Tech writer at large, Financial Times

San Diego
Great scoop by @annaknicolaou and @madhumita29 and nice to see the music labels trying to get ahead of genAI - but it wont mean anything until they come up with terms that are musician-friendly
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What's the new Twitter boss up to? @MsHannahMurphy has some answers
New Twitter CEO tells staff they need to deploy “hand-to-hand combat” to win back advertisers Among her plans: - new sound-on, full-screen video ads to run in the TikTok-style video feed - boost in ads headcount - facilitate brand deals for celebs ft.com/content/5a792427-5ca0…
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Great scoop by @madhumita29 @tim @Tabby_Kinder It's a year to the day since Musk made his offer for Twitter, he's been otherwise engaged while AI had its breakout year. No wonder he wants OpenAI to slow down for 6 months
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Looking forward to this conversation at the top of the hour. Though predicting what Musk will do next is a bit of a challenge. nitter.net/i/spaces/1yoJMWMDNqXKQ
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Once again @emilybender does an invaluable service deconstructing how we journalists overhype AI. I live in terror she'll take apart one of my pieces one day
I find this reporting infuriating, so I'm going to use it to create a mini-lesson in detecting #AIhype. If you're interested in following this lesson, please read the article, making note of what you think sounds exciting and what makes you skeptical. nytimes.com/2022/04/05/techn…
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My piece on Musk. Love the comments section: "Peak Musk", say some, but in general a recognition of what he's done. Elon Musk: Interview with FT’s Person of the year ft.com/content/a7f75d25-d710…
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You have to love the way @elonmusk has turned what could have been seen as a CEO dumping $20bn of personal stock at the height of a bubble into a debate about tax accountability in which he's cast as the responsible one. Genius!
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$GME is fascinating on many levels, but some perspective needed. $20bn of market cap is not nothing (and will hurt a lot of people when it evaporates) - but Apple shed 4x that amount today. This revolt looks pretty marginal
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RichardWaters retweeted
The FT has a vacancy for an accounting correspondent. This is one of the biggest, juiciest beats at the FT. Unfortunately, you would be following @Tabby_Kinder and @miss_marriage who both smashed it but don't let that put you off. ft.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-…
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Make one!
Ok - best place to buy a good-looking, comfortable face mask?
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RichardWaters retweeted
Of note: we've seen a cluster of confirmed cases within a relatively small area around New York City. The fulfillment centre in the middle - 'JFK9' on Staten Island - is home to more than 2,000 employees.
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RichardWaters retweeted
Replying to @StephenFidler1
Clearly @RichardWaters' tale of the Blue Arrow 11, no?
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Looking forward to @daveleebbc becoming @daveleeft We havent had a beard around the SF bureau before
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the @FT’s San Francisco team in January. Deciding to leave the BBC - after 10 years! - has been the most difficult decision of my career, but I could not be more excited to become part of @RichardWaters’s formidable squad.
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