Hello, and welcome to Blood in the Machine: The Newsletter; not to be confused with Blood in the Machine: The Book. It’s a newsletter about Silicon Valley, AI, labor, and power, written by me, journalist and former LA Times tech columnist Brian Merchant. It’s free, but if you find this sort of independent tech journalism and criticism valuable, and you’re able, I’d be thrilled if you’d help back the project. Enough about all that, though; grab your hammers, onwards, and thanks for reading.Yes, t...