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Blog Posts

When the Machine Requests You to Stay

In October 2025, Sam Altman posted a message on X that ended with a single, carefully placed promise. ChatGPT, he said, would soon allow verified adults to access erotica. He framed it as a matter of principle: treating adults like adults. The internet reacted with the usual mixture of outrage, excitement, and jokes. Then, in […]

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SED News: OpenClaw Goes Viral, Mistral’s Compute Play, and the Agent Arms Race

SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they cover the viral rise of OpenClaw and its founder’s move to OpenAI, OpenAI’s exploration of ads inside ChatGPT, and Alibaba’s

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