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Amazon and Major Retailers Block AI Shopping Agents Despite Profiting From Artificial Intelligence
Mindbytes Oct 22, 2026

Amazon and Major Retailers Block AI Shopping Agents Despite Profiting From Artificial Intelligence

Amazon and other major retailers are restricting AI shopping agents, exposing growing tensions between consumer automation, platform control and Big Tech’s AI ambitions.
Linsey Smith 1 min read
OpenAI Seeks $30 Billion at $1.25 Trillion Valuation as IPO Plans Loom
Mindbytes Oct 23, 2026

OpenAI Seeks $30 Billion at $1.25 Trillion Valuation as IPO Plans Loom

OpenAI is reportedly negotiating a $30 billion funding round at a $1.25 trillion valuation, highlighting the enormous capital demands of the AI industry.
gizmo guru 1 min read
Google's AI overviews cut publisher traffic 40-68%
News Jul 20, 2026

Google's AI overviews cut publisher traffic 40-68%

Google Zero: Generative AI search kills 68% website traffic. Publishers face 60% revenue collapse as AI overviews replace clicks, threatening the open web's survival.

Hruy Tsegaye 3 min read
Big Tech’s Big Bets on the Singularity
Article Aug 24, 2026

Big Tech’s Big Bets on the Singularity

In Ben's word, this is "An attempt to comprehend the unfolding economics of the great AI bet, with and without decentralized AGI".

Ben Goertzel 28 min read
China's Moonshot Unveils Kimi K3, the World's Largest Open-Weight AI Model
News Jul 17, 2026

China's Moonshot Unveils Kimi K3, the World's Largest Open-Weight AI Model

Alibaba's Kimi K3 delivers frontier AI at lower cost than GPT-5.6 and Claude, signaling a new era for Chinese open-source AI and enterprise large language models

Hruy Tsegaye 4 min read
Google Faces Scrutiny Over AI Crawler Advantage as Scraping Gap Widens
Mindbytes Aug 10, 2026

Google Faces Scrutiny Over AI Crawler Advantage as Scraping Gap Widens

Google's crawler accesses 3.2x more of the web than OpenAI's, prompting regulatory pushback and a new opt-out policy for AI training data.

Linsey Smith 1 min read
Meta Is Building an AI Cloud Business to Rival AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
Mindbytes Jul 14, 2026

Meta Is Building an AI Cloud Business to Rival AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

Meta is building an AI cloud platform to sell computing power and models, escalating competition among Big Tech companies in AI infrastructure.

gizmo guru 1 min read