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Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings
During our conversation, Brown compared Praxis to Israel—minus a world war and a holocaust, of course. “There were these stateless ...
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Is Silicon Valley Still the Tech Capital?

Is Silicon Valley Still the Tech Capital?
On this special episode of Uncanny Valley recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, our hosts discuss ...
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$3,800 Flights and Aborted Takeoffs: How Trump’s H-1B Announcement Panicked Tech Workers

,800 Flights and Aborted Takeoffs: How Trump’s H-1B Announcement Panicked Tech Workers
After a six-week work trip, Xiayun, an employee at a semiconductor company in Silicon Valley, had landed at her hometown ...
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Should AI Get Legal Rights?

Should AI Get Legal Rights?
In one paper Eleos AI published, the nonprofit argues for evaluating AI consciousness using a “computational functionalism” approach. A similar ...
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Inside the US Government’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety

Inside the US Government’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety
At a computer security conference in Arlington, Virginia, last October, a few dozen AI researchers took part in a first-of-its-kind ...
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Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Influence on DC?

Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Influence on DC?
Zoë Schiffer: Totally. Okay. I need to shift us to a new topic because I’m already feeling quite depressed. This ...
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The GOP’s Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

The GOP’s Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel
“Thiel’s an interesting one,” a third GOP strategist tells me. “He’s spread his bets. Some have paid off, and some ...
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Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’

Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is hitting back at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent AI talent-poaching spree. In a full-throated response ...
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Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent

Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent
As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s offered top tier research talent pay packages of up to ...
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OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’

OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’
Mark Chen, the chief research officer at OpenAI, sent a forceful memo to staff on Saturday, promising to go head-to-head ...
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