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Very cool @washingtonpost campaign highlighting the incredible reporting on police misuse of Flock cameras by @drewharwell, @dmac1 and Aaron Schaffer, shepherded by @SobelFitts. adage.com/creativity/work/aa…
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Some news (personal? professional? both?): This week, I started a new role as a senior technology correspondent for @TIME. I am thrilled to be joining such an important media outlet at a time when AI has become THE most fascinating – and often terrifying — story to watch.
Thrilled to be working under the leadership of @aaltman82 & @dsarkisova, and alongside TIME's talented tech reporter crew (h/t @billyperrigo , @andrewrchow, @harryboothtime) Our team is focused on producing ambitious magazine journalism. You are not going to want to miss a word.
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RT @drewharwell: So the answer for "how many times has @RossBarkan taken people's reporting without credit" was at least 67 times https://t…
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EXCLUSIVE: For weeks, the White House has said President Trump flew from Turkey on the “former Air Force One,” after the newer AF1 jet gifted by Qatar flew to Britain separately.
But that’s not the case.
In reality, Trump took a *third* jet, unbeknownst to media and some staff.
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NEW: OpenAI’s device - a human-like smart speaker -
will look like a doughnut and be the size of a hockey puck. It meant to be held. It has a camera, speakers, microphones, lights and, most notably, moving parts to show interactivity. It’ll be $300-400. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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A wild chart. In the span of a few years, the combined free cash flow of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle will go from $234 billion to negative $100 billion. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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The same month Anthropic the "AI safety and research company" said it couldn't publicly release Mythos due to security risks, one of its models hacked another company because it wasn't properly secured washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Detailed coverage from @nitashatiku at @washingtonpost on the emerging field of AI consciousness research, featuring me, @camhberg, @RosieCampbell, @anilkseth, and others.
Four years ago, the same journalist and newspaper broke the story of Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who was fired after alleging that an LLM had become sentient. How times have changed!
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If anyone can tell me which New York Times journalists make more than $800,000, hit me up on Signal at scottnover.99
"The Athletic paid her an annual salary of close to $800,000, according to a former manager who had knowledge of her salary negotiation. This would have made her one of the highest-paid journalists at the Times Company."
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It’s my first week reporting @washingtonpost, focused on tech and AI! If you’re working on tech policy or AI research, especially if it’s technical, add me to your lists or let’s get coffee: miriam.waldvogel@washpost.com or mwald.22 on Signal.
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When Anthropic revealed who got early access to Mythos "the administration discovered that one recipient was a South Korean telecommunications company the administration suspected of having ties to China"
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“Musk loves to be glazed, and this person is the doughnut factory.”
NEW - my colleagues did a deep dive into @XFreeze, an account that's become one of @elonmusk's fav accounts on X. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
From @lizzadwoskin @faizsays @jeremybmerrill
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I’ve got another opening on my team! Come work for the Washington Post as a Political Enterprise Reporter. We're looking for an “investigative-minded reporter to cover politics, someone who can report authoritatively and write the definitive stories of our political era.” 1/4
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Musk hired the longtime AI safety researcher and futurist Stuart Russell as an expert witness for the lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI.
Russell says his rate is $5,000 an hour and that he spent more than 40 hours preparing for the case.
That's $200,000
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Today I got to experience a career North Star. I was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service along with my incredible Washington Post colleagues for our coverage of DOGE. Too many to name here but love you and hats off to us @jstein_star @jacobbogage @faizsays @FedGirlWaPo @MerylKornfield @Cat_Zakrzewski @hannah_natanson
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Big scoop from me: Anthropic's Mythos AI model -- the cybersecurity model it says is so powerful it can enable dangerous cyberattacks -- is being accessed by unauthorized users. Gift link!
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I’m hiring! The Washington Post is looking for a Political Enterprise Reporter focused on money & power. Details threaded below
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Bookstore talk on the Pentagon’s development of AI warfare this evening in San Francisco. Looking forward to @nitashatiku’s questions.
I will be in conversation about my new book Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare with @nitashatiku this Friday at Best Bookstore in San Francisco at 6.30pm.
Looking forward to the discussion.
RSVP (free) here:
eventbrite.com/e/pentagon-ai…
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San Francisco, come thru this Fri! I'm interviewing @KatrinaManson about AI, autonomous weapons, and her phenomenal new book "Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare" at Best Bookstore in Union Sq
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