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@thekenyeung shared
On Feb 2, 2023
Forbes spoke to OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — and more than 60 other leaders, from Bill Gates to Fei-Fei Li — about the new wave of AI hype, driven by the viral popularity of ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion. https://t.co/ObzE1rYQi1 Tip @Techmeme
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Inside ChatGPT's Breakout Moment And The Race To Put AI To Work

Inside ChatGPT's Breakout Moment And The Race To Put AI To Work

Forbes spoke to OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — and more than 60 other leaders, from Bill Gates to Fei-Fei Li — about the new wave of AI hype, driven by the viral popularity of ...

@Jessicalessin shared
On Jan 31, 2023
Remember when Musk promised current Twitter employees new equity? Well, @erinkwoo checked in on that: https://t.co/OEiXXozamG
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Musk Leaves Twitter Staff Without Equity Plan as Deadline Looms

Musk Leaves Twitter Staff Without Equity Plan as Deadline Looms

Shortly after Elon Musk bought Twitter last fall, he promised Twitter staff that they could look forward to the kind of stock rewards employees at SpaceX—another private company Musk ...

@om shared
On Jan 31, 2023
“It has the soul of LinkedIn on Xanax, and the aesthetics of Facebook after a lobotomy.” @Jezebel delivers the ultimate burn on Postnews https://t.co/5OgRn1cOhr
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Blocked Nazis and Boring Billionaires: What It's Really Like on Mastodon and Post

Blocked Nazis and Boring Billionaires: What It's Really Like on Mastodon and Post

An antifascist researcher gets the vibe of each Twitter alternative, just in time for Elon Musk to make another terrible decision.

@mathewi shared
On Feb 2, 2023
New from me at CJR: "Facebook tries to have it both ways on Trump" https://t.co/lQLPLnbE9X
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Facebook tries to have it both ways on Trump

Facebook tries to have it both ways on Trump

<p>On January 7, 2021, the day after rioters stormed the Capitol, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—which was not then, but is now, known as Meta—suspended Donald Trump’s ...

@katieharbath shared
On Jan 31, 2023
Former Twitter execs to testify in Congress next week: https://t.co/4LLVI5Zbvl
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Ex-Twitter execs to testify on block of Hunter Biden story

Ex-Twitter execs to testify on block of Hunter Biden story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Twitter employees are expected to testify next week before the House Oversight Committee about the social media platform’s handling of reporting on President Joe ...

@sheeraf shared
On Feb 1, 2023
RT @BostonJoan: Very interesting analysis of Musk’s tweets and replies by @sheeraf and coauthors: https://t.co/1djcFxbBEd
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Dissecting Elon Musk’s Tweets: Memes, Rants, Private Parts and Echo Chamber

Dissecting Elon Musk’s Tweets: Memes, Rants, Private Parts and Echo Chamber

As he fights for free speech online and promotes his companies, the new owner of Twitter spends a lot of time replying to his fans.

@JohnPaczkowski shared
On Jan 30, 2023
RT @alexrkonrad: Cometeer raised more than $100 million for its flash-frozen coffee pods, popular with VCs and the tech twitter set. But after multiple rounds of layoffs, high executive turnover and a quiet CEO switch, Cometeer's vision of disrupting coffee is melting. https://t.co/EP3w9pKOOd
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After Layoffs And A CEO Swap, Cometeer’s Frozen Coffee Pod Business Is In Hot Water

After Layoffs And A CEO Swap, Cometeer’s Frozen Coffee Pod Business Is In Hot Water

In December, Cometeer quietly conducted layoffs and installed its chief operating officer as co-CEO. Former employees spoke of dysfunction and high executive turnover as growth has slowed ...

@BobbyAllyn shared
On Feb 2, 2023
“How much of a national security threat is it to join the wifi network here?” NPR technology reporter Bobby Allyn joked as he waited with me and other attendees for executive presentations to start. TikTok staffers looked unsure of what to say” https://t.co/Ct8XzcwSmT
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A day in the life at TikTok as it tries to win Americans’ trust

A day in the life at TikTok as it tries to win Americans’ trust

What I learned from a tour of the company’s new transparency and accountability center.