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How the 'visionaries' of Silicon Valley mean profits are prioritised over true technological progress

Technological innovation in the last couple of decades has brought fame and huge wealth to the likes of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. Often feted as geniuses, they are the faces behind the gadgets and media that so many of us depend upon.

The Conversation

Silicon Valley doesn’t care about Big Tech’s AI conflicts of interest

Generative AI technology is blurring the lines between businesses and bringing fresh scrutiny to the boardroom roles of heavy-hitters like Reid Hoffman and Marc Andreessen.

Fortune

Firing Of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Spurs Debate Among Silicon Valley CEOs

The secret WhatsApp group chat reportedly includes big names like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Dropbox chief Drew Houston.

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Legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla says the existential risk of sentient AI killing us is ‘not worthy of conversation’

The longtime Silicon Valley investor says that "doomers are worried about the wrong risks" when it comes to AI. We should be worried about China, not sentient AI.

Fortune

Google’s Epic loss has implications for the whole tech world

The verdict represents the first major antitrust defeat for a Big Tech company and is likely to have a broader impact across Silicon Valley.

Fortune

A startup founder who trains women engineers in Gaza has a message for Silicon Valley

The startup Manara supports women engineers in Palestine—and is trying to support that community through war in Gaza.

Fortune

Coinbase CEO trolls Google over 'all-hands' ban in latest Silicon Valley culture clash

A controversy over inclusive language at Google is just the latest flareup in a long-running battle.

Fortune

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US Commerce Chief Warns Against China 'Threat'

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Saturday urged lawmakers, Silicon Valley and US allies to stop China from getting semiconductors and cutting-edge technologies key to national security.

International Business Times

Ancestry.com CEO Deb Liu credits Sheryl Sandberg for helping her navigate Silicon Valley

She recognizes that the biases she faced are still present.

Fortune

Sacking, revolt, return: how crisis at OpenAI over Sam Altman unfolded

Firing of the CEO behind ChatGPT company sent shock waves through Silicon Valley – only for him to be reinstated days later

The Guardian - UK

Bouncing back: Silicon Valley bets on AI to regain past glory

Thousands of Silicon Valley employees have been laid off over the past year, often finding out the bad news by email. Hit hard by rampant inflation and over-hiring during the Covid pandemic, the US tech giants of the San Francisco Bay Area have faced one of the worst crises in…

France 24

How OpenAI's origins explain the Sam Altman drama

The company's non-profit board and for-profit arm have long been at odds. CEO Sam Altman's week-long ouster represents the culmination of that long-simmering tension.

WEKU

Sam Altman’s ousting from OpenAI could lead to even greater success: ‘You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in five years and he’d be the king’

Altman dropped out of Stanford, started a "failed" app, then turned it into a gig running Silicon Valley's top startup incubator.

Fortune

AI makes Silicon Valley’s philosophy of ‘move fast and break things’ untenable

The unofficial motto of Silicon Valley has long been “move fast and break things”. It relies on the assumption that in order to create cutting edge technology and to be ahead of the competition, companies need to accept that things will get damaged in the process.

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Palantir’s Peter Thiel: NHS is a natural target for outspoken tech billionaire

Silicon Valley outsider whose firm has won data contract has previously said health service should be ripped up to ‘start over’

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Eshoo, longtime Silicon Valley lawmaker, announces plans to retire - Roll Call

Eshoo, 80, spent much of her three decades on Capitol Hill political career focusing on health and technology policy.

The Conversation

OpenAI’s board is facing backlash for firing CEO Sam Altman – but it’s good it had the power to

The sudden removal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Friday was met with shock and disapproval by the company’s employees. More than 90% signed a letter threatening to leave OpenAI if the board didn’t resign and reinstate Altman – who has since apparently been poached by Microsoft, along with a…

Fortune

OpenAI made 5 huge governance missteps—here’s what boards can learn from its error

OpenAI's boardroom decision has left investors and Silicon Valley stunned.

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The Guardian - UK

What’s been going on at the company behind ChatGPT – and why it matters

OpenAI has been at the centre of a Silicon Valley corporate drama since the recent sacking of CEO Sam Altman

Fortune

Worldcoin’s price seesaws as saga of former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman consumes Silicon Valley

The cryptocurrency dropped almost 10% and then jumped approximately 40% as onlookers watched the chaos at OpenAI unfold.

France 24

Argentina's next chapter: Hard-right libertarian Milei vows radical change

We take a closer look at how Argentina is suffering its worst economic crisis in decades and at the campaign promises made by its far-right president-elect, Javier Milei. We also dive into the unfolding saga at OpenAI, after its board fired co-founder Sam Altman. He's now been picked up by…

Fortune

A group of chefs and startup founders wants to scale Japanese fine dining from Arkansas with ‘Bentoville’

Silicon Valley founders Phil Libin and Tammy Sun are launching the concept from their new hometown.

The Independent UK

Corporate, global leaders peer into a future expected to be reshaped by AI, for better or worse

As President Joe Biden and other global leaders spent the past few days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco, their discussions frequently focused on artificial intelligence, a technology expected to reshape the world, for better or worse

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Minister Piyush Goyal ignites economic synergy in Silicon Valley: Unveils US-India trade desk with chartered accountants

In a strategic move to bolster the economic synergy between India and the United States, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, convened a meeting with Chartered Accountants from the San Francisco chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

Fortune

I created tech that limits violence against women in online dating. Silicon Valley used it for PR–then lost interest

How many Tinder Swindlers–and much worse–are on these apps?

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