Today is Platformer's fifth birthday! I wrote about the state of the newsletter economy, how the business is going, and what we're planning for year six
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What I learned in the first five years of Platformer
And where we go from here
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I tried to capture everything that's strange about the TikTok deal. A giveaway to Trump's allies and another step toward US media being controlled by his allies
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Everything that's weird about the deal to spin out TikTok
PLUS: What LLMs say when they think no one’s looking, and Trump’s visa chaos
The chatbot mental health crisis is here. No one is ready for it
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A ChatGPT tragedy is only the beginning
The chatbot mental health crisis is here
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