The 71-Minute Podcast that Cost an xAI Engineer his Job with Elon Musk An hour-long podcast cost an xAI engineer his job after he shared too much about Elon Musk's AI venture. International Business Times UK · Jan 22
Tech kicks off 2024 with a layoff bender as the industry braces for yet another 'bumpy landing' In just the first two weeks of the year, a number of tech companies have announced a deluge of job cuts. Fortune · Jan 11, 2024
Elon Musk’s new ‘user seconds’ metric is another curious chapter in X’s war on bots The swarms of bots plaguing X might seem as bad as ever. Measuring user engagement in seconds may make it tougher for bots to game the platform, but it won't bring real users back. Fortune · Jan 5, 2024
Elon Musk’s X sees another cut to valuation Fidelity marks down its shares of X, formerly Twitter, for the fourth time since the acquisition closed in October 2022. Fortune · Jan 2, 2024
Elon Musk promised to kill the bots, instead we got ads for fake luxury goods Musk portrays himself as the scourge of bots and spammers. As X’s big-brand advertisers flee the platform, however, the outspoken multibillionaire seems to be turning the other cheek when it comes to scammy marketers. Fortune · Dec 1, 2023
Elon Musk needs to log off Elon Musk faces criticism for engaging with and validating anti-Semitic content on the platform, contributing to a surge in such posts since his acquisition. Fortune · Nov 17, 2023
It's no AI hallucination. San Francisco streets are suddenly clean. As world leaders arrived in America's AI capital for the APEC conference, the grimy streets of San Francisco had been magically transformed. Fortune · Nov 14, 2023
OpenAI’s winning streak falters with reported failure of ‘Arrakis’ project OpenAI reportedly tried and failed to make a more efficient alternative to its flagship GPT-4 model. Fortune · Oct 18, 2023
Elon Musk's secret PR machine at X Elon Musk loves to bash "legacy media," literally flinging digital poop at journalists. Behind the scenes though, Musk's X company reaches out to media outlets, seeking positive coverage of its announcements. Fortune · Oct 6, 2023
X CEO's chaotic interview wins the spotlight at Code Conference X CEO Linda Yaccarino had a turbulent interview at the Code Conference owing to the unexpected addition of former Twitter executive Yoel Roth to the schedule. Fortune · Sep 29, 2023
Journey into the heart of Dreamforce, where AI and A-List acts collide With moshing mascots, Matthew McConaughey, and AI aplenty, Salesforce's weeklong extravaganza in San Francisco was a testament to CEO Marc Benioff's instinctive ability to pivot. Fortune · Sep 15, 2023
News publishers and social platforms: A case study in dysfunction Whether they like it or not, news publishers rely on social media to distribute their content. And the relationship with the platforms is looking increasingly dysfunctional. Fortune · Aug 22, 2023
Satya Nadella sees another Bill Gates 'tidal wave' As companies chase A.I.'s potential, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella links the frenzy to a 1995 memo by Bill Gates about the "Internet Tidal Wave." Fortune · Aug 18, 2023
Last call for tech layoffs The slowing pace of tech layoffs hints at the prospect of bidding farewell to the tech job recession. Fortune · Aug 17, 2023
Fortune · Jul 21, 2023 Elon Musk’s Twitter is at a crossroads amid a rise in hate speech and competition Twitter may not change course, but it's not going to die, either.
Fortune · Jun 23, 2023 Silicon Valley's new rock star: Sam Altman Silicon Valley has a new rock star to go along with its latest gold rush in A.I.
Fortune · May 5, 2023 Why the crazy last two weeks of Bluesky convinced me it's a real challenger to Twitter The buzzy new social media app is chaotic, fun, and refreshing change from Twitter.
Fortune · Apr 7, 2023 Tesla’s Eye of Sauron goes rogue A new report from Reuters reveals that Tesla employees have been privately sharing the videos that customers’ cars record.
Fortune · Mar 10, 2023 Silicon Valley Bank just sucked all the oxygen out of SXSW Just as Silicon Valley entrepreneurs were landing in Austin for the annual South by Southwest celebration, the startup industry's primary bank collapsed.
Fortune · Feb 3, 2023 Trouble in Marc Benioff's cloud paradise Salesforce's Ohana motto likens the company to a family. But recent layoffs have caused tensions in the family.
Fortune · Jan 6, 2023 Salesforce’s once-famous “Aloha Spirit” is getting tested by its Slack, Tableau acquisitions There’s trouble in paradise for co-founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff amid a rocky integration of the two high-priced companies.
Reason · Nov 18, 2022 New FTX CEO Describes 'Complete Failure of Corporate Controls' in Scathing Court Filings Plus: Twitter is alive and well, the U.K. considers unprecedented tax hikes, and more...
Fortune · Nov 10, 2022 3 ways crypto venture capital may change after the FTX debacle CoinFund’s David Pakman weighs in on lessons learned for the industry amid the Binance/FTX mess.