Max Ufberg

Tech editor @fastcompany | Email: mufberg at fastcompany dot com

[Max Ufberg @Max_Uf]

“Don’t nail a tiny picnic table to a tree,” they said.

“The squirrels will never go for the corn,” they said.

[Max Ufberg @Max_Uf]

New from me: A literal federal takeover of OpenAI or Anthropic remains highly unlikely, at least outside some extraordinary crisis. But a softer version of nationalization is becoming easier to imagine.

https://t.co/mUgbbUS242

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@hamandcheese Hi Samuel, trying to get in touch for a story. Mind DMing or emailing [email protected]?

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For nearly a decade, a small baseball field outside Austin has become a magnet for musicians, artists, designers, and baseball obsessives. I wrote about how it came to draw in everyone from Kevin Morby to Beto O’Rourke

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How Austin’s sandlot baseball scene became a magnet for indie rockers, filmmakers, designers, and brands. https://t.co/N7rapaiKef

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A rare story that lets you talk to both @BetoORourke and @kevinmorby

https://t.co/RBYGIyevuI

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this is how I would probably design a sink (that is a bad thing)

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

SKILLS THAT PAY OFF.

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‘The Comeback’ creator Michael Patrick King warns AI may be creativity’s extinction event https://t.co/VM7jxJKT81

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@lpandell this was fun! apologies for giving too many dive bar recommendations

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NEW: the agriculture department plans to use grok and sponsor xAI's llm product for critical cloud security reviews. the move is a major win in xAI's quest to get government officials using its chatbot. @USDA says it's "proud" to be using the tool. link in reply:

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A 70-something artist just uploaded most of his oeuvre to Hugging Face. But to what end? I spoke to @hafftka for @FastCompany https://t.co/FfGzNzZF8T

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ARC Prize Foundation unveils ARC-AGI-3, an AI benchmark with simple video-game-like scenarios designed to measure on-the-fly reasoning rather than memory recall (@thesullivan / Fast Company)

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from @Max_Uf 's interview with the mayor of Phoenix
https://t.co/vDhkJpOJXF

[Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel]

Scoop: An Oxford University researcher says confusing messaging means they were able to access GitHub repository metadata about what colleagues at the university were working on - so much so they could identify ongoing projects. My latest for @FastCompany https://t.co/V1zFepIm1J

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What this Texas Republican primary revealed about the politics of AI data centers https://t.co/LQw9GuD4zN

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wrote about a TX company that sells AI to districts to flag books deemed problematic — and why some people think the company itself is the real problem

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The startup that turned Texas’s book ban law into big business https://t.co/CTKSnpxH63

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new: i chatted with palantir employees about the ad campaign running against an ex-palantir employee, shaming him for working for palantir — and backed by a group whose initial supporters include a palantir cofounder
https://t.co/hrhZKmraVz

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[David Lidsky @davidlidsky]

"Every major figure in tech right now is trying to fund movies," @jasonjoyride tells @FastCompany. Who? Everyone from @ssankar to @a16z. Why? They're sick of Hollywood dystopias. But Jason Carman is *making* techno-optimist films. His cool story here: https://t.co/T4xru1GALO

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Leo Ufburg (‘28, PA) 📝

RHH C gets on top of FB for 1B to LF. Natural feel in the box w/ uphill bat path.

1B: EV: 88mph

#PhillyFall | @PBT_BellRingers

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[John J. Lennon @JohnJLennon1]

In @FastCompany, I offer a glimpse at the impossible logistics of becoming a journalist and writing a book in the joint, and how I used the tech from a controversial company to build a career.

h/t my editor @Max_Uf
https://t.co/Z5ec9xUIhg

[Max Ufberg @Max_Uf]

This @JohnJLennon1 essay offers a searing look at how fragile, tightly controlled tech access shapes life behind bars. Please do give it a read. https://t.co/Fo4ifcN7Qt