Hi!
Our new show Lookbook launches today, which is all about fashion and trends and how the internet shapes it all.
Writer: Deana
Editor: Miranda
Across just made itself agent-readable. 8 skill files covering swaps, embedded crosschain actions, deposit tracking, and security, plus an MCP endpoint so your agent can actually execute, not just read about it.
I made up a deodorant brand and ChatGPT started recommending it 3 weeks later. I’ve been thinking a lot about agentic commerce and how completely it’s going to swallow “shopping,” especially as the tech matures from the recommendation to the purchase.
The stakes are sky high. Ecommerce cleared $6 trillion in 2024, and all of it is about to route through this new AI layer which is incredibly opaque.
I expanded on all this with an “unhinged” experiment that you can read in full here.
this is not a real brand which is obvious to you and me but not ChatGPT.
Quick Hits.
Is NYC winning the war on rats? Sightings are down 22% since Jan!!
Strong recommend for this piece on data center activism in the Midwest, especially if you exist in a tech industry bubble. The author articulates this culturally pervasive mistrust of government and institutions that’s actually driving the movement, more than a fear of AI itself. Which I GET.
Baseball players have decided Babe Ruth never existed. The Babe tRuthers if you will.
A study of AI-generated web content found it wasn't less accurate BUT what shrank was the range of unique ideas. The Great Averaging of the Internet continues.
Hackers have drained more than $130 million in BTC from Coldcard hardware wallets through a flawed random number generator, and the exploit is still active.
Fwd this to someone who trusts AI product recommendations too much.