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so one of the most in-demand guests for media appearances this month is working with a communications firm? and this is a scandal?
Exclusive in @PirateWires: Jacob has been working with DEY., the PR firm that represents Eliezer Yudkowsky and other famous AI doomers.
We also heard that DEY. was preemptively looking to book Nate Soares (MIRI founder) for interviews timed with Jacob's debut.
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On one side of the midterm funding divide: AI bigwigs like Greg Brockman and Marc Andreessen. On the other side: AI labs' doomer employees. sfstandard.com/2026/09/24/ai…
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A rising movement of donors concerned with AI safety has quietly given millions this cycle — much of it from workers at the AI companies themselves
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There are more and more groups springing up to organize these donors, including the newly formed — and previously unreported — Citizens for Safe AI
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I'm up and running at the San Francisco Standard. Sources, get in touch with me at dgardiner@sfstandard.com. And please add me to your press lists etc.
Super excited to join a stellar team w/ @GregGriffin @FitzTheReporter @ggreschler @MaggieAngst @omarsrashad @sfstandard
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there are too many great lines in this to quote but "founders who bone as they build" is a pretty good start businessinsider.com/bryan-jo…
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Big @sfstandard scoop this AM: The feds are running a criminal investigation into Newsom’s international travel.
The records sought include communications with Becca Prowda, Newsom's chief protocol officer — and the wife of SF Mayor Daniel Lurie.
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"First, Andreessen warned us to watch out for 'the sex cult that wants to run America’s AI policy.'”
Very juicy — and very well-timed — op-ed on what Biden's team says happened at the infamous lunch with Marc Andreessen politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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It feels like all money in politics is now dark money.
Over $1 billion in the midterms is from undisclosed sources.
Secrecy has become so widespread it is essentially systematized.
Welcome to the new normal, with the GOAT @ShaneGoldmacher.
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I think people are severely under-covering the rising class of political donors at AI labs. If you’re one of them and want to talk about your motivations for giving, reach out!
The lone Democrat in Alaska’s governor’s race is taking in donations from… Anthropic employees?? I tried to figure out why sfstandard.com/2026/08/31/an…
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The lone Democrat in Alaska’s governor’s race is taking in donations from… Anthropic employees?? I tried to figure out why sfstandard.com/2026/08/31/an…
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One interesting nugget in here: A spox for Eric Schmidt essentially confirms @Josh_Koehn and @AnnieGaus’s reporting that Schmidt disagreed with Building a Better California’s strategy, and suggests others in the group do too
The billionaires are fighting (again). I took a look at the man charged with keeping them all together
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The billionaires are fighting (again). I took a look at the man charged with keeping them all together
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Started as a tech reporter at @sfstandard today🤠 Send tips, gripes, gossip, and sushi recommendations to rjones @ sfstandard dot com
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come for the interview with the first person sentenced to jail time for protesting ai, stay for the story of two protestors falling in love
Wynd Kaufman is surrendering to authorities Friday morning for her role in a protest outside OpenAI headquarters.
📝: @eshugerman sfstandard.com/2026/08/14/69…
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SCOOP: OpenAI's ethics lead has left the company after less than a year in post. Chloé Bakalar is the latest in a number of departures last month, as the company faces scrutiny over safety of its model development
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