Meta Gives Every US Adult Free Powerful AI, Yet Coverage Focuses on a Resignation
neil_chilson · x · 2026-09-11
Commenting on text shared by Stratechery's Ben Thompson, Neil Chilson notes that Meta this week announced it is offering every adult in the U.S. a free, powerful AI assistant — effectively a free computer to help solve all sorts of problems. Yet news coverage, he laments, is dominated by the drama of a 27-year-old who quit his job, missing the bigger story.
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