@KYWeise

@nytimes Seattle tech correspondent. Ex- @BW @technology @ProPublica. Views=mine. Talk to me! DMs open, on Signal, [email protected]

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NEW: Dan Price used social media to bury his troubles, and harnessed his viral fame to enable a pattern of abuse in his personal life and hostile behavior at his company He resigned as CEO last night, after providing his statements to this story nytimes.com/2022/08/18/techn…

Social Media Was a C.E.O.’s Bullhorn, and How He Lured Women (Published 2022)

Dan Price was applauded for paying a minimum salary of $70,000 at his Seattle company and criticizing corporate greed. The adulation helped to hide and enable his behavior.

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He wrote in the email, which was viewed by The New York Times, that it was an “absolutely fatal error in this moment to worry about things that can be fixed later." @nicoagrant and @KYWeise on the thinking inside Google and Microsoft amid the AI boom: nyti.ms/3KDGuae

In A.I. Race, Microsoft and Google Choose Speed Over Caution (Published 2023)

Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry’s next big thing.

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“I just want to get the story right,” he would tell friends. wsj.com/articles/wsj-reporte…

Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country That Turned on Him

The correspondent, whose parents fled the Soviet Union, made Moscow a second home. He was detained Wednesday by the FSB for alleged espionage, an allegation the Journal vehemently denies.

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At Microsoft's demo last week, the "new Bing" incorrectly summarized a Gap financial statement and provided wrong info on pet vacuums and Mexico City nightlife (@dkbrereton / DKB Blog) dkb.blog/p/bing-ai-cant-be-t… techmeme.com/230213/p17#a230…

Bing AI Can't Be Trusted

Microsoft knowingly released a broken product for short-term hype

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A group of computer science researchers at @UChicago have designed a tool to protect artists from AI-powered art generators that learn from their art and mimic them. Artists under threat have also sued and raised funds for a lobbyist in D.C.: nytimes.com/2023/02/13/techn…

This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I.-Generated Art That Steals Their Style (Published 2023)

Artists want to be able to post their work online without the fear “of feeding this monster” that could replace them.

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The worst SNL Coffee Talk "pls discuss" topic: what other Amazon earnings dorks out there noticed that the earnings release for the past two quarters lead with sales/income vs cash flow??
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Quick bit from the Amazon earnings call w press: CFO Brian Olsavksy said that the ~18,000 layoffs are essentially over (i.e. everyone has been notified) and the severance costs are est $640M
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Well hey, Andy Jassy making an appearance on the $AMZN earnings call
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Our front page story on Russia's use of convict fighters in Ukraine, a watershed move not seen since WWII that undermines the core tenets of a justice system & risks greater violence at home. nytimes.com/2023/01/30/world…

Russia Freed Prisoners to Fight Its War. Here’s How Some Fared. (Published 2023)

Tens of thousands of inmates have joined a mercenary group fighting with the Kremlin’s decimated forces in Ukraine. Some of them are returning to civilian life with military training and, in many...

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#Amazon and #MIcrosoft layoffs is a big setback for Seattle, which is still struggling to recover from the pandemic's decimation of daily commuters: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @mattmday @NBuhayar

Amazon, Microsoft Job Cuts Deal Another Blow to Ailing Seattle

America’s second-largest tech hub is already struggling to recover from the pandemic-era hollowing out of downtown.

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Kshama Sawant is not running for reelection to Seattle City Council
The Stranger 🗞@TheStranger19 Jan 2023
GUEST RANT: I’m not running again for city council. I'm launching a national movement called Workers Strike Back. We will also be launching a video broadcast to bring socialist politics and strategy to working people. | via @cmkshama thestranger.com/guest-editor…

Why I’m Not Running Again for City Council

I'm Launching a National Movement Called Workers Strike Back

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News: Washington Post editors discussed stories involving Jeff Bezos's interests while he was sitting in the news meeting, including one about AmazonSmile and the pending sale of the Washington Post Commanders. W/ @katie_robertson nytimes.com/2023/01/19/busin…
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NEW: Official details on Amazon's layoffs today in there region, via WARN Act filing -- 448 people in Bellevue and 1,852 in Seattle.
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Amazon just filed its WARN notification layoffs in the Seattle area, per the state: for 2300 employees notified their jobs were cut esd.wa.gov/about-employees/W…
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Rough Seattle morning: Microsoft announces 10,000 layoffs, and Amazon execs have emailed staff that some of its 18K layoffs are being notified today. Not all those layoffs are in Seattle of course, but these are two of the largest employers in the region nytimes.com/2023/01/18/busin…

Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers as It Looks to Trim Costs (Published 2023)

The job cuts, which amount to less than 5 percent of the company’s work force, are its largest in roughly eight years.

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Microsoft's WARN notice for the day in Washington state was just posted
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And Microsoft's WARN notice in California
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Seattle runners, there is a GoFundMe now for the young man stabbed on the Ship Canal trail one morning two weeks ago while he was out for a run. Turns out he was a student athlete at SPU. gofundme.com/f/solomons-reco…
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Man Injured After Tuesday Morning Stabbing in Queen Anne - SPD Blotter

Police are investigating after a jogger was stabbed Tuesday morning on the South Ship Canal Trail in North Queen Anne. At 8:48 a.m., a man called 911 to report he had just been stabbed. Police...

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Some VCs and Microsoft employees have already seen GPT-4. It could be text only, like ChatGPT. Or it could include images. OpenAI has not decided which to release, @KYWeise and I report in our piece on Microsoft's return to the center of the tech universe: nytimes.com/2023/01/12/techn…

Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I. (Published 2023)

As a new chatbot wows the world with its conversational talents, a resurgent tech giant is poised to reap the benefits while doubling down on a relationship with the start-up OpenAI.

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NEWS: FTC proposes a rule that would ban all noncompetes for U.S. workers—the latest move in Lina Khan’s ambitious reform agenda. nytimes.com/2023/01/05/busin…

U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts (Published 2023)

A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival.

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