2024-09-30
AI springs from California. Thank you, @CAgovernor Newsom, for recognizing the opportunity and responsibility we all share to enable small entrepreneurs and academia - not big tech - to dominate. https://www.gov.ca.gov/...
Wall Street Journal
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047, saying it applies only to large AI models and doesn't account for if deployment is high risk
Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists
2024-05-11
Jim Simons was an extraordinary mathematical mind and impactful philanthropist, who devoted his life to expanding our understanding of the world around us and solving our most complex challenges. His sad passing is a tremendous loss for science, for America and for the world.
Wall Street Journal
Jim Simons, a mathematician and founder of hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies who pioneered computer-based approaches to quantitative trading, dies at 86
Jim Simons just died. Simons was an award-winning mathematician … Thomas Sumner / Simons Foundation : Remembering the Life and Careers of Jim Simons Jonathan Kandell / New York Ti...
2022-08-03
Our Congressional delegation had the great privilege of meeting with the Vice President of the Legislative Yuan Tsai Chi-chang here in Taipei. We reiterated our ironclad support for Taiwan's democracy, including on matters of security & stability, economic growth and governance. https://twitter.com/...
Nikkei Asia
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with TSMC chairman Mark Liu and others to discuss implementation of the Chips and Science Act during her Taiwan visit
TAIPEI — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Taiwan's most important chip industry leaders in Taipei on Wednesday as part …
We also spoke virtually with Legislative Yuan President You Si-kun and wished him a speedy recovery. https://twitter.com/...
Nikkei Asia
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with TSMC chairman Mark Liu and others to discuss implementation of the Chips and Science Act during her Taiwan visit
TAIPEI — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Taiwan's most important chip industry leaders in Taipei on Wednesday as part …
2020-05-29
Allowing the spread of disinformation is extremely dangerous. Yet still, the President encourages Facebook & others to continue to exploit and profit off falsehoods - while directing the federal government to dismantle efforts to help users distinguish fact from fiction.
Techdirt
Trump's EO has limited power, as content created by a platform, like Twitter's labels, is not covered by Section 230 and the FCC lacks authority to enforce EO
Mike Masnick / Techdirt :
Allowing the spread of disinformation is extremely dangerous. Yet still, the President encourages Facebook & others to continue to exploit and profit off falsehoods - while directing the federal government to dismantle efforts to help users distinguish fact from fiction.
Axios
Trump signs an EO designed to limit Section 230 protections by directing the Commerce Department to press the FCC to roll back portions of Section 230
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies …