Archive - Carley Lake

Can Sam Altman be trusted?

Plus: Claude getting a moral compass, Meta's Muse Spark launch, and the text-message AI agent backed at $300M.

Apr 14 • Carley Lake

📺 Open AI bought a talk show

Plus: brands slapping "no AI" labels on everything, beloved companies are now invisible to models, and Bluesky's Attie app got blocked 125K times.

Apr 7 • Carley Lake

March 2026

Pamela Anderson says no to AI

Plus: ChatGPT hit $100M in ads, Apple hires ex-Google exec for AI marketing, and Reddit cracks down on bots.

Mar 31 • Carley Lake

why taste matters more than ever

Plus: ChatGPT checkout converted 3x worse for Walmart, 81,000 AI work interviews analyzed, and Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica sue OpenAI.

Mar 24 • Carley Lake

the AI guide I wish someone sent my colleague who returned from mat leave

welcome, back friend.

Mar 23 • Carley Lake

did LinkedIn just quietly win ai search?

Plus: AI deepfakes went industrial for beauty influencers, customer reviews feed algorithms, and Anthropic launched an institute.

Mar 17 • Carley Lake

wait, Ben Affleck founded an ai company?

Plus: OpenAI dropped checkout because trust sits elsewhere, retail media's $38B market faces disruption, and GPT-5.4 operates autonomously

Mar 10 • Carley Lake

a retired ai model launched a Substack (this is not a joke)

Plus: Block's 4,000 layoffs blamed on AI, Notion enters the custom agent game, and retail execs think Gen AI will kill brand loyalty

Mar 3 • Carley Lake

February 2026

your inbox is full of robots

plus: why AI should be an exoskeleton not a coworker, Meta's $2B Manus acquisition hits Ads Manager, and consumers are doubting AI content.

Feb 24 • Carley Lake

why I'm hitting pause on running to AI first and tuning into my body instead

For as long as I can remember, I’ve lived in my head.

Feb 23 • Carley Lake

ai is making brad and tom fight

plus: Anthropic's $30B raise, 50% job elimination predictions, the viral AI X post, and why "the free version of ChatGPT is a flip phone."

Feb 17 • Carley Lake

my sunday = ai and benito

plus: the continued rise of the vibe coders, why ai companies are asking for trust instead of flexing power, and ai could unlock $30b if we fix…

Feb 12 • Carley Lake

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