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writing sources.news, co-hosting the Access podcast
I spoke with Anthropic employees in the midst of the company's fight with the Trump administration and Claude hitting the top of the App Store
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Earlier this week, I spent an afternoon inside Anthropic HQ meeting with various leaders. It was fascinating and I learned a lot.
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My day inside Anthropic
I spoke with employees in the midst of the company's fight with the Trump administration and Claude hitting the top of the App Store.
https://sources.news/p/my-day-inside-anthropic
1 day ago
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5 days ago
Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome
@toni.bsky.team
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A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky
After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-09-2026-a-new-chapter-for-bluesky
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Google's Liz Reid on the progression of AI in Google Search - here are my notes on that interview by
@alexeheath.com
www.seroundtable.com/liz-reid-goo...
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Sources: OpenAI is pausing the rollout of ChatGPT Adult Mode More in today's newsletter
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8 days ago
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If you believe what both OpenAI and Anthropic proclaim — that they’re building AGI that will change everything — this bitterness should probably alarm you.
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Dario's big leak
“They’re sort of a gullible bunch." A rare leak out of Anthropic shows how CEO Dario Amodei really feels about OpenAI.
https://sources.news/p/darios-big-leak
9 days ago
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I’ve never seen such a combination of technical and moral (at least perceived) superiority from a tech company since the heyday of Apple.
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Anthropic is going to be just fine
It's the fastest-growing software business ever. Also: OpenAI's new post-training lead, Anduril's co-founders want to buy Wired, and more.
https://sources.news/p/anthropic-will-be-just-fine
10 days ago
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10 days ago
No discussion of tech media can get past this basic traffic fact: in the AI world, Google and social no longer refer traffic, which means that the vast majority of readers just never find you in the first place. Analysis:
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Interviewed Reddit CEO Steve Huffman about AI slop, agents, his deals with OpenAI and Google, becoming a better platform for creators, his worry about prediction markets, and a lot more
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Steve Huffman on why AI won't kill Reddit
Reddit's CEO on fighting slop, AI deals, being a better platform for creators, prediction markets, and more.
https://sources.news/p/steve-huffman-reddit-access-interview
15 days ago
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What AI bubble? In an interview, Stripe co-founder John Collison said the payments giant isn't seeing the signs “No one’s looking for a refund of their tokens”
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Why Stripe isn't worried about an AI bubble
My chat with co-founder John Collison. Also: Anthropic v. the Pentagon, Amazon's AI departure, and more.
https://sources.news/p/why-stripe-isnt-worried-about-an
17 days ago
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I spoke with the co-author of the Citrini viral AI prediction post that tanked stock prices.
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The AI doomer essay that rattled Wall Street
I spoke with the co-author of the viral AI prediction post that tanked stock prices. Also: a notable OpenAI hire, Anthropic's tender offer, and more.
https://sources.news/p/the-ai-doomer-essay-that-rattled
18 days ago
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Sources: Snap’s SVP of Specs, who had been leading the hardware effort for six years, is out after a “blow-up” with CEO Evan Spiegel about the company’s strategy
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23 days ago
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“I don’t do this for the money… I want to have fun and have impact.”
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How did Meta lose the ClawFather?
After Zuckerberg reached out, Altman ultimately won over OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger. Also: India's AI Summit kicks off, a new consumer AI agent platform, and Roblox is the gaming market.
https://sources.news/p/how-did-meta-lose-the-clawfather
24 days ago
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The comfortable industry narrative is that AI is a tool. The 4o saga is a window into how many people view LLMs as companions and even lovers.
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OpenAI’s 4o Valentine’s breakup
ChatGPT is removing its most controversial model. Also: Anthropic's big raise, OpenClaw may be acquired, my weekend reading list, and more.
https://sources.news/p/openais-4o-valentines-breakup
28 days ago
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Lots of chatter this week about what’s behind all the departures at xAI Turns out the reason mostly boils down to what all-too-often actually drives the AI industry’s drama: money
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What happened at xAI
Was it really just a reorg, or people cashing out? Also: OpenAI gets a futurist.
https://sources.news/p/what-happened-at-xai
about 1 month ago
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New interview: OpenAI's CEO of Applications. Fidji Simo, on how ads in ChatGPT will work, what will end the Code Red, a social network for AI agents, the state of Sora, and a lot more Her first in-depth pod since joining OpenAI
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Head of ChatGPT fires back at Anthropic's Super Bowl attack ads
YouTube video by ACCESS Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmBKuPZLZUQ
about 1 month ago
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Last week, Jony Ive showed me the interior of the first Ferrari electric car that LoveFrom designed. He was candid about his philosophy on who he works with post-Apple and where his head is as he builds OpenAI's first device.
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Jony Ive is done working with "assholes"
What the Ferrari Luce reveals about Ive's post-Apple life. Also: Fidji Simo on OpenAI's ads push.
https://sources.news/p/jony-ive-is-done-working-with-assholes
about 1 month ago
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Inside Reflection: the new AI lab that's coming for DeepSeek: Just published my full Sources Live interview with Reflection AI’s co-founder from Davos
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Inside Reflection: the new AI lab that's coming for DeepSeek
My full Sources Live interview with Reflection co-founder and CTO Ioannis Antonoglou in Davos.
https://sources.news/p/inside-reflection-the-new-ai-lab
about 1 month ago
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This week's pod was a fun one: we had Sari Azout join to discuss taste as a differentiator in the age of AI, founder life in Miami, and what she learned from the crypto bubble Ellis and I also talk Clawdbot mania and the new essay from Anthropic's CEO Available everywhere now:
access.show
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ACCESS
ACCESS is a show about the tech industry’s inside conversation. Hosted by Alex Heath, the most connected reporter covering the tech industry, and Ellis Hamburger, the founder whisperer for today’s hot...
https://access.show/
about 1 month ago
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Just published my full interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth in Davos. We discuss: - Why the recent VR layoffs happened - Meta's new AI model, which just dropped internally - Glasses production ramping up - The new Compute org - Building a humanoid
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Meta's CTO on VR layoffs, glasses, and the next AI model
My full Sources Live conversation with Andrew Bosworth during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
https://sources.news/p/metas-cto-on-vr-layoffs-glasses-and
about 1 month ago
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Just published my full interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis in Davos Some things we discuss: - Gemini 4 - The Apple deal - Robotics - BCI - Post-AGI life
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Interview: Demis Hassabis @ Sources Live, Davos
My full conversation with the Google DeepMind CEO on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
https://sources.news/p/interview-demis-hassabis-sources
about 2 months ago
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The three main AI labs got messy this year at Davos
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Davos kicks off the AI turf war
Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic were slinging mud at each during the World Economic Forum. Also: Sunday CEO Tony Zhao this week of ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/davos-kicks-off-the-ai-turf-war
about 2 months ago
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Demis Hassabis told me Google has no plans to put ads in Gemini It's interesting they've gone for that so early,” he said of OpenAI putting ads in ChatGPT. “Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue.”
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Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini
During our convo in Davos, Demis Hassabis and I chatted about ads in AI, Google's new deal with Apple, humanoids, and Gemini 4.
https://sources.news/p/googles-ai-boss-no-plans-for-ads
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
You’d think a recap of a lawsuit’s public filings would be boring but no, this is incredibly revealing Getting ready to file my Helen Toner Apology Form
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I read thousands of pages in Musk v Altman so you don't have to The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one
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20+ revelations from Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI
Musk v Altman is headed to trial. I read thousands of pages of unsealed evidence in the case. Here are the highlights.
https://sources.news/p/20-revelations-from-elon-musks-lawsuit
about 2 months ago
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As I first reported earlier today, more Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join the 3 founding members who just rejoined OpenAI Sources say TM lacks a clear product/business strategy and has been struggling to raise a new round of financing
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Thinking Machines is nothing without its people
More Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join OpenAI. Also: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on ACCESS and the Sources Live @ Davos lineup.
https://sources.news/p/thinking-machines-is-nothing-without
about 2 months ago
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Sources: Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT Today's model partnership is just the beginning, as Google hopes it's the first step to getting a deeper, product-facing integration like OpenAI enjoys on Apple devices More in today's newsletter:
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Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT
Today's model partnership with Apple is just the begging. Also: a new ACCESS ep, Claude Cowork, and a bunch of Meta news.
https://sources.news/p/google-wants-gemini-in-ios-like-chatgpt
2 months ago
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- Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you may think - Weird scenes from the CES show floor - What folks here are saying about the weird Nvidia keynote yesterday
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Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you think
My chat with the PC giant's head of AI product. Also: My quick jaunt through the CES show floor.
https://sources.news/p/lenovos-ai-strategy-matters-more
2 months ago
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An update on Sources: - Now publishing 4 days a week - Raising subscription prices - First-ever Sources Live in Davos later this month
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What's next for Sources
Publishing four days a week, a live interview series, and raising subscription prices.
https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-sources
2 months ago
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New details on the Nvidia/Groq deal: - The whole process took less than 2 weeks and was personally driven by Jensen Huang - No other bidders - Huang wired money early and really wanted the deal closed before the new year
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Behind Nvidia's Groq deal
Also: What Manus means for Meta, and this week's episode of ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/behind-nvidias-groq-deal
2 months ago
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Gergely Orosz
3 months ago
Probably the most entertaining -and unlikely!- story in tech this year: A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company
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an interview with the head of Threads
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What's next for Threads
Connor Hayes wants Meta's X rival to be "the place on the internet to talk about what's going on in the world." Also: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour this week on ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-threads
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Bluesky
3 months ago
v1.112 is live! We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky. Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts. Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms:
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Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side.
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No one knows how the AI bubble will pop
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side.
https://sources.news/p/no-one-knows-how-the-ai-bubble-will
3 months ago
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3 months ago
OK here we go! Today we launch Hype Correction, our critical look at where AI is, and how we should reset our expectations.
www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/h...
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https://www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/hype-correction/
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“Journalists are also some of the most obsessive users of the platform. If we could get them back to posting their stories, I think users will have access to the complete picture on all issues”
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X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
https://sources.news/p/x-wants-its-haters-back
3 months ago
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I talked to X's head of product about why the platform wants journalists to come back and what he's doing to try and make it happen
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X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
https://sources.news/p/x-wants-its-haters-back
3 months ago
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I asked NeurLPS attendees for their takeaways from the world's largest gathering of AI researchers: - Google is king - Reinforcement learning is the big thing - Parties are getting over the top
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Google’s rise, RL mania, and a party boat
I asked attendees for their takeaways from this year’s NeurIPS in San Diego. Also: Sam Altman goes on a charm offense, Google teases AI glasses.
https://sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-rise-rl-mania-and-a-party
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Scoop from
@laurengoode.bsky.social
: Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI. She'll be the new chief revenue officer and report to COO Brad Lightcap:
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OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer
A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser's departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.
https://www.wired.com/story/slack-ceo-denise-dresser-joins-openai-chief-revenue-officer/
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Substack is starting to test ads with a handful of writers Just connecting brands without taking a cut (for now) An about-face given how much the founders have criticized ad-driven social media, but also inevitable
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Substack is launching native sponsorships.
"During the pilot, Substack is simply facilitating payments and is not taking a cut."
https://www.readfeedme.com/p/substack-is-launching-native-sponsorships
3 months ago
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Talking Biz News
3 months ago
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spoke with Robert Smith of Highwire on striking out on his own:
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Tech journalist Heath on striking out on his own - Talking Biz News
Robert Smith of Highwire interviewed tech journalist Alex Heath, who left traditional media to start a Substack called “Sources.” Here is an excerpt: I Like To Ask Everyone Who’s Taken This Path: Why ...
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/tech-journalist-heath-on-striking-out-on-his-own/
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just threw shade at OpenAI and Sam Altman “There are some players who are YOLOing… Let’s say you’re a person who just kind of constitutionally wants to YOLO things or just likes big numbers, then you may turn the dial too far”
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Anthropic's AI bubble 'YOLO' warning
Dario Amodei takes indirect shots at OpenAI's ‘YOLOing’ and big, circular deals. Also: More from the DealBook Summit and Meta's big hire.
https://sources.news/p/anthropics-ai-bubble-yolo-warning
3 months ago
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Sources: Instagram is moving to 5 days a week back in the office, per an internal memo from Adam Mosseri today. It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week. Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc.
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Instagram's return to office mandate
Read Adam Mosseri’s internal memo announcing a full return to the office five days a week, fewer meetings, and fewer decks.
https://sources.news/p/instagrams-return-to-office-mandate
3 months ago
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4 months ago
Scoop w/
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@mzeff.bsky.social
: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI:
www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist
A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-office-lockdown-threat-san-francisco/
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From my Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: "World models are the thing I’m mostly spending my research time on" "I’d love more" TPUs "You look at seed rounds with just nothing being tens of billions of dollars... It’s not quite logical to me"
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Demis Hassabis on Gemini 3, world models, and the AI bubble
Q&A with the Google DeepMind CEO on building AGI, compute bottlenecks, and the AI bubble.
https://sources.news/p/demis-hassibas-on-gemini-3-world
4 months ago
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Buy Anthropic. Short Perplexity. Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit
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What insiders really think about the AI race
Buy Anthropic. Short Perplexity. Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit. Also: Robinhood's Vlad Tenev this week on ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/what-insiders-really-think-about
4 months ago
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Sources: During a recent private call, OpenAI's investors asked about external signs that ChatGPT's growth is slowing. CFO Sarah Friar said time spent was down since "content restrictions" were added in Q3, but that the trend is expected to "reverse"
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ChatGPT's quiet slump, Zuck's AI bubble warning
OpenAI’s CFO told investors that ChatGPT's engagement has softened. Also: Mark Zuckerberg's AI bubble warning to Meta employees.
https://sources.news/p/chatgpts-quiet-slump-zucks-ai-bubble
4 months ago
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recap of a big NYC week: inside the Sources launch party, shooting the Breaker Media pod, speaking at the Media Summit indie media panel, and joining the Altogether collective
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Inside the Sources launch party
Tech and media leaders gathered in Manhattan for tequila, sushi, and poker. Also: Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela on this week's ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/inside-the-sources-launch-party
4 months ago
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