Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the evolving relationship between the tech industry and the press, media outlets' licensing deals with AI companies, and more
“What you find when you get into a place is always more interesting than any preconception you have.”
How Satya Nadella put Microsoft back on top, including by cleaning up its toxic culture, embracing open source, and crafting the OpenAI deal, as it nears 50
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top. Mastodon: @Kierkegaanks@beige....
Q&A with Trae Stephens, partner at Founders Fund and Executive Chairman of Anduril, on autonomous AI's role in warfare, building a wearable e-reader, and more
Steven Levy / Wired : X: @elkeschwarz , @knibbs , @samuelclay , and @matthewboedy X: Prof. Elke Schwarz / @elkeschwarz : Christ! (Pun intended) ... this is one hot mess of an interview. Every week mi...
An in-depth look at the 2017 “Attention Is All You Need” paper, a big breakthrough in AI, and profiles of the eight Google researchers who co-authored the paper
They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history. X: @jsmarr , @webbarr , @sandraupson , @hkanji , and @stevenle...
Michael Seibel steps down as YC's managing director, says he did not feel disappointed when he was not tapped as CEO but would have accepted the job if offered
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An interview with Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, co-founders of conversational AI startup Sierra, on using several AI models at once, building AI agents, and more
basically the AI version of that company—will be just as important as their website,” says Taylor. “It's going to completely change the way companies exist digitally.” - Wired https://www.wired.com/.....
An interview with Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, co-founders of conversational AI startup Sierra, on using several AI models at once, building AI agents, and more
Sierra hopes every company will use its empathetic AI chatbots for customer interactions. — I might have inadvertently … X: @wired , @fractaldoctor , and @artsjournalnews LinkedIn: Steven Levy and M...
Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Uber for Teens and potential issues, rising prices, profitability, Lyft, DoorDash, driving for Uber, AI, and more
Uber announced its first-ever operating profit … Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg : Uber Falls as Focus Shifts From First Profit to Slow Growth Alex Popovics / The Rideshare Guy : Uber Driver's Guide to San...
A look at T2, a Twitter alternative founded by a former employee of Google's Area 120 to offer a “2007 Twitter” vibe that Musk's platform no longer supplies
Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk's platform no longer supplies. Tweets: @martinsfp , @pt , @gabor , @stevenlevy , and @ch...
Inside Meta's Oversight Board after two years: $150M funding through 2025, ~2M appeals, 28 rulings, and 119 recommendations, as it begins to win over critics
Mark Zuckerberg set up the panel to investigate how his company handles controversial posts. Now its members want to transform how social platforms work. Tweets: @stevenlevy , @klonick , and @codycom...