OpenAI is launching its own podcast where Sam Altman claims that coding with o3 gives people their next big “wow moment.” He suggests that while his AI won’t exactly cure cancer, it will make researchers more productive. Of course, critical questions are missing.

Against chatbots: Why we need human-centric tools, not user-hostile interfaces. (tante)

“Use responsibly when recording others”: ChatGPT Record captures and summarizes meetings and voice notes.

LLMs have a “lost in the middle” problem – they focus on the start and end of documents but miss key info in between. (Adam Zewe, MIT News)

30 People to Follow at the Intersection of AI and Academic Publishing. (Helen King, LinkedIn)

Time launches AI audio briefing featuring four-minute podcasts based on its flagship newsletter, with voices from OpenAI called Henry and Lucy.

“A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.” is a love letter to NotebookLM and how historians are using it to analyze data and structure books. (Bill Wasik, New York Times Magazine)

The rise of retrieval bots raises questions about data ownership, monetization, and the future of the open web. (Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post)

What makes workflows different from agents? A good introduction and explanation from Anthropic, and a case for keeping things simple.

Outrage me: Your deepest, darkest user needs and the emotional economics of modern journalism. (Peter Erdelyi, Media Finance Monitor)

Google’s AI Mode could deal a devastating blow to the web’s business model. (Thomas Germain, BBC)

Metrics mutate: SEO rankings and clicks out, “embedding relevance” and “chunk retrieval” in as GenAI rewrites the rules of engagement. (Duane Forrester Decodes)

After killing the article, sure, why not kill the author next? This slightly unsettling essay argues that authors don’t matter that much in the first place. Rude. (David J. Gunkel, Noema)

Chatbot alert: International News Media Association launches AI-powered “Ask INMA”, tapping internal content for on-demand media insights.

Who to follow: 75 expert voices at the intersection of AI and journalism (Marcela Kunova and Jacob Granger, journalism.co.uk)