Reya

[Vonn @itsthewealth4me]

My thoughts:

The biggest mistake that both OpenAI & Anthropic have made was leading with what AI could do for companies instead of what AI could do to improve the lives of average people. The focus on that narrative overlooks what I believe would've been the easiest way to get buy in from the general public which is healthcare.

If either of these CEOs actually spent more time listening to average people, they would've understood that healthcare is a very big concern for many and had they shown how AI can be used to improve health outcomes, they would've had a larger backing from everyday people to use it for other things.

Second mistake was pushing an AI efficiency narrative that influenced executive leaders in the American job market to believe that mass layoffs were necessary to remain competitive in the AI race because of the promised cost savings and efficiency of AI. The problem is that true AI transformation requires much more than throwing an LLM at existing processes, and in many cases, we are still years away from realizing the level of efficiency being promised. Most companies at this moment in time do not have enough AI expertise internally to properly quantify the productivity gains, limitations, or quality of the outputs they're receiving. Yet somehow, at the same time, we're constantly being told that we're on the verge of AGI.

Third mistake was pushing all of these AI doomsday scenarios while continuing to present moving forward as the only real option. I understand why it seemed necessary to continue from a geopolitical standpoint, and even ego, but this was the narrative for years even while the public was being told how badly this could potentially go. Then you had whistleblowers and former employees coming forward raising concerns about what they were seeing internally. Some of those concerns, particularly at OpenAI, were publicly disputed or dismissed as inaccurate. Now we're being told by the leaders of both companies that we need to slow down. If AI technology has crossed a significant threshold where the leaders believe slowing down is necessary, the public deserves to know what changed, when it changed, and what they're seeing now that makes slowing down necessary.

I think everyone understands that we do not want to lose the race to China, but it has been unclear to the average person what exactly losing means because right now, in this moment, American people already feel they are losing everything. It has also never been made clear what winning this race actually looks like for the average American. Our industry has created conditions that now make slowing down politically, globally, locally, and economically difficult. A few tweets and paragraphs saying additional safety personnel are going to be introduced cannot seriously be presented as the fix, and there should be a push for more, especially if the risks are as serious as they're now saying they are.

[Nicolas is a cowboy @niggaolas]

Thank you for giving the girls motivation to cause havoc

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

Trump: I’m attacking Iran. I’m not attacking Iran. I’m attacking Iran. I’m not attacking Iran.

Markets:

[LLONER 🦅🪐 @eyojoel77]

High intelligence often comes with heightened pattern recognition. You start noticing social masks, forced conversations, performative friendships, hidden motives, emotional immaturity, and energy that feels draining instead of nourishing. Many highly intelligent people also have more active nervous systems, deeper inner worlds, and lower tolerance for superficial stimulation, so solitude can feel safer than constantly shrinking themselves to fit environments that don't feel aligned.

[shawn @mathhelps9]

JUMPING AND WHAT

[FREE TAXSTONE! @Diamy_TV]

y’all be unrealisticly hard on people that’s doing better than yal. Feel sad for yourself.

[Daily Noud @DailyNoud]

Meek Mill reportedly failed to git pull his latest changes before pushing, causing a devastating merge conflict.

[RNB RADAR @rnbradar]

Kehlani accepts her first GRAMMY, winning Best R&B Performance for “Folded.”

[Panashe @NasheCeezet_zw]

I hate how traumatized everyone is from dating. it's actually sad.

[tom @tomiezequiel15]

Cuando alguien me empieza a seguir, en vez de stalkearlo, me stalkeo a mí para saber lo que va a ver

[goma @soigomaa]

people think depression means your sad and crying all the time. depression for me is being stuck in a twilight zone. i can't think , i don't respond to things , nothing is interesting , i just feel empty. not sad , just blank. i have a lot of days like this and they are hard .

[𝐵𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝐾 ❤︎ ⋆ ݁ ⸌̑⸍͂ @misskerrington]

i hate being mischaracterized by someone close to me 😭😭😭 like damn you really don’t know me at all

[susa @prinkasusa]

people think depression means you’re sad and crying all the time. for me, it feels like being underwater. my thoughts move slow, i don’t respond, nothing really reaches me. nothing is interesting. i’m not sad, just numb. i have a lot of days like this, and they’re heavy

[Ichigo Niggasake @SomaKazima2]

This is exactly. Fucking. IT.

[Nicolas is a cowboy @niggaolas]

Lives were changed

[Sabrine @whoisitbad]

oh absolutely nothing will keep me in my seat when this banger is being shown #MichaelMovie

[X @XaviercMiller]

Rap isn’t dying because people stopped liking rap. It’s dying because it stopped evolving.

Every genre goes through a cycle, rebellion then dominance then decline. Rock did. R&B did. Now rap is here.

For decades, rap was the voice of rebellion. But once it became the #1 genre and the industry’s cash cow, it lost its hunger and sense of purpose. It got too corporate, too transactional, and too oversaturated.

Labels signed everything that moved, algorithms rewarded repetition, and every beat, hook, and image started to sound and look the same.

Then short form content changed everything. The focus shifted from quality albums to trendy moments.

Storytelling, one of rap’s greatest strengths, disappeared. Now it’s all about viral catchy hooks, not verses that mean something. But there’s a deeper reason too, the audience grew up.

The generation that made rap the #1 genre are now in their late 20s-mid 40s, they have families, careers, responsibilities. Their taste evolved. They want maturity, wisdom, and perspective. Meanwhile, the mainstream never grew with them.

Rap didn’t mature with its listeners. It’s still stuck in the same adolescent cycle, flexing, violence, escapism, and empty luxury. The people who once related to that now crave growth and reflection.

Then you add in the economics, streaming killed album value. Labels don’t make as much money off rap as they used to, so they don’t develop artists anymore, they chase one viral record and move on. It’s all short term ROI now. There’s no patience, no craftsmanship or soul.

If there is another great wave, it will come from artists who can bridge this generational divide, those who speak to maturity, family, faith, money management, purpose, and internal conflict. The audience is still there. They’re just waiting for the music to grow up with them.