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Why Silicon Valley Falls for Frauds
Aditiya Baradwaj joined crypto-trading firm Alameda Research when it was run out of an anonymous first-floor office in downtown Berkeley,…
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The Game Theory of the Auto Strikes
Everyone involved in the strike should be calculating what’s at stake to figure out what sort of offers they’d be…
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How to Use ChatGPT’s New Image Features
ChatGPT definitely has its limits. When given a random photo of a mural, it couldn’t identify the artist or location;…
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5 Ways to Work Remotely (and Effectively) for the Long Haul
Covid-19 made remote work a reality for a lot of people, but for me, it was business as usual. I…
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Hey Zuck, Get Those Robots out of My Social Feed
When I bring up these concerns to Meta’s VP of generative AI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, post-keynote, he accuses me of having…
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The Rebel Drone Maker of Myanmar
“We needed weapons, and we needed them fast,” 3D says, sitting beneath the stalactites in a dimly lit cave, somewhere…
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The Global Victims of FTX’s Collapse Won’t Get their Day in Court
At first, Anand thought it was just a glitch. He’d read a few tweets saying that withdrawals from FTX—then the…
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X Fires Its Election Team Before a Huge Election Year
X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has fired its head of threat intelligence, Aaron Rodericks, and four other members…
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Six Months Ago Elon Musk Called for a Pause on AI. Instead Development Sped Up
Six months ago this week, many prominent AI researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs signed an open letter calling for a six-month…
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The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, Explained
On October 3, Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, is due to go on trial for fraud and…
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