A profile of several AI “doomers”, including AI Impacts researcher Katja Grace, and “effective accelerationists”, as both make arguments about the future of AI
Some people think machine intelligence will transform humanity for the better. Others fear it may destroy us.
Court filing: Twitter's lawyers say the “Twitter Files” show no government interference at the company, implying Elon Musk lied about what the files revealed
Mike Masnick / Techdirt : Tweets: @nils_gilman and @digiphile Tweets: Nils Gilman / @nils_gilman : “Twitter's filing is like a beat-by-beat debunking of the conspiracy theories pu...
SVB draws support from 300+ VC firms, including General Catalyst, while 1,200+ founders and CEOs sign a Y Combinator petition asking the US Congress to act
More than 100 venture capital and investing firms have signed a statement supporting Silicon Valley Bank, part of mounting industry calls …
How startup founders are reacting to Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, as some worry about frozen funds, operating expenses, and paying employees full salaries
'The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a leading lender to startups and venture capitalists … Bloomberg : Khosla Ventures Tells Some Startups Firm Will Cover Payroll South China Morning P...
Ahead of the midterms, US political campaigns are using voter-profiling companies and vast amounts of data to target campaign ads on guns, vaccines, and QAnon
even a “Trump resistance” score. Yes, you too may have a “QAnon Believer” score. https://www.nytimes.com/... Julia Rosen / @juliarosen : The one when the NYT discovers models and s...
A look at the debate over autonomous weapons: 30 countries support a total ban, the US says concerns are overblown, and Russia says such weapons don't yet exist
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post : Tweets: @zaknafeindc , @ghostpanther , @thekarami , @chey_cobb , @nils_gilman , @gerritd , @rachaelmyrow , @ylitvinenko , @onekade , @daankayse...
Amateur digital sleuths have joined massive crowdsourcing efforts on social media to track violent Capitol rioters, passing the evidence to authorities
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Inside the US campaign to cut China out of supply chains, which already pressured companies like Apple to look at moving 15% to 30% of output out of the country
Apple, Google and others shift production to prepare for ‘decoupled’ global market — It was a hot summer morning in Taipei …
As millions pay for premium subscriptions to have a “clean” digital media experience, privacy and freedom from advertising are gradually becoming luxury goods
A decade ago, an internet video start-up called Hulu boldly declared an end to the era of paid TV.