The AI election nightmare is just beginning. Here’s how it could get worse Fortune
The Washington Post on Sunday published its first-ever story built on the work of a new AI tool called Haystacker that allows journalists to sift through large data sets — video, photo or text — to find newsworthy trends or patterns.
Bloomberg: Condé Nast, OpenAI strike multiyear partnership in new AI deal
AI initiatives would get $40M annually in draft California journalism bill agreement: Politico reports a draft agreement shared with Politico would see the state of California and Google form a public-private partnership supporting “democracy, journalism, and AI innovation.”
AI cheating is getting worse: Colleges still don’t have a plan. Ian Bogost
Authors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training: Reuters reports that three authors have filed a class-action lawsuit in California federal court against Anthropic. They say the company misused their books and hundreds of thousands of others to train its AI-powered chatbot Claude.
OpenAI to let companies customize its most powerful AI model: The new feature for businesses debuts as competition for corporate clients escalates. Bloomberg
The case for appointing AI as your next COO: Technology has reached levels of sophistication and power unimaginable just a decade ago. Rupert Younger
A personalized brain pacemaker for Parkinson’s: In a new frontier for deep brain stimulation, researchers used AI to develop individualized algorithms, which helped a skateboarder and other patients with Parkinson’s disease. NYT
Sequoia Capital invested early in Google, Nvidia, and Apple. Can Roelof Botha keep the legendary venture capital firm ahead in the AI future? Fortune
Bloomberg: US adds most power generation in 21 years as AI demand surges
+ Capacity increased by most since 2003 in first half of 2024
+ Solar power leads planned additions seen to double by year-end
The world-changing ‘killer app’ for AI could be nuclear fusion Steven Cowley
Reuters: North America sees 70% jump in data center supply in construction, CBRE report says
I hate breakups – so I get ChatGPT to dump people for me Alice Giddings
Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.
-Marc
