Alex Kantrowitz is a WrapPRO contributor. He’s the founder of Big Technology, a free newsletter and podcast about Big Tech and society. He’s also the author of “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” and a contributor at CNBC.

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ChatGPT’s Growth Is Flatlining
With web traffic declines in five of the past eight months, where does OpenAI’s breakout hit go from here?
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Apple’s AI Moment Is Coming. It May Not Be Smooth.
Cultural, product barriers stand in the way of Apple capitalizing on AI. Will it be more like NVIDIA, or Google?
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Big Tech Myths And Facts: Vision Pro, Google Culture, Digital Ad Market Edition
Sorting real from rumor as Big Tech jumps to all-time highs, bets on experimental tech, and keeps cutting costs.
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I Canceled Amazon Prime And You Probably Can Too
Amazon will ship for free if you don’t have Prime. So, why do 200 million of us need it?
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Tim Cook’s Apple Has Been Meta’s Best Friend. Completely By Accident
As Meta takes stock of its revitalized business, it has Apple to thank. Kinda.
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WhatsApp Is Finally Starting to Dominate in the United States. Here’s Why
The leading global messaging app is having its breakout moment in the U.S. with some help from Tim Cook and a bit of planning
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The First Hit Generative AI Product After ChatGPT? Somehow, It’s Snapchat+
Snapchat users are flocking to its new AI-powered subscription. But is generative AI a feature or something more?
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7 Predictions for Tech in 2024
The next steps for generative AI, the year of mixed reality, OpenAI, Meta, Nvidia, Waymo and Elon Musk’s X.
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The Competition is Coming for Nvidia
After a long, largely unimpeded run, the chipmakers’s challenge has finally arrived.
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Google’s Gemini Marketing Trick
The world saw a jaw-dropping demo of Gemini this week. It just wasn’t the real deal.
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After OpenAI’s Chaos, Anthropic Has An Opportunity (And Its Own Untraditional Board)
A long-term benefit trust will eventually pick most of Anthropic’s board members. Can we trust the structure?
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Sam Altman Returns To OpenAI: How The Chaos Changes The AI Field
Not everything goes back to ‘normal’ after Altman return. Microsoft wins via stability.
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Sam Altman to Microsoft: 8 Quick Implications
What Altman’s move to Microsoft means for OpenAI, Microsoft, the rest of the AI field, and AI safety. Plus, will he actually go?
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In The Age Of AI, Google Experiments With Bold Changes To Search
Google is testing and releasing a bunch of new features that amount to real change at a critical time.
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AI Doomers Are Finally Getting Some Long Overdue Blowback
They might’ve arrived at their AI extinction risk conclusions in good faith, but AI Doomers are being exploited by others with different intentions.
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