Emmett Shear is taking over from Sam Altman as interim CEO of OpenAI. Sources have given a mixed review of his suitability for the role.
Category: Business / Tech Culture
The Case for Using AI to Log Your Every Living Moment
Sam Liang, CEO of Otter, argues that life would be better if algorithms logged every spoken word so life events past can be lived and explored again.
Fei-Fei Li Started an AI Revolution By Seeing Like an Algorithm
Researcher Fei-Fei Li’s ImageNet project provided the feedstock for the deep learning boom that brought the world ChatGPT and other world-changing AI systems.
Joe Biden Has a Secret Weapon Against Killer AI. It’s Bureaucrats
In Hollywood, taming rogue AI requires military hardware. In Washington, Joe Biden plans to stop AI from harming people by tapping the power of bureaucracy.
Here’s a New Plan to Rein In the Gilded Tech Bros
Former FCC chair Tom Wheeler likens today’s tech giants to 19th-century robber barons and argues only government intervention can prevent them harming the public interest.
The GitHub Black Market That Helps Coders Cheat the Popularity Contest
Popularity on GitHub can open valuable doors for developers and startups. Underground stores sell “stars” on the platform, offering coders a way to literally fake it till they make it.
What Techno-Billionaire Marc Andreessen Missed In His Techno-Optimism Manifesto
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist manifesto is correct to say technology can make the world a better place—but misses the mark on so much else.
The Las Vegas Sphere Makes Virtual Reality a Full-Body Experience
Put down those goggles. The Las Vegas Sphere’s giant wraparound display turned a U2 show and a mind-bending new film into a virtual reality experience.
‘A Galactic Embarrassment’: The Crypto World Is Already Sick of SBF’s Trial
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial for fraud is sucking all the air out of the room. Crypto folks can’t wait for it to be over.
Hey Zuck, Get Those Robots out of My Social Feed
By injecting chatbots into Meta’s social platforms, Mark Zuckerberg threatens to undermine his company’s original mission: to connect humans with other humans.