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Walter Isaacson

@walterisaacson
14 posts
2024-01-20
How it began... [image]
2024-01-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Elon Musk's xAI secured $500M in commitments out of $1B and is aiming for a $15B to $20B valuation; source: X investors are invited to invest in xAI

- Grok maker aims for valuation of at least $15 billion  — Investors in X, formerly Twitter, getting priority in round

2024-01-02
These will be the most important cases for journalism and publishing in our lifetime. If AI companies have to cut deals with news organizations and publishers to license their content feeds for use as AI training data, that could save local journalism as well as magazines and...
2024-01-02 View on X
New York Times

The lawsuits against tech companies could shape what copyright means for AI, or simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals

The bar for fair use is typically that the new work doesn't compete with the original. … X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : “If the NY Times successfully argues that reading a third ...

2024-01-01
These will be the most important cases for journalism and publishing in our lifetime. If AI companies have to cut deals with news organizations and publishers to license their content feeds for use as AI training data, that could save local journalism as well as magazines and...
2024-01-01 View on X
New York Times

The lawsuits against AI companies could shape the future of copyright or may simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals

The use of content from news and information providers to train artificial intelligence systems may force a reassessment of where to draw legal lines.

2023-09-08
This is the inside story of how Musk used Starlink to help Ukraine, then pulled back one tense Friday night, and how he finally resolved his role — including the secret encrypted messages with Ukrainian minister Federov and the deal he made with the US. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2023-09-08 View on X
CNN

An excerpt from Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography: Musk cut off Starlink internet access near Crimea to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on a Russian fleet

Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast …

2023-09-01
Celebrating with Pappy van Winkle. [image]
2023-09-01 View on X
Wall Street Journal

An excerpt from Walter Isaacson's new Elon Musk biography details Musk's decision to buy Twitter and how his moods fluctuated wildly before the official closing

https://www.wsj.com/... David P / @the_dp@mastodon.social : “Musk's anti-woke sentiments were partly triggered by the decision of his oldest child, Xavier, then 16, to transition. ...

@montana_skeptic @WSJ [image]
2023-09-01 View on X
Wall Street Journal

An excerpt from Walter Isaacson's new Elon Musk biography details Musk's decision to buy Twitter and how his moods fluctuated wildly before the official closing

https://www.wsj.com/... David P / @the_dp@mastodon.social : “Musk's anti-woke sentiments were partly triggered by the decision of his oldest child, Xavier, then 16, to transition. ...

2023-08-15
I got this text message from Elon Musk at 4:44am CT showing a screenshot of some text messages in which he tells Mark Zuckerberg they should fight this Monday at Zuckerberg's home in Palo Alto. [image]
2023-08-15 View on X
Bloomberg

After new fight claims from Musk, Zuckerberg warns “anything” Musk says hasn't been agreed on; Musk also said surgery will prevent him from fighting for months

Jesse Levine / Bloomberg :

2023-08-14
I got this text message from Elon Musk at 4:44am CT showing a screenshot of some text messages in which he tells Mark Zuckerberg they should fight this Monday at Zuckerberg's home in Palo Alto. [image]
2023-08-14 View on X
Bloomberg

After new fight claims from Musk, Zuckerberg warns “anything” Musk says hasn't been agreed on; Musk also said surgery will prevent him from fighting for months

and yet 🤡 @junlper : mark zuckerberg listening to elon musk talk about how he wanted the fight to be roman themed and in italy [image] Derek Guy / @dieworkwear : when i unbutton th...

2022-10-28
At Twitter headquarters' coffee bar, ⁦@elonmusk⁩ https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Elon Musk changes his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit” and visits the company's San Francisco office; Twitter tells staff they'll “hear directly from him on Friday”

At Twitter headquarters' coffee bar, ⁦@elonmusk⁩ https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-28 View on X
Washington Post

Elon Musk takes over Twitter and fires several top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and policy head Vijaya Gadde

Musk's $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company closed on Thursday night  — Elon Musk became Twitter's owner late Thursday …

2020-01-19
He is right. Brave stance. https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-19 View on X
New York Times

In a Q&A, Joe Biden says Section 230 should be immediately revoked for Facebook and other platforms and that Zuckerberg should be submitted to civil liability

New York Times :

2020-01-18
He is right. Brave stance. https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-18 View on X
New York Times

In a Q&A, Joe Biden says Section 230 should be immediately revoked for Facebook and other platforms and that Zuckerberg should be submitted to civil liability

New York Times :

2019-11-22
John Stuart Mill, O W Holmes, and Wm Douglas defended free speech by invoking the “marketplace of ideas” where people could challenge each other. Micro-targeting thwarts this marketplace. Platforms should run political ads but not allow narrow targeting https://www.wsj.com/...
2019-11-22 View on X
New York Times

Google's limits on microtargeting of political ads for state and federal candidates shakes up ad plans and frustrates both Democrats and Republicans

but it's a secret April Glaser / Slate : Will Google's Changes to Political Ads Hurt Democrats or Republicans More? Washington Post : Google's new political ad rules unite Democrat...

2018-01-17
A smart, fascinating piece by @stevenbjohnson about how the blockchain could help fix what sucks about the internet these days. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2018-01-17 View on X
New York Times

An in-depth look at the potential of decentralized blockchain tech that aims to fix some of the internet's fundamental structural problems

Yes, it's driven by greed — but the mania for cryptocurrency could wind up building something much more important than wealth.