Is Huggingface pulling the ripcord?
Huggingface, the “Switzerland” of the AI open AI ecosystem, is looking to be acquired for $13 billion dollars, and it might not care if it’s annexed by the Axis powers.
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The scene at Anthropic when Jensen Huang’s open weights letter dropped
INT.
The Gen-Z backlash against AI is real and justified
Three university graduation events in three weeks made the news and went viral because of how they highlighted a very real and growing anti-AI sentiment percolating through society.
AI can’t replace you, but it might anyway
AI layoffs are criminally stupid, based on faulty logic and flawed beliefs, but we may have to endure them anyway.
A Generative AI checklist for corporate leaders
Lately, LinkedIn (where I hang out a lot for some ungodly reason) has been so saturated with AI Governance professionals talking about “responsible AI” and how to make sure your corporate AI rollout doesn’t conflict with HIPAA compliance or PII protection requirements, that one might almost forget that
Generative AI is not fit for use in education
Educators speak out against the digital cartels pushing AI into schools and colleges in an open letter.
Music is too difficult for techbros
Their nihilistic quest to turn music into mere permutation
Books that influenced my perception of the tech industry in 2024
Highly recommended reads if you enjoy this newsletter
Shooting the past in the foot
with a magic glitter gun for fun and profit
Unlinked
My night in LinkedIn Jail, and how weird algorithms determine our fate.
No pain, no brain
Exploring the nature of writing and how AI might ruin it for all of us