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In the first episode of the Platformer podcast, Box CEO Aaron Levie makes the case that you'll keep your job — you just won't recognize it. Casey talks to one of enterprise tech's most optimistic voices on why the "SaaSpocalypse" thesis is wrong, what the seat-based SaaS model really looks like in an agentic world, and why he thinks AI is going to create more jobs than it kills. Plus: Platformer fellow Ella Markianos talks about fresh survey data that shows a surprising divide in who's actually using AI at work.Read the newsletter here: https://platformer.news/ai-job-loss-box-ceo-aaron-levie/ Who else should we have on this show? Let us know at [email protected]. Sponsored by Atlassian Rovo | Become an AI-native team with Rovo. atlassian.com/rovo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A year ago, officials all but sneered at the idea of AI safety. A new frontier model has them reconsidering. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/trump-administration-doomers-ai/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On newsletters in the age of AI automation. PLUS: Musk and OpenAI in court, and China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/platformer-schedule-changes-ai-automation/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/chatbot-emotion-research-anthropic-alignment-interpretability/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI’s CEO is asking the public to lower the temperature on AI. But who turned it up in the first place? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/sam-altman-ai-backlash/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-mythos-cybersecurity-risk-experts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/social-media-trials-230-content-design/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/spotify-artist-profile-protection/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg called privacy the future of social networking. Not anymore. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/instagram-encryption-meta-whatsapp/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/openai-protest-military-ai-movement/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/openai-pentagon-surveillance-drones-backlash/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-pentagon-authoritarian-ai/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Testifying before a jury in LA, Mark Zuckerberg makes the case that platform design is about free expression. But the walls are closing in on Section 230.Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/the-infinite-scroll-goes-on-trial/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lawsuit that begins in LA this week, along with a new investigation into TikTok by the European Commission, could change social apps forever. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/social-media-addiction-trial-eu-tiktok-investigation/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anxiety about AI replacing entry-level jobs is on the rise. Could a state-of-the-art chatbot do the job of a Platformer fellow? Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/journalism-job-automation-claude/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future.Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/moltbook-ai-agents-security-content-moderation/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Managers say it makes them more productive. Workers don't. What gives? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Announcing Platformer+, a new way to listen to our columns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More than a week into a deepfake scandal, a handful of foreign governments have found the strength to do what Apple, Google, and the United States will not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.