As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'(nytimes.com)

101 points by mooreds 28 days ago | 92 comments

New York Times DealBook article on clients pressing law firms for discounts as AI makes legal work more efficient; the page shown is a bot-block screen.

Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors(nytimes.com)

80 points by mitchbob 6 months ago | 144 comments

Infinite pancakes, anyone?(nytimes.com)

30 points by cainxinth 9 months ago | 12 comments

Software Engineer's Firing Ruled Illegal in a Rare Win for a Tech Worker(nytimes.com)

23 points by ytpete 3 months ago | 10 comments

Andreessen Horowitz Is Spending on Politics Like No Other(nytimes.com)

46 points by 01-_- 5 months ago | 8 comments

Mamdani, If Elected Mayor, Pledges to Order N.Y.P.D. To Arrest Netanyahu(nytimes.com)

9 points by whack 1 year ago | 0 comments

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling(theatlantic.com)

472 points by krustyburger 9 months ago | 454 comments

An Atlantic article, syndicated on MSN, by Saahil Desai arguing that America is sliding into a Polymarket-driven world where news becomes about betting.

We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do(derekthompson.org)

826 points by mmcclure 7 months ago | 576 comments

Derek Thompson essay arguing that the spread of gambling and prediction markets in America will cause worse social harm than people expect.

Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake(theatlantic.com)

1229 points by jimbob45 2 years ago | 1081 comments

An Atlantic Ideas essay by Charles Fain Lehman arguing that legalizing sports gambling was a mistake because the betting industry is harming lives.

America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom(washingtonpost.com)

441 points by voxleone 1 year ago | 607 comments

Washington Post business article on how US investment is flowing into an AI boom rather than a manufacturing revival.

Addiction Markets(thebignewsletter.com)

369 points by toomuchtodo 11 months ago | 415 comments

Matt Stoller's BIG newsletter essay arguing corporate-run gambling and online sports betting are economic coercion and should be abolished.