… 828 An August 31st, 2018 email from Zilis to Birchall, forwarding Altman’s email. Birchall responds: “Pretty plain vanilla for-profit structure. So kinda hard to push a narrative that doesn’t involve investors being very focused on ROI. …
… But Silicon Valley executives are aggressively pushing back against employee organizing and speaking out, including by using AI to identify leakers. And many tech workers already fear for their jobs in an era when AI is set to replace entry-level roles at their own firms. …
… And many tech CEOs themselves maintain that they have bunkers or other doomsday-prepping plans for if things go horribly wrong. These companies push public messaging that AI empowers its users. …
… And third, David Sacks was pushed out of his job as the AI and crypto czar, giving Silicon Valley one less mechanism to pitch an industry-friendly, “innovation-at-all-costs” agenda to Trump himself. …
… The actual project already existed and had already got a funding stream. It was to use AI against satellite imagery, but then it got repurposed for drone video imagery. This is because the US is thinking about how to develop AI for technologies for any potential conflict against China. …
… Hawkins Nov 5, 2024 Richard Lawler Oct 17, 2024 Waymo’s “clean transportation” push comes with a public transit incentive. Can self-driving shuttles give people a reason to ride the bus or a train? …
… That’s my push. I’m still waiting to see the killer app for consumers that does it. …
… It’s been two years, and it’s safe to say that AI is all over design software now — and a lot more people have a lot more feelings about AI in general. But Melanie and Canva are pushing even more aggressively into integrating AI. …