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Not burning, drowning: why outdoor festivals like Burning Man are reeling from extreme weather

Climate activists lined the road to this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada to call out the “privileged mindset” of the Silicon Valley types who flock there – and the waste involved in creating a temporary city in the desert.

The Conversation

Ranchers decry ‘arrogant’ Silicon Valley billionaires buying up land for ‘fantasy’ city near San Francisco: ‘We are now totally surrounded’

“If they want a new city, San Jose is ripe. Fix what’s there," suggested a Solano County rancher.

Fortune

Tech titans’ vision for a new city in Northern California raises concerns

Silicon Valley tech tycoons on Thursday announced their intentions of building a new city in Northern California. The billionaire investors have to date spent over $900 million to acquire more than 50,000 acres of land in Solano County. Local and US officials, however, have raised concerns about what one Congressman…

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Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley elites unveiled

Flannery Associates, the California group behind the $800m effort, launched a website showcasing renderings

The Guardian - US

Billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. They must convince voters first

Silicon Valley investors behind a secretive $800 million land-buying spree got off to a rocky start with the voters they need to build a green new city in Northern California

The Independent UK

Silicon Valley’s elites can’t be trusted with the future of AI. We must break their dominance–and dangerous god complex

Vivek Wadhwa and Vinita Gupta respond to Sam Altman's comments about India's AI prospects.

Fortune

Best podcasts of the week: Meet the tech millionaires in search of eternal life

In this week’s newsletter: Psychologist Aleks Krotoski investigates the Silicon Valley scions trying to cheat death in The Immortals. Plus: five of the best US politics podcasts

The Guardian - UK

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Staking out the Silicon Valley vampires

In the quest for longevity, research funded by the wealthy belongs in the hands of the poorest

Salon

Silicon Valley elites revealed as buyers of $800m of land to build utopian city

Group Flannery Associates, backed by prominent investors, quietly buys 55,000 acres of farmland in northern California

The Guardian - US

Inside Peter Thiel’s powerful Silicon Valley network which started with a student paper

The Stanford Review has helped Thiel created a vast and powerful interconnected web.

Fortune

Peter Thiel launched a student newspaper 36 years ago. It has quietly become one of the surest paths to success in Silicon Valley

The conservative Stanford Review didn’t change many minds on campus. But its alums have transformed the tech ecosystem.

Fortune

OPINION - Rohan Silva: There’s an environmental catastrophe unfolding on our streets, but nobody cares

Billionaire Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel has a great question he puts to people he’s interviewing. “Tell me,” he asks, “something that’s true that almost nobody agrees with you about.”

Evening Standard

Silicon Valley's latest hype: Eyeball-scanning silver orbs to confirm you're human

The project is called Worldcoin. It was co-founded by Sam Altman of ChatGPT fame. Its mission is to authenticate all the world's humans, one eyeball scan at a time.

WEKU

Don't expect quick fixes in 'red-teaming' of AI models. Security was an afterthought

White House officials concerned about AI chatbots' potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending Sunday at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas

The Independent UK

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Ford CEO Takes F-150 Lightning On Road Trip Across American West

Ford CEO Jim Farley started the road trip on August 7 from Silicon Valley, headed south to Los Angeles and then west to Las Vegas, also driving on Route 66.

TV Tech

Reuters: Avid Sale Could Happen Within Weeks

Company could be acquired by two Silicon Valley equity investors according to sources

Dynamite News

Odisha govt team steps up efforts in US for investment

An Odisha government delegation has met top officials of various business organisations in Silicon Valley during its ongoing visit to the US and discussed possible investments in the state, a statement issued by CMO said on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News :

Fortune

Marc Andreessen says his A.I. policy conversations in D.C. ‘go very differently’ once China is brought up

The Silicon Valley VC has noticed an odd dynamic in his conversations with policy types about artificial intelligence.

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Cathryn Chen: From Start-up To Leading Global Investment Firm-Not Just A ‘Girl With An Idea’

Chen began her path of successful investments while still in her 20s, and was named among Forbes 30 under 30 in 2019

AAP

Funding gap means growing pains for Australian unicorns

Australian technology startups are challenging Silicon Valley ventures for investment but need changes to education and funding to take on big firms.

Tribune News Service

H-1B visa: Canada’s program to poach Silicon Valley talent off to a booming start

Canada’s new program for poaching skilled technology workers from Silicon Valley hit its maximum 10,000 applications the day after it launched, according to the Canadian government.

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3 launch | Indian-origin CEOs in Silicon Valley are over the moon

India's successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 has Silicon Valley tech leaders proud, signaling India's emergence as a global leader in tech. Entrepreneurs, engineers, and venture capitalists are optimistic about India's future, citing the mission's implications for tech innovation and the economy.

Fortune

Inside the yearly ‘summer camp for billionaires’ for Silicon Valley execs and media bigwigs

The annual Sun Valley Conference, which gathers big-name CEOs and leaders, is famously private and closed to the press.

The Guardian - UK

Conner O’Malley review – Silicon Valley parody delivers standup solutions

An AI comedian cracks jokes tailored to the audience’s internet search history in this spoof corporate presentation

The Conversation

What is 'AI alignment'? Silicon Valley's favourite way to think about AI safety misses the real issues

As increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems become widespread, the question of the risks they may pose has taken on new urgency. Governments, researchers and developers have highlighted AI safety.

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