đ¨ AI CEO Exit, Twitter Ad Drama, Defense Warning
Todayâs pick
Inside the Chaos at OpenAI. To truly understand the events of this past weekendâthe shocking, sudden ousting of OpenAIâs CEO, Sam Altman, arguably the figurehead of the generative-AI revolution, followed by reports that the company was in talks to bring him back, and then yet another shocking revelation that he would start a new AI team at Microsoft insteadâone must understand that OpenAI is not a technology company. By Karen Hao via The Atlantic
đ: Now is probably the time to announce that I've been writing a book about @OpenAI, the AI industry & its impacts. Here is a slice of my book reporting, combined with reporting from the inimitable @cwarzel. Inside the year of chaos that led to this weekend. - Karen Hao éççľ (@_KarenHao)
Yaccarino On Hot Seat As Ad Execs Urge Twitter CEO To Resign. X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the longtime NBC advertising executive tapped to bring back revenue and credibility to the company from big advertisers, is facing her own credibility crisis as advertisers halt spending over Elon Musk's endorsement of antisemitic abuse on the social media platform. By John Paczkowski via Forbes
đ: News: a group of ad execs privately lobbied Linda Yaccarino to resign as CEO of X following Elonâs recent activity. Big scoop by âŚ@JohnPaczkowski⊠and âŚ@DavidJeans2 and the @forbes tech teamâŠ: - Alex Konrad (@alexrkonrad)
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How to Win the Fight for America. Two years ago, I made a bold prediction, which is actually a bad thing for a venture capitalist to do because weâre so often wrong. During the Reagan National Defense Forum, I tweeted âTime is Running Out with Silicon Valley.â We needed to figure out how to get the Department of Defense to transform its laborious, unproductive procurement process. By Katherine Boyle via The Free Press
đ: âWe donât win a war against bad ideologies unless we know who we are, what we stand for, and where weâre headed. And if we lose this silent war itâs not because we donât have the know-how âŚIt will be because we doubt our inheritance.â - Ayaan Hirsi Ali (@Ayaan)
The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him. The White House denounced Elon Musk on Friday for âabhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate,â for his endorsement of what an administration spokesman called a âhideous lieâ about Jews. All of which might make one think the Biden administration was going to try to pull back from doing business with the worldâs richest person. By David E. Sanger via The New York Times
đ: NYT: The White House May Condemn Musk. But It Relies Extensively on Him to Get Pentagon Cargo and NASA Missions to Space. A Breakup Not Possible, For Now. - Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT)
Pro Take: VCs Ignore Their Own Advice in Pursuit of Generative AI. Venture investors are diving into generative AIâand breaking some of their own rules in the process. Generative AI startups globally raised $17.8 billion as of Sept. 19, up from the $3.9 billion invested in all of 2022, according to data provider Dealroom.co. Venture firms are raising massive funds with the intention of investing more capital in artificial intelligence.  By Yuliya Chernova via Wall Street Journal
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