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.' Nico Grant and Karen Weise on the thinking inside Google and Microsoft amid the AI boom: nyti.ms/3KDGuae

“I just want to get the story right,” he would tell friends.

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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 (dmitri / DKB Blog)

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A group of computer science researchers at The University of Chicago 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/tec…

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??

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

Well hey, Andy Jassy making an appearance on the $AMZN earnings call

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/wor…

#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/…
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Kshama Sawant is not running for reelection to Seattle City Council

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
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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.

Amazon just filed its WARN notification layoffs in the Seattle area, per the state: for 2300 employees notified their jobs were cut

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BREAKING: Microsoft plans to lay off 10,000 workers to trim costs, the company announced. It will refocus on artificial intelligence and other strategic investments, reports Karen Weise.
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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, Karen Weise and I report in our piece on Microsoft's return to the center of the tech universe: nytimes.com/2023/01/12/tec…