🔥 Fighting Wildfires with Tech, Elon's Email Tool for Creators, Montana AG: Taxes, Drugs, TikTok
Today’s pick
How Better Tech Could Save Lives in a World of Bigger, Faster, More Devastating Fires. Soon after the fire that would devastate Lahaina, Hawaii, sparked on the afternoon of Aug. 8, a U.S. government satellite 22,000 miles above the earth detected its ferocious heat. That satellite is one of a pair belonging to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that also allow U.S. agencies to track hurricanes. By Christopher Mims via Wall Street Journal
How Better Tech Could Save Lives in a World of Bigger, Faster, More Devastating Fires - Ted Hearn (@TedatPolicyBand)
X Tests New Option That Would Enable Creators to Gather Email Contacts from Subscribers. Elon Musk is looking to fulfill a key promise to creators in the app, with X developing a new option that will enable subscribers on X to share their email contact information with a creator they follow, if they choose. By Andrew Hutchinson via Social Media Today
Twitter (X) Tests New Option That Would Enable Creators to Gather Email Contacts from Subscribers - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
The best way to reach new readers is through word of mouth. If you click THIS LINK in your inbox, it’ll create an easy-to-send pre-written email you can just fire off to some friends.
Taxes, Drugs and … TikTok?. On a recent summer day, Austin Knudsen, Montana's attorney general, drove his red Buick from Helena, the state's capital, to Boulder, a tiny town about a half-hour away whose main claim to fame is that it's home to the state's highway patrol. By Sapna Maheshwari via The New York Times
Taxes, Drugs and … TikTok? How One Of Montana’s Top Elected Officials Made Banning The App A Top Priority, Putting The State At The Center Of A Geopolitical Storm - Ted Hear (@TedatPolicyBand)
Why artificial intelligence may become your employer: Robert Reich. Artificial intelligence will create a new system that could drastically transform the employer and employee relationship, according to former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich. In an interview with CNBC, Reich discussed how AI will have a profound impact on middle-class workers, creating an impetus for a universal basic income. By Mark Licea via CNBC
Why artificial intelligence may become your employer - Ted Hearn (@TedatPolicyBand)
What is Bing Chat? Here's everything you need to know. In early February, Microsoft unveiled a new version of its search engine Bing, with its standout feature being its AI chatbot that is powered by more advanced technology than ChatGPT, OpenAI's GPT-4. With Bing Chat, you can ask the AI chatbot questions and get detailed, human-like responses with footnotes that link back to the original sources. By Sabrina Ortiz via ZDNET
AI may help them surpass google via Microsoft Edge Bing OpenAI - Damon Gang (@Damon_Gang)
Thanks for reading to the bottom and soaking in our Newslit Daily fueled with highlights for your morning.
I hope you found it interesting and, needless to say, if you have any questions or feedback let me know by hitting reply.
Take care and see you tomorrow!
P.S. Want to advertise with us? We’d love to hear from you.