TBPN’s Lovable Underdog Era Ends

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter: • The Big Read: A familiar Silicon Valley foe is the mastermind behind those explosive chatbot lawsuits • Tech Culture: San Francisco’s mecca for mad scientists eyes global expansion • Plus, Recommendations - our weekly pop culture picks: “ The Idiot,” “ Dune Messiah ” and “ The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist ” Many, many, many people have had much to say in the last several days about OpenAI buying TBPN, the tech news livestream co-hosted by Jordi Hays and John Coogan.