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    What AI anime memes tell us about the future of art and humanity

    The Studio Ghibli saga has blown the AI art debate wide open.

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    The Cadillac Vistiq EV is already quietly on sale.

    The three-row Cadillac Vistiq SUV was scheduled to arrive in “spring” as a 2026 model, which usually means late June, but they’re already popping up for sale — here’s a dramatic TikTok from a dealer in Indiana. It’s expensive, with a starting price of $77,395, but it’s in the same zone as similar Rivian R1S and Kia EV9 trims, and you get the feeling Cadillac is pushing these out to capitalize on the wave of Tesla trade-ins and general anxiety about the $7500 EV tax credit going away.

    CEO Matt Bromberg on ending Unity’s ‘war’ against its customers

    How Unity weathered a user revolt and refocused on its game engine

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    AI is going to make personalized ads even creepier.

    We talked about this on the Vergecast today, but Nvidia showed off fully AI-generated ads recently, something it’s been testing with big partners like Unilever. If you’re wondering why big platform companies like Meta and Google are so excited about AI video generation, it’s because the dream is to serve an infinite variety of custom personalized video ads after a brand uploads some basic creative assets and demographic targeting information. Get ready, it’s going to get weird.

    Capitalism vs. the bird flu

    What happens when a deadly, pathogenic virus collides with Big Agriculture?

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    EMAILS.

    Our classic EMAILS shirt, which we’ve been selling on and off since 2017, is officially back in the store. It has always meant everything to everyone, but you know, sometimes it’s more relevant than ever.

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    Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on where to draw hard lines around AI in music

    The head of the sample platform thinks creatives “deserve better” than AI tools that do all the work for them.

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    How the Tesla brand turned so toxic

    The Tesla Takedown movement is rallying against Elon Musk, and it’s only getting bigger.

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    How Trump’s tariff chaos is already changing global trade

    Altana CEO Evan Smith on the end of globalization and the future of the iPhone.

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