Berit Anderson

Journalist. Entreprenerd. Build & advise independent media. Passionate about avoiding global authoritarianism & fighting climate destruction.

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

However, Google alone decides whether, on what terms, students get access to these incredibly costly AI infrastructures. This is the opposite of "democratizing."

In fact, it's another example of how acute concentration of power in the AI industry is.

[Jonathan Ross @JonathanRoss321]

I have two suggestions for Elon:

1. Slartibartfast is a far more appropriate name for a snarky chatbot.
2. He should run the #LLM on #Groq ™ so he can provide sarcasm at speed.

Read my recent blog post to #grok why on both fronts: https://t.co/rB2bbsKCNA
#GroqOn

[Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience]

MAJOR UPDATE: All planetary boundaries are assessed, and six are crossed.

For the first time ever, scientists have quantified all nine planetary boundaries. Six of them are already transgressed and we are increasing pressure on the others.

Read more: https://t.co/QkDpxH2BOl

[Inconvenient Truths — Jennifer Zeng Reports @jenniferzeng97]

More #CCP ministers have gone missing:
The latest on the list: The CCP’s famous “wolf warrior” and the current (and a former) Foreign Minister #WangYi.
There are rumors that Wang Yi has been ordered to write a self-criticism at home, allegedly because he embarrassed #XiJinping at the #BRICSSummit2023. Do you remember Xi Jinping's interpreter being blocked by security personnel, leading to various embarrassing moments for Xi?
In my personal opinion, this rumor is likely true. The reason is that Wang Yi did not accompany #Chinese #Premier #LiQiang to the #G20India2023 and will not come to #NewYork for the annual #UN General Assembly.
Furthermore, #LiZhaoxing, the former Chinese Foreign Minister who has been retired for as long as 16 years and is now 83 years old, recently reemerged to represent the CCP at the 7th #China-Australia High-Level Dialogue. (See picture 2. Li Zhaoxing with Craig Emerson, the head of the Australian delegation and a former trade minister on Sep 7).
This suggests that there is a shortage of capable individuals in the CCP's diplomatic system.
I wonder if Xi Jinping might be reminiscing about his former Foreign Minister #QinGang, who was so attentive that he would count the steps of the museum staircases during Xi's overseas visits.

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

The CCP is using information warfare on WeChat to unseat Canadian lawmakers. So tell me again why banning TikTok, a direct channel for influence of the American youth vote, is a bad idea. https://t.co/Q6Xcm87oeC

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

It is such an honor to be working with this group (👋 Reed) designing games, research and media to support community resilience.

[Curiouser llc ✡️ @soi]

I've been doing work this year as a Game Architect and member of the Resilient Collective out of @UCSanDiego. It's been an honor collaborating with institutes such as @Scripps_Ocean, @QI_UCSD, @futureinreview, @DesignLabUCSD, @nsf, etc.

Check it out! https://t.co/Fz5oFUkBuv

[Charles Mudede @mudede]

Humans and capitalism are not identical...

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

@RealAhmedDiab Congratulations! They're so very lucky to have you.

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

Don't try to share this @Forbes piece on TikTok. https://t.co/8yV1QiUFFy

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

How are @Microsoft, @Google, and @Apple thinking about #chips? @evanifitkillsme and I nerded out about their strategies on our latest @futureinreview podcast episode.

[Future in Review @futureinreview]

NEW PODCAST: @berit_anderson talks with @stratnews Senior Analyst @evanifitkillsme about how @Microsoft, @Apple, and @Google are diving into the chip market and which other chip-related companies might win or lose because of it.

https://t.co/DRKyZNx3Mo

[Future in Review @futureinreview]

Future in Review @berit_anderson talks w/ @evanifitkillsme about accelerating military aggression from China, Russia, Iran & N.Korea - and Canadian election interference - may be the end of TikTok despite US lobbying from parent company @BytedanceTalk

https://t.co/JqOwKkzUAd

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

Oh good. Sri Lanka is now China. Vietnam unfortunately appears close behind.

[China Xinhua News @XHNews]

A high-level delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) visits Sri Lanka and introduces guiding principles of 20th CPC National Congress to all sectors of society https://t.co/lKpNJ7pRJS

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

I welcome all efforts to create new, improved social networks, but also😂at everyone "Quitting Twitter to avoid the billionaire man child. Find me on FB & Insta." Hello? Have you seen Mark Zuckerberg? Dude offered to let Xi Jinping name his first-born child.

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

@pradym Voting is a given. As is getting out the vote. And supporting pro-democracy causes. For the above reasons.

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

Every #ElectionDay I wake up and wonder: Will this be the day that far right white nationalists allied w/ Russia & China successfully undermine U.S. democracy through information and legal jiu-jitsu? It’s by far the most stressful day of the year.

[Climate Solutions | on bsky @climatesolution]

new UN report confirms: climate-warming methane pollution rising faster than ever--so cutting methane is quickest way to slow global warming https://t.co/vrRz4qoIzp

[MediaREDEF @MediaREDEF]

Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with 'blatant' misinformation about voting in midterms, researchers say (Jennifer Korn - @CNN) https://t.co/hNtHs2lw95

[Future in Review @futureinreview]

NEW PODCAST: Future in Review podcast host @berit_anderson talks w/ Strategic News Service Analyst @evanifitkillsme about @ASMLcompany's EUV lithography, its role in the chip ecosystem, and why it may just be the world's most important chip company.

https://t.co/MXYelF8DHI

[Berit Anderson @berit_anderson]

Although I would be honored to be invited, I am not in fact the Berit Anderson who sits on the Nobel Committee.

[Democracy Digest @demdigest]

The 3 winners “have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power" & "demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy”, Norwegian Nobel Committee's @berit_anderson told @FRANCE24 https://t.co/f8OmGZNxwc

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

👀 Fast scaling has massive downsides: startups that scale more quickly fail more, but are no more likely to succeed than those that scale slower.

Why? Because scaling marks the end of experimenting. Startups that scale after lots of experiments succeed. https://t.co/MRHGIgCrDM