The Information

Copilots will often be subsumed into existing software. Better to build a law firm or financial services firm from scratch, employing artificial intelligence at every step.

By

Roddy Lindsay

Roddy Lindsay (@RoddyLindsay) is the founder and CEO of Zabit, an AI-enabled health services startup.

Jan 10, 2024 9:00am PST · 7 comments

Opinion

AI

How to Build Trust in Artificial Intelligence

The OpenAI drama shows that companies can't police themselves. Government and nonprofits need help to ensure the technology benefits humanity.

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Rumman Chowdhury

Chowdhury is the CEO and co founder of Humane Intelligence, a tech accountability nonprofit.

Dec 21, 2023 9:00am PST · 4 comments

Opinion

AI

The People OpenAI Should Consider for Its New Board

The board should include a data ethicist, a philosopher of mind, a neuroscientist, a computer scientist with interdisciplinary expertise and a political strategist.

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Tom Chavez

Tom Chavez is a co-founder of Super{set}, a startup studio, and chair of the Ethical Tech Project, a think-and-do tank.

Dec 14, 2023 9:00am PST · 7 comments

Media Executives Covet Games, but Are Ill-Suited to Run Them

By Andrew A. Rosen · Dec 6, 2023 9:00am PST · 6 comments

Opinion

Entertainment Media/Telecom

Media Executives Covet Games, but Are Ill-Suited to Run Them

Warner Bros. Discovery should consider spinning off its TV business and merging the rest of the company, including its studios, with a gaming powerhouse like Electronic Arts.

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Andrew A. Rosen

Rosen is the author of Medium Shift, a column about the post-streaming wars media convergence.

Dec 6, 2023 9:00am PST · 6 comments

Opinion

AI

AI Can Reshape the Physical World—If We Regulate It Properly

AI has changed the digital world and is now poised to transform how the physical world is designed and built.

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Andrew Anagnost

Andrew Anagnost is the president and CEO of Autodesk.

Dec 4, 2023 9:00am PST · 3 comments

Opinion

AI

To Continue Innovating, OpenAI Should Return to Its Nonprofit Roots

Many important tech breakthroughs originated in research organizations. But the innovations are most often commercialized elsewhere.

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Keval Desai

Desai is founder and managing director of Shakti, an early stage venture capital firm.

Nov 30, 2023 9:20am PST · 9 comments

Opinion

AI

You Can Separate a For-Profit Company From a Nonprofit. I Helped Do It

Create separate boards and give the nonprofit influence, but not control, over the fate of the for-profit company.

By

Ben Parr

Parr is a journalist turned AI founder.

Nov 22, 2023 11:04am PST · 11 comments

Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI. Photo by Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP.

OpenAI’s Board Set Back the Promise of Artificial Intelligence

By Vinod Khosla · Nov 20, 2023 7:53am PST · 42 comments

Opinion

AI

OpenAI’s Board Set Back the Promise of Artificial Intelligence

Misplaced concern about existential risk is impeding the opportunity to expand human potential.

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Vinod Khosla

Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor and technology fan.

Nov 20, 2023 7:53am PST · 42 comments

Opinion

Startups Enterprise

How SaaS Startups Can Compete in a Bundled World

Software startups have thrived by targeting end users rather than centralized IT departments. Tighter budgets and enhanced scrutiny threaten that formula.

By

Tomasz Tunguz

Tunguz is the founder of Theory Ventures.

Nov 8, 2023 8:00am PST · 3 comments

Opinion

Biden’s Not Pushing U.S. Investors Away From China. China Is

Chinese government policies had soured U.S. investors on Chinese companies before President Biden banned investments in certain high-tech sectors. But there are opportunities for common ground in sectors like energy.

By

Ming Liao

Liao is the founding partner of Prospect Avenue Capital, a China tech-focused growth fund.

Oct 19, 2023 9:00am PDT

Opinion

Entertainment

Why So Many Streaming Services Are Struggling

Legacy media brands built their streaming offerings solely around their content. They should focus more on the consumer experience.

By

Andrew A. Rosen

Rosen is the author of Medium Shift, a column about the post-streaming wars media convergence.

Oct 12, 2023 9:01am PDT · 27 comments

A Hopeful Sign for Big Media?

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sep 7, 2023 9:00am PDT

Opinion

Entertainment

A Hopeful Sign for Big Media?

Yahoo and The New York Times are targeting niches and aggregating the audience.

By

Andrew A. Rosen

Rosen is the author of Medium Shift, a column about the post-streaming wars media convergence.

Sep 7, 2023 9:00am PDT

Opinion

Apple Needs to Think Differently About Vision Pro for a Fractured World

The idea that a firm can develop a new platform on a global basis, with a global supply chain, to address a global market that enables global data flows is obsolete—even for Apple.

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Steve Weber

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Shea Agnew

Weber is a partner at Breakwater Strategy. Agnew is vice president at Breakwater Strategy.

Aug 24, 2023 9:00am PDT · 4 comments

Opinion

Entertainment

Disney’s New Boss Sounds a Lot Like the Old Boss

Disney CEO Robert Iger surprised investors recently when he revealed that the company’s...

By

Andrew A. Rosen

Rosen is the author of Medium Shift, a column tracking the transformations underway in the media business.

Aug 2, 2023 9:00am PDT · 1 comment

Opinion

Startups Policy

Keep Patent Trolls in Check

Proposals by the Patent Office and lawmakers in Congress would re-empower patent trolls and hurt startups.

By

Neil McGovern

McGovern served as executive director of The Gnome Foundation from 2017 to 2022.

Jul 27, 2023 9:14am PDT · 8 comments

OpenAI Wants to Harness AI. It Should Pause Instead

By Liron Shapira · Jul 19, 2023 9:00am PDT · 11 comments

Opinion

AI

OpenAI Wants to Harness AI. It Should Pause Instead

The company named a 'superalignment' team. One member calls it the 'notkilleveryoneism' team.

By

Liron Shapira

Shapira is the founder and CEO of Relationship Hero.

Jul 19, 2023 9:00am PDT · 11 comments

Opinion

Uber/Lyft

If Gig Workers Are Truly Independent Contractors, Treat Them That Way

California's Proposition 22 classified gig workers as independent contractors. But they often don't know the details of a job or how much they'll be paid.