Discussion

• @mcfazeli Mani Fazeli on x

  Starting this week, millions of @Shopify merchants can sell in ChatGPT, into the US. Their PDP, their checkout, their customizations, no extra setup. AI is a new front door to commerce. Shopify is what's behind it everywhere. [video]

• @starlightwishes Rose on bluesky

  This sounds like yet another bad idea.  There's no privacy anymore.  So, it's very likely that this info will be going straight to Palantir.

• @dude.computer Alex on bluesky

  wouldn't be surprised if we're headed toward a world in which glorified affiliate links are playing a load-bearing role for the sustainability of the LLM companies. who doesn't love a good middleman? [embedded post]

• @peterbarnett_ Peter Barnett on x

  The OpenAI recapitalization is maybe the largest theft in all of history. It seems clearly illegal and should be reversed. That said, hiring Jacob Trefethen is a great move.

• @sama Sam Altman on x

  AI will help discover new science, such as cures for diseases, which is perhaps the most important way to increase quality of life long-term. AI will also present new threats to society that we have to address. No company can sufficiently mitigate these on their own; we will

• @btaylor Bret Taylor on x

  Last fall, OpenAI announced its recapitalization, paving the way for the OpenAI Foundation to access significant resources. On behalf of the Board, I'm excited to share an update today on how the Foundation is starting to put that support to work - including our plans to spend at

• @nanransohoff Nan Ransohoff on x

  The new OpenAI nonprofit just announced that it aims to spend $1B in its *first year" and will be led by two superb humans — @JacobTref and @woj_zaremba. Simply put, this initiative has huge potential to do a whole lot of good. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @albrgr Alexander Berger on x

  Very sad to lose Jacob at CG - he's been with us since 2018 and instrumental in so much of our global health R&D work. But I can't think of anyone better for the huge role he's stepping into. Very excited to see what he'll do!

• @jacobtref Jacob Trefethen on x

  I'm joining the OpenAI Foundation to lead the Life Sciences & Curing Diseases program. We're starting with three areas of grantmaking: * AI for Alzheimer's * Public Data for Health * Accelerating Progress on High-Mortality and High-Burden Diseases Time to get to work! [image]