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So what’s next?
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Hi everyone. So as the dust settles (for a second) would love to hear thoughts on what the SVB collapse means for startup funding in the short-term?
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Elon Musk and the AI Culture Wars
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Just published this scoop with Jon Victor about Elon Musk's plan to built an "anti-woke" competitor to Chat GPT. I know that lots of AI leaders are working hard on the AI-bias problem. Some told me they think the solution is to give users more personalization of the feature of an AI. That just sounds like encouraging echo chambers to me. Curious what practiti...
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The Next Gen of Women in Tech
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As YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps aside, NYT said something I was thinking: "Ms. Wojcicki’s exit from YouTube’s top job further thins the ranks of women running large tech companies. Sheryl Sandberg, who was chief operating officer at Meta, left her role last year. Meg Whitman, who led Hewlett-Packard and one of its successor companies; Ginni Rometty of IBM; and Mari...
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How Publishers Should Respond to ChatGPT
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I think this article neatly summarized some of the challenges. Kinda feels like deja vu all over again. How do you all think publishers should respond to GenerativeAI that uses their work?
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What Creators on Meta Should Learn from News Publishers on Meta
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I found it interesting to read about the fierce debate inside Meta over whether and how to share revenue with creators. It reminded me of the very same issue Meta has wrestled with with the news industry. As a quick history lesson, the company was very reluctant to share revenue with or pay news publishers due to the precedent. Then it did by coming up with a separate news...
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