I must say, as a singer-songwriter (sharongoldmanmusic.com) this stuff just gets better & better in the most [fill-in-the-blank emotion I can't even identify] way possible. b/w this & the iPad ad's violin/piano destruction fans of human music are about to lose their sh** 😳😭🫠

Happy to have Kevin Roose on that wall, since I do NOT plan to volunteer to recreate this 😄🤪nytimes.com/2024/05/09/tec…

NEW: TikTok announced today that it will begin auto-labeling AI-generated content using Adobe's Content Credentials metadata. (No, this photo of KATY PERRY is NOT fake, it's from the 2022 Met Gala 😀)
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How long before this turns into full-on cable-like packages where I also get QVC, Food Network and ESPN plus a landline

NEW: OpenAI is touting a new plan to protect creator works — here’s why it won’t actually resolve AI’s copyright crisis (but does tackle EU AI Act compliance!)
h/t Aviya Skowron

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NEW for FORTUNE Eye on AI: Are Microsoft and OpenAI becoming full-on frenemies? Is the bromance between Satya Nadella & Sam Altman over? However you slice it, it's clear that Microsoft is hedging its bets.

fortune.com/2024/05/07/mic…

It’s time for Apple to buy—not build—its way into AI fortune.com/2024/05/07/app…

Join us! 😃

NEW: Looking forward to hearing more from Fei-Fei Li on this 🙂👂👋

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I vastly prefer long, run-on sentences that are like running down a long, shadowed, secluded forest path shaded by a canopy of oak and maple trees, that allow me to embellish with evocative words like 'adroit' or 'roil' or 'visceral' or 'withered' that convey a sense of heft

'whether we burn 500M or 5B or 50B, I don't care... we're making AGI it's gonna be expensive, it's totally worth it'

Worth it to whom?
For what?
Why?
At what cost beyond $?
And what is the agreed-upon definition of AGI (across the tech industry/among policymakers/society at…

Read Sharon Goldman's latest article for Fortune about CoreWeave's funding news today

We are not forgetting. #BringThemHomeNow

A coupla joisey boys hit the jackpot...

An AI company you never heard of just raised $1 billion. Here’s what CoreWeave’s new $19 billion valuation really means fortune.com/2024/05/01/wha…

Really important and nuanced reporting here by Sharon Goldman and Allie Garfinkle. I highly recommend giving it a read.

🧠I'm pleased to hear that more and more job candidates are digging into startups' performance beyond (and often because of) their flashy valuations, especially in…

NEW: I've written about CoreWeave before, but today's news about their $1B fund raise and eye-watering $19B valuation has the world beyond tech asking 'Who the heck is CoreWeave?' Here's the scoop on the GPU cloud mega-unicorn:

fortune.com/2024/05/01/wha…

In her Fortune Eye on AI newsletter, Sharon Goldman rightly asks:

'In an era in which the power to shape AI may ultimately be concentrated in the hands of the wealthiest tech companies, the question is: Who gets to decide whether and what kinds of AI systems are safe and…

High valuations are like a high school athlete suddenly expected to compete in the Olympics, needing to catch up quickly.

In contrast, gradual business maturation, akin to training up, usually leads to greater success and fewer setbacks.

Sharon Goldman of FORTUNE…