Henry Chandonnet

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Henry Chandonnet

The Bachelor is officially a branding opportunity. Contestants spin their microfame into careers as influencers and memoir writers, peddling MAHA-adjacent supplements on their Instagrams. But mostly, they pump out podcasts—and lots of them. Among that crowd of audiophiles is Nick Viall, the two-time Bachelorette suitor turned Bachelor himself. Viall watched the podcasts around him rise and fall, before launching The Viall Files in 2019.

2 days ago | thedailybeast.com | Henry Chandonnet

The Bachelor is officially a branding opportunity. Contestants spin their microfame into careers as influencers and memoir writers, peddling MAHA-adjacent supplements on their Instagrams. But mostly, they pump out podcasts—and lots of them. Among that crowd of audiophiles is Nick Viall, the two-time Bachelorette suitor turned Bachelor himself. Viall watched the podcasts around him rise and fall, before launching The Viall Files in 2019.

6 days ago | fastcompany.com | Henry Chandonnet

Six hours after OpenAI's launch of GPT-4.1, Sam Altman was already apologizing. This time, it wasn't about hallucinations or bias or Scarlett Johansson. No, it was about the model name. GPT-4.1 seemed nonsensical to many, difficult to parse from their already launched models like GPT-4o and GPT-4.5. "How about we fix our model naming by this summer and everyone gets a few more months to make fun of us (which we very much deserve) until then?" Altman wrote.

1 week ago | fastcompany.com | Henry Chandonnet

Elon Musk loves to project strength. He flexes loudly—hyping Tesla and xAI, bashing the federal government, even parenting like a drill sergeant. Lately, he’s been trying to flex in gaming. On Joe Rogan’s podcast last year, Musk claimed he was one of the world’s best Diablo IV players—and the leaderboards seemed to back him up. That is, until he streamed Path of Exile 2. Viewers quickly noticed he had a high rank but played like a rookie. Musk later admitted to boosting his account.

1 week ago | devicedaily.com | Henry Chandonnet

How Wikipedia became a political lightening rod  Elon Musk’s attacks could kill Wikipedia. It’s not the site’s first run-in with political backlash. Wikipedia has faced political threats for years, but this time, it may be at a breaking point. Republicans have ramped up attacks against Wikipedia as yet another “woke” institution.