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Casey Newton
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  • Platformer

    The best argument I’ve heard for why AI won't take your job with Box CEO Aaron Levie

    05/13/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
    In the first episode of the Platformer podcast, Box CEO Aaron Levie makes the case that you'll keep your job — you just won't recognize it. Casey talks to one of enterprise tech's most optimistic voices on why the "SaaSpocalypse" thesis is wrong, what the seat-based SaaS model really looks like in an agentic world, and why he thinks AI is going to create more jobs than it kills. Plus: Platformer fellow Ella Markianos talks about fresh survey data that shows a surprising divide in who's actually using AI at work.

    Read the newsletter here: https://platformer.news/ai-job-loss-box-ceo-aaron-levie/

    Who else should we have on this show? Let us know at [email protected].

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  • Platformer

    The Trump administration's AI doomer moment

    05/06/2026 | 11 mins.
    A year ago, officials all but sneered at the idea of AI safety. A new frontier model has them reconsidering.

    Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/trump-administration-doomers-ai/
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  • Platformer

    How we're shaking up Platformer for the AI era

    04/28/2026 | 14 mins.
    On newsletters in the age of AI automation. PLUS: Musk and OpenAI in court, and China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition.

    Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/platformer-schedule-changes-ai-automation/

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    The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot

    04/17/2026 | 19 mins.
    New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why?

    Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/chatbot-emotion-research-anthropic-alignment-interpretability/
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    Sam Altman’s second thoughts

    04/14/2026 | 12 mins.
    OpenAI’s CEO is asking the public to lower the temperature on AI. But who turned it up in the first place?

    Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/sam-altman-ai-backlash/
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