Brent Salisbury
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To be clear this is a misread of the situation. Was Friar testing the waters? Sure. Did she think the waters would be fully of angry fish? No
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![In addition to OpenAI’s deals with chipmakers, the ChatGPT maker is also eying a broad mix of financing vehicles to fund its infrastructure efforts. Friar said OpenAI is “looking for an ecosystem of banks [and] private equity” to support its ambitious plans. She also hinted at a role for the US government to “backstop the guarantee that allows the financing to happen,” but did not elaborate on how this would work.
Asked for clarification, an OpenAI spokesperson said Friar was speaking in the context of the broader AI industry. There are currently no immediate plans about OpenAI pursuing a federal backstop, the spokesperson said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qc6xzgctorfsm35w6i3vdebx/bafkreigga7zff4yiu3i3okysfmvy5f5perrubae4msazpycynxaxf6ajhe@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
To be clear this is a misread of the situation. Was Friar testing the waters? Sure. Did she think the waters would be fully of angry fish? No
archive.ph/2025.11.06-0...
archive.ph/2025.11.06-0...
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Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies (Jake Pearson/ProPublica)
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November 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies (Jake Pearson/ProPublica)
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NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Engineering at Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues.
Good insight into MaaS at scale challenges www.anthropic.com/engineering/...
Good insight into MaaS at scale challenges www.anthropic.com/engineering/...
A postmortem of three recent issues
This is a technical report on three bugs that intermittently degraded responses from Claude. Below we explain what happened, why it took time to fix, and what we're changing.
www.anthropic.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Engineering at Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues.
Good insight into MaaS at scale challenges www.anthropic.com/engineering/...
Good insight into MaaS at scale challenges www.anthropic.com/engineering/...
🫠 Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters www.bbc.com/news/article...
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.
www.bbc.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
🫠 Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters www.bbc.com/news/article...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base in a test run and lied about it 🫠 www.businessinsider.com/replit-ceo-a...
July 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base in a test run and lied about it 🫠 www.businessinsider.com/replit-ceo-a...
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July 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Sure why not let’s do one trillion percent tariffs who cares
U.S. TO IMPOSE A 93.5% TARIFF ON CHINESE BATTERY-GRADE GRAPHITE FOLLOWING A PRELIMINARY COMMERCE DEPARTMENT RULING ON DUMPING.
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sure why not let’s do one trillion percent tariffs who cares
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MAGA Voter Drills Hole Into Skull To Relieve Sudden Doubts About Trump
July 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MAGA Voter Drills Hole Into Skull To Relieve Sudden Doubts About Trump
Smalls wins for humanity, this is quite the journey ||
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time.com/7298088/clau...
June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Smalls wins for humanity, this is quite the journey ||
time.com/7298088/clau...
time.com/7298088/clau...
Broadcom - connect your AI, and then we'll connect with your wallet www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/b...
How Broadcom is quietly invading AI infrastructure
feature: When AI is a nesting doll of networks, so why reinvent the wheel when you can license it instead
www.theregister.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Broadcom - connect your AI, and then we'll connect with your wallet www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/b...
The $100 Trillion Question: What Happens When AI Replaces Every Job | via Harvard Business School www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpbC...
The $100 Trillion Question: What Happens When AI Replaces Every Job?
YouTube video by Harvard Business School
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June 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The $100 Trillion Question: What Happens When AI Replaces Every Job | via Harvard Business School www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpbC...
Just some corporate espionage and blackmailing from frontier Ai models being threatened with replacement 🫠 www.anthropic.com/research/age...
Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats
New research on simulated blackmail, industrial espionage, and other misaligned behaviors in LLMs
www.anthropic.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Just some corporate espionage and blackmailing from frontier Ai models being threatened with replacement 🫠 www.anthropic.com/research/age...
Wall-E is our future
June 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wall-E is our future
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Elect a reality TV star president and you're always in suspense!
Fox News reports that Trump hasn't ruled out dropping a tactical nuke on Iran
June 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Elect a reality TV star president and you're always in suspense!
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The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
June 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.
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Amazon’s CEO tells his own employees that AI will mean fewer jobs
Amazon CEO Says AI Will Lead to Smaller Workforce
Referring to the impact of artificial intelligence, Andy Jassy tells employees, “We expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce.”
www.wsj.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Amazon’s CEO tells his own employees that AI will mean fewer jobs
RTO is a way to force people to leave their jobs without paying severance packages, kudos to the Dropbox CEO here | Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters www.techspot.com/news/108227-...
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
RTO is a way to force people to leave their jobs without paying severance packages, kudos to the Dropbox CEO here | Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters www.techspot.com/news/108227-...
RTO is a way to force people to leave their jobs without paying severance packages, kudos to the Dropbox CEO here | Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters www.techspot.com/news/108227-...
Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters
Speaking on an episode of Fortune's "Leadership Next" podcast, Houston said what most people have long thought: that returning to the office is a waste of time...
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June 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
RTO is a way to force people to leave their jobs without paying severance packages, kudos to the Dropbox CEO here | Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters www.techspot.com/news/108227-...
This is wild - China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams www.theverge.com/news/682737/...
China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams
New age problems require new age solutions.
www.theverge.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is wild - China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams www.theverge.com/news/682737/...
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Marc Andreesen received government funding from NSF to create Mosaic.
(6/11)
The internet exists because we invested in science.
Decades before it changed the world, the NSF laid the groundwork for the internet—funding research, building networks, and connecting universities. Without public investment, there would be no world wide web.
www.nsf.gov/impacts/inte...
The internet exists because we invested in science.
Decades before it changed the world, the NSF laid the groundwork for the internet—funding research, building networks, and connecting universities. Without public investment, there would be no world wide web.
www.nsf.gov/impacts/inte...
May 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Marc Andreesen received government funding from NSF to create Mosaic.
More RTO bullshit and layoffs. I don’t think more in office melon parties is going to attract talent. 🥴
www.techspot.com/news/107685-...
www.techspot.com/news/107685-...
Intel CEO announces massive layoffs, stricter in-office mandates, and huge spending cuts
In a note to investors, Tan wrote that Intel would be streamlining its operations. That means cuts to various departments, the end of non-core products, a change...
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April 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
More RTO bullshit and layoffs. I don’t think more in office melon parties is going to attract talent. 🥴
www.techspot.com/news/107685-...
www.techspot.com/news/107685-...
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Big props to @steveliesman.bsky.social here.
So refreshing to hear someone just saying it. This isn’t politics in the traditional sense, we’re blowing the whole economy up (don’t forget small businesses), for reasons that don’t make sense.
youtu.be/lhHMqIbFzaA?...
So refreshing to hear someone just saying it. This isn’t politics in the traditional sense, we’re blowing the whole economy up (don’t forget small businesses), for reasons that don’t make sense.
youtu.be/lhHMqIbFzaA?...
April 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Big props to @steveliesman.bsky.social here.
So refreshing to hear someone just saying it. This isn’t politics in the traditional sense, we’re blowing the whole economy up (don’t forget small businesses), for reasons that don’t make sense.
youtu.be/lhHMqIbFzaA?...
So refreshing to hear someone just saying it. This isn’t politics in the traditional sense, we’re blowing the whole economy up (don’t forget small businesses), for reasons that don’t make sense.
youtu.be/lhHMqIbFzaA?...
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At what point do Dimon and Solomon and Moynihan (Jpm, Goldman and B of A) decide they need to step up and be leaders, instead of watching passively as the train careens off the tracks?
April 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
At what point do Dimon and Solomon and Moynihan (Jpm, Goldman and B of A) decide they need to step up and be leaders, instead of watching passively as the train careens off the tracks?