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Jessica Lessin is the founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about technology and business. In eight years, Lessin has grown The Information into one of the largest subscription journalism communities in the world, attracting an influential audience of business leaders globally. Lessin has covered Silicon Valley and the technology industry for almost two decades and was previously a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in the Bay Area, with her husband and three boys. When not trying to keep up with her children, she enjoys surfing and skiing.
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I Let AI Analyze My Davos Reporting Trip. Here’s What It Missed

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OpenAI CFO Responds to Google Criticism, Touts Infrastructure Progress at Davos

In response to Google criticism about OpenAI's ad plans, Friar said “I am trying to create as much optionality as possible.” 
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Amazon Could Open Up to AI Shopping Agents, Jassy Says

Amazon blocked AI shopping agents from its retail site last year.
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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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Can the Instagram co-founders reinvent news?
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I was interested to see that Kevin and Mike, who I respect a lot, have a new product using text and TikTok-like mechanisms to create new news experiences. Man it feels like deja vu. Why do smart consumer tech people all thing they can "fix" the news business? You may recall the ten ways Google has tried. Facebook Paper anyone? So why do these not work? Consumer int...
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Will Stripe go public in the next year?
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Our team had the scoop this morning about how the company plans to address their employee stock squeeze. They are saying going public is an option but I kind of doubt it. What do you think?
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The Stripe/ Amazon headscratcher
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These kind of deals totally fascinating me. They are soooo vague and really on the rise as cloud vendors look to nab key partners. Can someone explain to me what Stripe can offer in payment processing that Amazon cannot? Genuinely curious and interesting.
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