👋  Good morning. Is Olkchoma! your favorite musical? No? Then you clearly don’t attend Farnsley Middle School in Kentucky. Parents were not so happy after seeing the AI-generated educational materials shoved in their children’s backpacks. The packets included AI hallucinations like a map labeled with the states “Taxas” (Texas), “New Mizone” (New Mexico), and “Lookoong” (Louisiana), among other snafus. Unfortunately, the AI even butchered the name of the students' own home, telling them they lived in the beautiful state of “Venecky.”

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The most interesting business stories of the week

• What happens when your AI boss is kinda dumb?: Andon Market, a San Francisco boutique, and Andon Café, a Stockholm coffee shop, are experimenting with letting an AI "boss" run the show — with help from human employees — and the results have been... unusual.  Read more
  
  
• From toilets, textiles, and MSG to AI semiconductor chips: The AI boom has been good to three unexpected Japanese companies — high-end toilet maker Toto, MSG seasoning producer Ajinomoto, and textile manufacturer Nittobo — all of which produce components critical to semiconductor manufacturing. Read more
  
• Getting paid to care for your family: Meet the entrepreneur behind Abby Care, a startup that provides formal training to family members of patients who require long-term care (e.g., people with autism or the elderly) so that they can become state-certified professional caregivers and be paid for their services through Medicaid. Read more
   
• The last hurrah of the cheap Vegas buffet?: The Strip once boasted 35+ buffets, but that's dwindled to just seven.  While most casinos abandoned buffet bacchanalia for trendy foodie destinations, old-school stalwarts keep the AYCE train rolling — even if they lose money.  Read more
  
  

WORTH A CLICK

👵  An oldie but a goodie:  The first fugitive caught by the internet

🔥  One of our most-read stories this week:  Why so many Americans moved to the middle of nowhere

⚒️  A free resource:  The 10 operating principles that drive Mr. Beast's business empire

AROUND THE WEB

🐠  Game: You’re a deep sea explorer.

😆  Haha: A parody social media site.

🌐  That’s cool: Internet history roulette.

👀  So random: How long can you go without blinking?

🌡️  That’s interesting: Search climate impact by company.

🐶  Aww: Sleepy pup.

SHOWER THOUGHT 

In 200 years, some stranger will be sleeping in your room, with no clue who you were.  SOURCE