Q&A with Luther Lowe, YC's first full-time lobbyist, on advocating for “Little Tech” and ensuring that startups have a voice in Washington, DC, and Brussels
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A profile of YC Head of Public Policy Luther Lowe, who led a California pressure campaign against AI safety bill SB 1047 and aims to fight for “little tech”
a company largely staffed by those wanting to pause AGI development unless they're leading it—claims regulating by use case doesn't work, despite big tech already proving it to be effective. Sorry, @A...
YC is lobbying in Washington to support “Little Tech” over concerns that AI regulations meant to head off harms will instead help Big Tech maintain its lead
which is great, but how do you Lindsay Amos / @lindsayaamos : “Everyone overestimates what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in 10,” @garrytan said. “That's true for startups,...
YC is lobbying in Washington to support “Little Tech” over concerns that AI regulations meant to head off harms will instead help Big Tech maintain its lead
Venture capital firms are bringing San Francisco's startup culture to Washington as they try to tip the regulatory scales away from giants in the sector. X: @typewriters , @gilduran76 , @lindsayaamos ...
An interview with Guillaume Verdon, who founded stealth AI startup Extropic and is behind the @BasedBeffJezos persona at the center of effective accelerationism
and spoke to Guillaume Verdon, the self-described “gentle Canadian” behind the account. https://www.forbes.com/... @autismcapital : New Forbes article on e/acc and unfortunately doxxing Beff Jezos. It...
Y Combinator hires Yelp public policy chief Luther Lowe, best known for publicly criticizing Google, to lead public policy, as the accelerator embraces politics
Y Combinator hires Yelp policy chief Luther Lowe, best known for his public criticism of Google, to lead public policy, as the accelerator embraces politics
Best known for his relentless public criticism of Google as a monopoly, longtime Yelp public policy chief Luther Lowe has a new gig: heading up policy efforts for Y Combinator.
Profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, as some longtime staffers worry she is underestimating the risks of pursuing aggressive antitrust cases that are likely to fail
As monopolies and other large companies gain increasing control of our daily lives, Khan is Joe Biden's pick to do something about it. Tweets: @davidmwessel , @michaelluo , @sheelahk , @econliberties ...
Q&A with Sundar Pichai, Thomas Kurian, and other Google executives on Google Cloud's new sustainability features, which help customers track emissions, and more
and reduce—your environmental impact Alex Woodie / Datanami : Google Cloud Gives Spanner a PostgreSQL Interface Tweets: @googleearth : Google #EarthEngine is now available in preview to commercial cus...
Sources: Google will extend its work from home policy until at least July 2021, affecting almost 200,000 full-time and contract employees
a year from now — making it the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable. Partly to give staff maximum family flexibility. One year from now. https://www.wsj.com/... @arain...