NYTIMES (Lora Kelley) - The Work of Helping A.I. Destroy Work
Start-ups are paying white-collar professionals to teach their jobs to artificial intelligence models. It’s a bonanza. It’s bleak. Where will it end?
NYTIMES (Emmy Martin) - In San Francisco, Some Home Sellers Now Ask for OpenAI or Anthropic Stock
Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers ask for stock instead of cash.
AXIOS (Madison Mills) - Startup bets that investors want to trade compute like a commodity
Ornn, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup, raised a $33 million seed round to build a marketplace for trading the computing power that underpins today's AI boom, similar to what exists for oil traders. Why it matters: Investors increasingly want to trade compute like a commodity, betting it could make the historically expensive AI buildout more sustainable and efficient. Catch up quick: Commodity markets let companies use futures contracts to lock in prices for volatile raw materials. - Think airlines locking in jet fuel prices or manufacturers hedging metals prices, which helps them reduce the risk of price fluctuations. - But AI companies don't have an equivalent market for compute, a problem the 20-something founders of Ornn and a…
Ornn, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup, raised a $33 million seed round to build a marketplace for trading the computing power that underpins today's AI boom, similar to what exists for oil traders. Why it matters: Investors increasingly want to trade compute like a commodity, betting it could make the historically expensive AI buildout more sustainable and efficient. Catch up quick: Commodity markets let companies use futures contracts to lock in prices for volatile raw materials. - Think airlines locking in jet fuel prices or manufacturers hedging metals prices, which helps them reduce the risk of price fluctuations. - But AI companies don't have an equivalent market for compute, a problem the 20-something founders of Ornn and a…Open
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - What America gets right
We're alive at the single greatest moment in U.S. and human history. By a lot. Why it matters: It's not even close , by almost every empirical measure. We live longer, better, richer, healthier and freer than those before us. Yes, we screw a lot up. Always have. Always will. But nothing bothers me more than the widespread pessimism and plummeting patriotism — when it should be a time of great hope and possibility. - To me, that yawning gap between our reality and how people feel about it is among the biggest macro issues facing us. So at least for today, let's remember: - There's no better place on Earth to start a business, take a risk, dream big — doing what you chose to do, where you chose to do it. - We're the widest,…
We're alive at the single greatest moment in U.S. and human history. By a lot. Why it matters: It's not even close , by almost every empirical measure. We live longer, better, richer, healthier and freer than those before us. Yes, we screw a lot up. Always have. Always will. But nothing bothers me more than the widespread pessimism and plummeting patriotism — when it should be a time of great hope and possibility. - To me, that yawning gap between our reality and how people feel about it is among the biggest macro issues facing us. So at least for today, let's remember: - There's no better place on Earth to start a business, take a risk, dream big — doing what you chose to do, where you chose to do it. - We're the widest,…Open
NYTIMES (Cade Metz, Karen Weise and Meaghan Tobin) - Chinese A.I. Models Gain Ground on Anthropic and OpenAI
Silicon Valley engineers recently flocked to new technology from a Chinese company, Z.ai, that is almost as good as its American competitors but much cheaper.
NYTIMES (Cade Metz) - Jeff Bezos Wants to Build an ‘Artificial General Engineer’
As co-chief executive of the start-up Prometheus, the Amazon founder is using A.I. to improve how devices ranging from computers to jet engines are made.
NYTIMES (Cade Metz) - OpenAI Files Confidentially for IPO as AI Companies Rush to Wall St.
The company hopes to raise billions in a highly anticipated public offering that could unlock a new generation of tech industry wealth.
NYTIMES (Natallie Rocha and Mike Kai Chen) - Go Ask Alice Why Tech Start-Ups Are Spending Big on Hype Videos
A Mad Hatter and a giant rabbit sit around a table discussing an A.I. start-up. This is normal behavior around the Bay Area these days.
AXIOS (Amy Harder) - Tech giants back new data center climate initiative
Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta are teaming up with a nonprofit investor to accelerate new technologies using data centers as test cases. Why it matters: The initiative, led by Elemental Impact, is among the clearest attempts yet to turn the massive buildout of AI infrastructure into a proving ground for new technologies rather than just a new source of emissions. - Those technologies include advanced cooling, energy storage and low-carbon building materials. "We see data centers as really important customers for entrepreneurs to commercialize technologies that we've been working on for a long time," said Dawn Lippert, CEO and founder of Elemental Impact, the nonprofit investment firm spearheading the initiative. The big picture: The…
Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta are teaming up with a nonprofit investor to accelerate new technologies using data centers as test cases. Why it matters: The initiative, led by Elemental Impact, is among the clearest attempts yet to turn the massive buildout of AI infrastructure into a proving ground for new technologies rather than just a new source of emissions. - Those technologies include advanced cooling, energy storage and low-carbon building materials. "We see data centers as really important customers for entrepreneurs to commercialize technologies that we've been working on for a long time," said Dawn Lippert, CEO and founder of Elemental Impact, the nonprofit investment firm spearheading the initiative. The big picture: The…Open
NYTIMES (Brad Plumer) - U.S. Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Start-Ups for Nuclear Fuel
Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism.