Ben Smith

Editor-in-chief of @semafor. Former @nytimes media columnist, @buzzfeednews EIC. "Traffic." [email protected], Signal semaforben.90

[Brad Hoylman-Sigal 🌈🥯 @bradhoylman]

In my power as Manhattan Borough President, I have declared today OG Anunoby Appreciation Day in Manhattan.

[Peter Sterne @petersterne]

Fun(?) fact: I was literally the only journalist who attended this debate in person. There was a big spin room with space for 30+ reporters and I was the only one in it.

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

"The quirky timing of these six- and seven-figure spends — used to bankroll mailers and TV ads bashing their foes — means these shadowy groups won’t have to disclose their donors until just days before the primary, or in some cases until July."

https://t.co/TzmmLk56Rq

[Jonathan Landay Reuters @JonathanLanday]

Reuters - Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in France's local elections in March, is also suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and operating in Angola and Togo, the head of France's disinformation detection service Viginum said.

[Ben Smith @semaforben]

Dubai developer invokes force majeure on home sales https://t.co/cxJbzJZKvy @MattMartin128 @msergie

[Ben Smith @semaforben]

More on the Semicinquentennial meltdown, with receipts, from @michaelscherer https://t.co/Q757Ul9U0P

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

Shortly, San Franciscans will wake up and learn about that Knicks game from their clawdbot morning summary or whatever

[Madison Mills @MadisonMills22]

Massive crowd on the Upper West Side starts chanting “UPS” simply because a UPS truck pulls up #GoKnicks

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

First in Semafor: New Justice Dems/DFP poll has Zohran-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier up 4 points on Rep. Espaillat

https://t.co/ZNFXm6uizt

[J.T. Eger @jteger]

I don’t make it to all the events… but I always try to get to the @semafor ones. Some thought provoking insights around AI, the constraints, and adoption — especially in the enterprise. As always, great questions from @ReedAlbergotti.

[Julian Gerson @julian__gerson]

NEW YORK CITY HAS THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN

[Semafor @semafor]

Abu Dhabi continues to attract startup founders despite war, argues Kelsey Warner.

Read the full view:

https://t.co/pP494BXVIa

[Semafor @semafor]

"The costs of token are far higher than the actual value that these tokens are generating at scale," @Cisco's @jpatel41 tells @ReedAlbergotti.

"The big risk in the market is, if you don't create an equilibrium there, then people just pull back on using tokens."

[Semafor @semafor]

"It's actually very bullish for AI that it has gotten this expensive because empirically people are actually willing to pay the money," @levie tells @ReedAlbergotti.

"You could not rip out coding agents from our engineering team. We would sort of cease to function as an organization."

[Semafor @semafor]

Does the US government understand quantum?

"I try to spend as much time as I can building a quantum computer, but I do run around in Washington ... I think the serious people are taking that very seriously."

[Mark Mazzetti @MarkMazzettiNYT]

NEW: The former CIA officer found with more than 300 gold bars in his home worked closely with the Stephen Feinberg, the #2 Pentagon official, on a covert program to spy on China

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Joe Scarborough, 6:03am: "The New York Times just dropped the first installation of what is going to be, I think, one of the most important books on the Trump presidency, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan..."

Trump, 6:55am:

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Amazing, completely made-up info from the WT's commentary editor, uncorrected

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

EXCERPT from Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, by @jonathanvswan and me, in NYT Magazine today. How the Epstein files crisis paralyzed the Trump White House for the better part of a year https://t.co/QF4Lp3oC65

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

“ChatGPT could not find one example in American history of a third-place candidate surging days after an election to overtake second place…” and the tab was closed