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See Some of Our Best Work
monday.machinas // Baby, AI Can Drive My Car ... and Maybe I'll Love You
In this Issue: Tesla’s robotaxis launch in Austin is more than a rollout—it’s a test of trust in autonomous machines acting alone. Our lead story asks: are we ready to share control? In Spotlight, Expedia’s AI pivot hints at the end of browsing, as holidays become summoned, not searched. This week’s Hot Take calls out LinkedIn’s slide into AI-generated blandness. Plus: AI stalking from a single photo, Duolingo’s AI shake-up, Getty’s UK lawsuit, and why Anthropic killed its AI-written blog.
Insider.Notes // Who Owns the Infinite Copy?
Welcome to Insider Notes, the end-of-week intelligence drop from Creative Machinas. Each edition examines a single tension, threshold, or paradox shaping the intersection of AI, culture, and creative futures. It’s where signals turn into questions — and where thinking goes deeper than the surface.
machina.mondays // Apocalypse Now: Hollywood vs the Machine
In this Issue: Hollywood isn’t just being disrupted—it’s being dismantled. AI is unravelling the film industry’s industrial model, empowering bedroom creators to bypass studio systems and challenge the entire filmmaking pipeline. Also this issue: MIT warns AI could consume more electricity than entire nations, Meta delays its flagship model, and OpenAI buys Jony Ive’s hardware startup.
Field Notes // July 2 / Copy, Paste, Litigate
Welcome to Field Notes, a weekly scan from Creative Machinas. Each edition curates ambient signals, overlooked movements, and cultural undercurrents across AI, creativity, and emergent interfaces. Every item offers context, precision, and an answer to the question: