further strain the relationship between publishers and platforms | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

Google's James Manyika is betting that doomers are wrong about AI and jobs

Tasks are getting easier to automate — jobs aren't. What now? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

Following: Elon loses the OpenAI trial

Musk vows to appeal; the judge vows to throw that case out, too | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

Are the Twitter clones in trouble?

A new report says X is resurgent — but it may be missing the bigger picture | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

The best argument I’ve heard for why AI won't take your job

In the first episode of the Platformer podcast, Box CEO Aaron Levie makes the case that you'll keep your job — but soon, you might not recognize it | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

Did xAI just concede the AI race?

Elon Musk had lots of reasons to make a deal with Anthropic — but he wouldn’t have done it if he were ahead. PLUS: The incredible testimony of Shivon Zilis, and a big new study on school phone bans | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

The Trump administration's AI doomer moment

A year ago, officials all but sneered at the idea of AI safety. A new frontier model has them reconsidering | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is

Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one of the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

How we're shaking up Platformer for the AI era

On newsletters in the age of AI automation. PLUS: Musk and OpenAI in court, and China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

The week that Meta employees became training data

Invasive monitoring and a fresh round of layoffs have workers I spoke to on edge. Is this the future of knowledge work? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 months ago

Following: Trump says Anthropic is “shaping up”

PLUS: Everyone has feelings about Tim Cook | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Why UBI is making a comeback

Tech companies hope a check in the mail will calm the AI backlash — but there are reasons for skepticism | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot

New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Sam Altman’s second thoughts

OpenAI’s CEO is asking the public to lower the temperature on AI. But who turned it up in the first place? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Meta has a new model

Nine months after an expensive overhaul, the company says it's back in the AI race — but the race keeps getting faster | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled

The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

OpenAI is getting weird again

A strange purchase, executive reshuffling and a New Yorker investigation are raising questions ahead of an IPO | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Exclusive: Meta has discussed ending funding to the Oversight Board

Shifting priorities and budget pressures could bring an end to the company’s experiment in independent governance, sources say | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?

The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg is doing content moderation again

Meta’s CEO said he didn't want to be the speech police. Then he texted Elon Musk | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Spotify takes on its doppelgänger problem

The company is taking new steps to stop AI impersonation — but across the internet, the problem continues to grow. PLUS: Anthropic in court, and Meta loses in New Mexico | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 months ago

Following: Elon tried to tank Twitter

PLUS: the White House's new AI agenda | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Meta's new support bot probably can't get you your account back

The company's new support chatbot is better than what came before — but still missing the one feature that millions are clamoring for | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Following: OpenAI wrestles with business strategy (and adult content)

Do Sam Altman and Fidji Simo have an alignment problem? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Why Meta is retreating from encryption

In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg called privacy the future of social networking. Not anymore | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

I have been released from my responsibilities as an unwilling editor for Grammarly

Some overdue reflections by its CEO, and a class-action lawsuit, bring an end to “expert review” | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Bluesky changes course

Jay Graber built something impressive but stagnant. Can a new CEO get it growing again? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it

The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Inside the backlash to the AI war machine

A protest at OpenAI headquarters suggests the backlash to military AI is growing — even if its politics are still half-formed. PLUS: The Pentagon declares Anthropic a supply chain risk | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Where does Anthropic go from here?

Shunned by the government, and newly appealing to consumers, the company is at a crossroads | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?

Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived

AI safety researchers have long worried that a government would seek to use AI for domestic surveillance and autonomous killing. The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic threatens to make it a reality | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago

Following: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon

PLUS: The Substack post that tanked the markets, continued | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 4 months ago