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What happens as software development costs move toward zero?

Mike Vernal, an investor and engineer at Conviction, likened the future of the software industry to changes in the newspaper business after the internet. He said newspapers split between top global brands and individual operators as distribution costs fell. Vernal said AI could push software the same way by driving development costs toward zero and weakening moats such as high build costs, switching costs and network effects. He argued scale, brand and rapid reinvestment would matter more.

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Hunter Biden to launch \'LAPTOP\' memecoin tied to laptop controversy

Hunter Biden (헌터 바이든) will launch a memecoin called LAPTOP, themed on the laptop controversy surrounding him, on Coinbase-built Base on Sept. 9. The token supply totals 1 billion, with 200 million set aside for two airdrops. Eligible recipients include wallets that lost money investing in U.S. President Donald Trump\'s TRUMP memecoin, Biden\'s Substack subscribers and subscribers to Andrew Callaghan\'s mailing list. The project also outlines founder allocations and conditional token burns.

AI & Enterprise

Anthropic to watermark Claude-generated text; extent of edits needed to remove it unclear

Anthropic will apply invisible watermarks to text and files generated by its AI models, including Claude. TechCrunch reported on Aug. 11 that the move is intended to comply with transparency requirements under the European Union’s AI Act, which took effect on Aug. 2. Anthropic said it will automatically apply watermarking to all models released since Aug. 2 and plans to expand the feature to older models.