Alex Heath
@alexeheath.com
writing sources.news, co-hosting the Access podcast
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Probably the most entertaining -and unlikely!- story in tech this year:
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Probably the most entertaining -and unlikely!- story in tech this year:
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
an interview with the head of Threads sources.news/p/whats-next...
What's next for Threads
Connor Hayes wants Meta's X rival to be "the place on the internet to talk about what's going on in the world." Also: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour this week on ACCESS.
sources.news
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
an interview with the head of Threads sources.news/p/whats-next...
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Ah that's crazy, it's almost like Threads picked up the decentralization messaging when they launched so they could neutralize the Atmosphere
sources.news/p/whats-next...
sources.news/p/whats-next...
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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v1.112 is live!
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
v1.112 is live!
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side. sources.news/p/no-one-kno...
No one knows how the AI bubble will pop
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side.
sources.news
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side. sources.news/p/no-one-kno...
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OK here we go! Today we launch Hype Correction, our critical look at where AI is, and how we should reset our expectations. www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/h...
www.technologyreview.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
OK here we go! Today we launch Hype Correction, our critical look at where AI is, and how we should reset our expectations. www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/h...
“Journalists are also some of the most obsessive users of the platform. If we could get them back to posting their stories, I think users will have access to the complete picture on all issues”
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sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
sources.news
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Journalists are also some of the most obsessive users of the platform. If we could get them back to posting their stories, I think users will have access to the complete picture on all issues”
sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
I talked to X's head of product about why the platform wants journalists to come back and what he's doing to try and make it happen sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
sources.news
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I talked to X's head of product about why the platform wants journalists to come back and what he's doing to try and make it happen sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
I asked NeurLPS attendees for their takeaways from the world's largest gathering of AI researchers:
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
Google’s rise, RL mania, and a party boat
I asked attendees for their takeaways from this year’s NeurIPS in San Diego. Also: Sam Altman goes on a charm offense, Google teases AI glasses.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I asked NeurLPS attendees for their takeaways from the world's largest gathering of AI researchers:
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
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Scoop from @laurengoode.bsky.social: Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI. She'll be the new chief revenue officer and report to COO Brad Lightcap: www.wired.com/story/slack-...
OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer
A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser's departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Scoop from @laurengoode.bsky.social: Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI. She'll be the new chief revenue officer and report to COO Brad Lightcap: www.wired.com/story/slack-...
Substack is starting to test ads with a handful of writers
Just connecting brands without taking a cut (for now)
An about-face given how much the founders have criticized ad-driven social media, but also inevitable www.readfeedme.com/p/substack-i...
Just connecting brands without taking a cut (for now)
An about-face given how much the founders have criticized ad-driven social media, but also inevitable www.readfeedme.com/p/substack-i...
Substack is launching native sponsorships.
"During the pilot, Substack is simply facilitating payments and is not taking a cut."
www.readfeedme.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Substack is starting to test ads with a handful of writers
Just connecting brands without taking a cut (for now)
An about-face given how much the founders have criticized ad-driven social media, but also inevitable www.readfeedme.com/p/substack-i...
Just connecting brands without taking a cut (for now)
An about-face given how much the founders have criticized ad-driven social media, but also inevitable www.readfeedme.com/p/substack-i...
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@alexeheath.com spoke with Robert Smith of Highwire on striking out on his own: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/t...
Tech journalist Heath on striking out on his own - Talking Biz News
Robert Smith of Highwire interviewed tech journalist Alex Heath, who left traditional media to start a Substack called “Sources.” Here is an excerpt: I Like To Ask Everyone Who’s Taken This Path: Why ...
talkingbiznews.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@alexeheath.com spoke with Robert Smith of Highwire on striking out on his own: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/t...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just threw shade at OpenAI and Sam Altman
“There are some players who are YOLOing… Let’s say you’re a person who just kind of constitutionally wants to YOLO things or just likes big numbers, then you may turn the dial too far” sources.news/p/anthropics...
“There are some players who are YOLOing… Let’s say you’re a person who just kind of constitutionally wants to YOLO things or just likes big numbers, then you may turn the dial too far” sources.news/p/anthropics...
Anthropic's AI bubble 'YOLO' warning
Dario Amodei takes indirect shots at OpenAI's ‘YOLOing’ and big, circular deals. Also: More from the DealBook Summit and Meta's big hire.
sources.news
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just threw shade at OpenAI and Sam Altman
“There are some players who are YOLOing… Let’s say you’re a person who just kind of constitutionally wants to YOLO things or just likes big numbers, then you may turn the dial too far” sources.news/p/anthropics...
“There are some players who are YOLOing… Let’s say you’re a person who just kind of constitutionally wants to YOLO things or just likes big numbers, then you may turn the dial too far” sources.news/p/anthropics...
Sources: Instagram is moving to 5 days a week back in the office, per an internal memo from Adam Mosseri today.
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
Instagram's return to office mandate
Read Adam Mosseri’s internal memo announcing a full return to the office five days a week, fewer meetings, and fewer decks.
sources.news
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sources: Instagram is moving to 5 days a week back in the office, per an internal memo from Adam Mosseri today.
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week.
Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc. sources.news/p/instagrams...
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Scoop w/ @peard33.bsky.social and @mzeff.bsky.social: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI: www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist
A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Scoop w/ @peard33.bsky.social and @mzeff.bsky.social: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI: www.wired.com/story/openai...
From my Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis:
"World models are the thing I’m mostly spending my research time on"
"I’d love more" TPUs
"You look at seed rounds with just nothing being tens of billions of dollars... It’s not quite logical to me" sources.news/p/demis-hass...
"World models are the thing I’m mostly spending my research time on"
"I’d love more" TPUs
"You look at seed rounds with just nothing being tens of billions of dollars... It’s not quite logical to me" sources.news/p/demis-hass...
Demis Hassabis on Gemini 3, world models, and the AI bubble
Q&A with the Google DeepMind CEO on building AGI, compute bottlenecks, and the AI bubble.
sources.news
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
From my Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis:
"World models are the thing I’m mostly spending my research time on"
"I’d love more" TPUs
"You look at seed rounds with just nothing being tens of billions of dollars... It’s not quite logical to me" sources.news/p/demis-hass...
"World models are the thing I’m mostly spending my research time on"
"I’d love more" TPUs
"You look at seed rounds with just nothing being tens of billions of dollars... It’s not quite logical to me" sources.news/p/demis-hass...
Buy Anthropic. Short Perplexity.
Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit sources.news/p/what-insid...
Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit sources.news/p/what-insid...
What insiders really think about the AI race
Buy Anthropic. Short Perplexity. Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit. Also: Robinhood's Vlad Tenev this week on ACCESS.
sources.news
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Buy Anthropic. Short Perplexity.
Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit sources.news/p/what-insid...
Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit sources.news/p/what-insid...
Sources: During a recent private call, OpenAI's investors asked about external signs that ChatGPT's growth is slowing.
CFO Sarah Friar said time spent was down since "content restrictions" were added in Q3, but that the trend is expected to "reverse" sources.news/p/chatgpts-q...
CFO Sarah Friar said time spent was down since "content restrictions" were added in Q3, but that the trend is expected to "reverse" sources.news/p/chatgpts-q...
ChatGPT's quiet slump, Zuck's AI bubble warning
OpenAI’s CFO told investors that ChatGPT's engagement has softened. Also: Mark Zuckerberg's AI bubble warning to Meta employees.
sources.news
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Sources: During a recent private call, OpenAI's investors asked about external signs that ChatGPT's growth is slowing.
CFO Sarah Friar said time spent was down since "content restrictions" were added in Q3, but that the trend is expected to "reverse" sources.news/p/chatgpts-q...
CFO Sarah Friar said time spent was down since "content restrictions" were added in Q3, but that the trend is expected to "reverse" sources.news/p/chatgpts-q...
recap of a big NYC week: inside the Sources launch party, shooting the Breaker Media pod, speaking at the Media Summit indie media panel, and joining the Altogether collective sources.news/p/inside-the...
Inside the Sources launch party
Tech and media leaders gathered in Manhattan for tequila, sushi, and poker. Also: Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela on this week's ACCESS.
sources.news
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
recap of a big NYC week: inside the Sources launch party, shooting the Breaker Media pod, speaking at the Media Summit indie media panel, and joining the Altogether collective sources.news/p/inside-the...
did a very NYC tech thing last night sources.news/p/election-n...
Election night at Kalshi HQ
Inside Kalshi’s quiet Manhattan office on election night, co-founder Tarek Mansour showed how his fast-growing prediction market is calling races faster than the media.
sources.news
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
did a very NYC tech thing last night sources.news/p/election-n...
very excited to be part of this www.axios.com/2025/11/04/i...
New collective brings direct sales support to independent journalists
Alltogether's founding portfolio of journalist creators includes some of the biggest names in business, technology and political news.
www.axios.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
very excited to be part of this www.axios.com/2025/11/04/i...
Sources launch party tonight is gonna be great
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sources launch party tonight is gonna be great
Sources: YouTube announces opt-in layoffs and major leadership changes.
“Looking to the future, the next frontier for YouTube is AI” per internal memo from CEO Neal Mohan. “We need to set ourselves up to make the most of this opportunity.” sources.news/p/youtube-an...
“Looking to the future, the next frontier for YouTube is AI” per internal memo from CEO Neal Mohan. “We need to set ourselves up to make the most of this opportunity.” sources.news/p/youtube-an...
YouTube announces AI reorg and layoffs
Neal Mohan's internal memo about YouTube's "next frontier" and opt-in layoffs.
sources.news
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Sources: YouTube announces opt-in layoffs and major leadership changes.
“Looking to the future, the next frontier for YouTube is AI” per internal memo from CEO Neal Mohan. “We need to set ourselves up to make the most of this opportunity.” sources.news/p/youtube-an...
“Looking to the future, the next frontier for YouTube is AI” per internal memo from CEO Neal Mohan. “We need to set ourselves up to make the most of this opportunity.” sources.news/p/youtube-an...
Sources: Sam Altman has tapped Mikhail Shapiro, an award-winning biomolecular engineer, to join his Neuralink rival Merge Labs
The hire suggests that, unlike Neuralink, Merge will take a noninvasive BCI approach that relies on gene therapy + ultrasound sources.news/p/altman-tap...
The hire suggests that, unlike Neuralink, Merge will take a noninvasive BCI approach that relies on gene therapy + ultrasound sources.news/p/altman-tap...
Altman taps leading researcher for BCI startup Merge Labs
The hire suggests that Merge is taking a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Also: Sources IRL and reactions to yesterday's Snap scoop.
sources.news
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sources: Sam Altman has tapped Mikhail Shapiro, an award-winning biomolecular engineer, to join his Neuralink rival Merge Labs
The hire suggests that, unlike Neuralink, Merge will take a noninvasive BCI approach that relies on gene therapy + ultrasound sources.news/p/altman-tap...
The hire suggests that, unlike Neuralink, Merge will take a noninvasive BCI approach that relies on gene therapy + ultrasound sources.news/p/altman-tap...
Google is getting back into AR glasses with Gemini / Android XR
We had the head of Android on the pod this week, and I wanted to know what Google learned from the original Glass launch in 2013
We had the head of Android on the pod this week, and I wanted to know what Google learned from the original Glass launch in 2013
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Google is getting back into AR glasses with Gemini / Android XR
We had the head of Android on the pod this week, and I wanted to know what Google learned from the original Glass launch in 2013
We had the head of Android on the pod this week, and I wanted to know what Google learned from the original Glass launch in 2013