๐ Internet Ruiners, AI Missteps, Gates on Microsoft's Miss
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The people who ruined the internet. The alligator got my attention. Which, of course, was the point. When you hear that a 10-foot alligator is going to be released at a rooftop bar in South Florida, at a party for the people being accused of ruining the internet, you can't quite stop yourself from being curious. By Amanda Chicago Lewis via The Verge
๐: This started out fine until it started bashing @dannysullivan The entire SEO industry owes Danny a debt of gratitude, he pushed for SES & started SMX, both gave hundreds of people a stage. - Debra Mastaler (@debramastaler)
This is how AI image generators see the world. Artificial intelligence image tools have a tendency to spin up disturbing clichรฉs: Asian women are hypersexual. Africans are primitive. Europeans are worldly. Leaders are men. Prisoners are Black. By Nitasha Tiku via Washington Post
๐: Artificial intelligence image tools have a tendency to spin up disturbing clichรฉs: Asian women are hypersexual. Africans are primitive. Europeans are worldly. Leaders are men. Prisoners are Black - Abeba Birhane (@Abebab)
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Attenuating Innovation (AI). In 2019, a very animated Bill Gates explained to Andrew Ross Sorkin why Microsoft lost mobile: There's no doubt that the antitrust lawsuit was bad for Microsoft. We would have been more focused on creating the phone operating system so that instead of using Android today, you would be using Windows Mobile. By Ben Thompson via Stratechery
๐: if you accept the premise that regulation locks in incumbents, then it's notable that the early AI winners seem the most invested in generating alarm...despite the fact that their concern is apparently not sufficiently high to...stop their work - Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin)
Ford snaps up EV power startup to boost its charging tech. Ford is buying and burying Auto Motive Power, or โAMPโ for short, to bolster its charging, battery management and power conversion tech. The secretive energy startup once claimed to power โmost of the worldโs top electric OEMs,โ though as far as we can tell it never disclosed its customers publicly. By Harri Weber via TechCrunch
๐: Ford buys up EV power startup to boost its charging tech - Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)
Companies Emphasize Rapid Return on AI, Tech Investments. Companies are placing emphasis on driving a rapid return on their investments in AI and other technologies. Uncertainty across a range of frontsโfinancial, economic, technological and geopoliticalโmakes timely return on investment, always a priority, even more important for many companies. By Steven Rosenbush via Wall Street Journal
๐: Andy Vermaut shares:Pro Take: Companies Emphasize Rapid Return on AI, Tech Investments: Companies are placing emphasis on driving a rapid return on their investments in AI and other technologies. - Andy Vermaut (@AndyVermaut)
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