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Paris' big Vivatech conference was all about "sovereignty." Speaker after speaker griped about U.S. dominance, some offering plans to change things. Europe has a long way to go to compete in AI, but it has no choice--especially because of Trump. https://t.co/bFRFJgEhU1
Officially welcoming the great @laurengoode.bsky.social to Backchannel. She'll be doing the newsletter once a month, writing great essays like this one. The other three weeks you're stuck with me. https://t.co/ECPhCmSP9B
@stewartbrand@Ryanphelan6 I was first on Mirene in 1984 helping plan the first Hackers Conference--42 years later I finally got to be a passenger sailing underneath the GG bridge, chatting w Stewart as we cruised. Whoever buys this tug will have a treasure.
Yes, @stewartbrand is one of my heroes, a visionary rooted in pragmatism who has made his mark on the world. He and his wife @Ryanphelan6 expressed these values in a home they built for his later years. https://t.co/tG2ZG7HmOZ
The $1 M auction for the secrets of the CIA Kryptos sculpture was months ago--now we learn that Paradigm, a crypto-centric VC firm won. Here are their plans--and the line they didn't cross. https://t.co/WmuPVVBBSJ
Seeking a great reader question for my WIRED/Backchannel newsletter. Just imagine how happy you will be to see me address your question with wit and candor, and maybe even a subtle eyeroll. Ask me anything!
Wow, the week went by fast. Now it's time to ask you folks for a great reader question that I will answer in the Backchannel/WIRED newsletter. Ask me anything!
Here's an exclusive inside look at Flourish, a startup full of neuroscientists and AI researchers working together to make discoveries about the brain and use them to create a more efficient form of AI that learns like people do. https://t.co/dcJhUe9aGA
The recent AI agent breakthrough is just as big a bang as ChatGPT. Only techies realize this now but eventually no one will be able to ignore it. My report from inside this huge shift. https://t.co/bjjsxEcncS
The good news: Google's upgraded AI search is better than the (less useful than they used to be) 10 Blue Links. Not so good: One more traffic-sucking blow for websites and online publications. https://t.co/jjLgismhPj
@Combobulat43909 I get the criticism. But I wasn't saying that Apple should do a killer AI product for the hell to it. Someone is going to take advantage of AI to make a blindingly productive SOMETHING for the masses. If I were Ternus I'd make sure Apple was part of that.
John Ternus, your mission as CEO is to do for AI what Apple has done for desktop computing, mobile, and music--harness the power of a messy technology and make it accessible and delightful. Do you choose to accept? If not someone else will, and Apple will suffer. https://t.co/5L5YSK1AzP
Philosopher Nick Bostrom once was considered a doomer. Now he's considering whether AI's risk of annihilating humanity might be worth it--because we're all going to die unless AI saves us. If all goes right, he's looking forward to humanity's "retirement." https://t.co/h6MflqIBTG
@mapmeormapyou@cosmic_clock Not that I recall. Cops went to the closet because ex FBI detectives hired by Holly’s family interviewed downstairs neighbors who reported smells and leakages from that closet.