In the news I can’t make up department, Sam wants to cut into Elon’s turf:

The real reason for doing this of course is to get more data; and as I have pointed out before, to pivot OpenAI into surveillance. Elon for his part is already doing his best to grab as much data on US residents (citizens and immigrants) as humanly possible.

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But rather than obsess further over who will win the fight to be The Biggest Brother, how about instead a tale of the tape between our two contestants?

Here are a few salient comparisons:

Personally, I will go root for Bluesky.