Emma Whitford
@eawhitford.bsky.social
Now: senior reporter at MLex covering AI regulation. Proud member @newsguild.org. Then: deputy editor @citylimitsnews.bsky.social covering housing and homelessness.
"We look forward to the opportunity to present to the jury... how OpenAI and Microsoft are profiting wildly and exorbitantly from stealing the original content of newspapers across the country."
On today's order preserving copyright infringement claims: content.mlex.com#/content/164...
On today's order preserving copyright infringement claims: content.mlex.com#/content/164...
March 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"We look forward to the opportunity to present to the jury... how OpenAI and Microsoft are profiting wildly and exorbitantly from stealing the original content of newspapers across the country."
On today's order preserving copyright infringement claims: content.mlex.com#/content/164...
On today's order preserving copyright infringement claims: content.mlex.com#/content/164...
This week, I got a crash course in FERC and the power grid. So much to unpack here! content.mlex.com#/content/163...
"It comes down to who profits from new data centers and who pays for the energy and infrastructure costs for data centers."
"It comes down to who profits from new data centers and who pays for the energy and infrastructure costs for data centers."
March 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This week, I got a crash course in FERC and the power grid. So much to unpack here! content.mlex.com#/content/163...
"It comes down to who profits from new data centers and who pays for the energy and infrastructure costs for data centers."
"It comes down to who profits from new data centers and who pays for the energy and infrastructure costs for data centers."
"That sounded more like a politician than a science guy, but OK."
Coverage from Michael Kratsios' confirmation hearing to head Trump's Office of Science and Technology Policy: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
Coverage from Michael Kratsios' confirmation hearing to head Trump's Office of Science and Technology Policy: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
February 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"That sounded more like a politician than a science guy, but OK."
Coverage from Michael Kratsios' confirmation hearing to head Trump's Office of Science and Technology Policy: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
Coverage from Michael Kratsios' confirmation hearing to head Trump's Office of Science and Technology Policy: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
From my colleague @realchoonsik.bsky.social, who spoke with the director of South Korea's AI Safety Institute.
Per their convo, US AISI did have a rep at the Paris action summit, though it wasn't widely advertised: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
Per their convo, US AISI did have a rep at the Paris action summit, though it wasn't widely advertised: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
February 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From my colleague @realchoonsik.bsky.social, who spoke with the director of South Korea's AI Safety Institute.
Per their convo, US AISI did have a rep at the Paris action summit, though it wasn't widely advertised: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
Per their convo, US AISI did have a rep at the Paris action summit, though it wasn't widely advertised: content.mlex.com#/content/163...
From @frankhersey.bsky.social, on what he saw in Paris:
"US Vice President JD Vance summed it up in his speech: 'I'm not here this morning to talk about AI safety, which was the title of the conference a couple of years ago. I'm here to talk about AI opportunity.'"
"US Vice President JD Vance summed it up in his speech: 'I'm not here this morning to talk about AI safety, which was the title of the conference a couple of years ago. I'm here to talk about AI opportunity.'"
February 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
From @frankhersey.bsky.social, on what he saw in Paris:
"US Vice President JD Vance summed it up in his speech: 'I'm not here this morning to talk about AI safety, which was the title of the conference a couple of years ago. I'm here to talk about AI opportunity.'"
"US Vice President JD Vance summed it up in his speech: 'I'm not here this morning to talk about AI safety, which was the title of the conference a couple of years ago. I'm here to talk about AI opportunity.'"
MLex is keeping up with the DOGE-related data privacy lawsuits flooding in. Here's a new one:
February 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
MLex is keeping up with the DOGE-related data privacy lawsuits flooding in. Here's a new one:
From my colleagues @alexwilts.bsky.social & @amyailaw.bsky.social, covering Musk's suit against OpenAI:
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said it was “a stretch to claim irreparable harm in this case,” characterizing the matter before her as “billionaires versus billionaires.”
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said it was “a stretch to claim irreparable harm in this case,” characterizing the matter before her as “billionaires versus billionaires.”
February 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
From my colleagues @alexwilts.bsky.social & @amyailaw.bsky.social, covering Musk's suit against OpenAI:
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said it was “a stretch to claim irreparable harm in this case,” characterizing the matter before her as “billionaires versus billionaires.”
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said it was “a stretch to claim irreparable harm in this case,” characterizing the matter before her as “billionaires versus billionaires.”
First fried turkey
November 29, 2024 at 12:31 AM
First fried turkey
When your era is ETPA
March 10, 2024 at 12:06 AM
When your era is ETPA
We also worked up a graphic to easily visualize where families w/ kids are staying across NYC shelters.
The city has yet to seek state permission to issue 60 day notices to families in DHS shelters. That's where most families currently are: twitter.com/emma_a_whitf...
The city has yet to seek state permission to issue 60 day notices to families in DHS shelters. That's where most families currently are: twitter.com/emma_a_whitf...
October 18, 2023 at 2:32 PM
We also worked up a graphic to easily visualize where families w/ kids are staying across NYC shelters.
The city has yet to seek state permission to issue 60 day notices to families in DHS shelters. That's where most families currently are: twitter.com/emma_a_whitf...
The city has yet to seek state permission to issue 60 day notices to families in DHS shelters. That's where most families currently are: twitter.com/emma_a_whitf...
I liked this Doug Turetsky joint on social housing bills @ the City Council. He wonders what the bills might have done for one of NYC's first big apartment complexes, vacant since '07.
As it stands, this could end up a hotel w/ 20 affordable apartments: citylimits.org/2023/10/04/s...
As it stands, this could end up a hotel w/ 20 affordable apartments: citylimits.org/2023/10/04/s...
October 6, 2023 at 7:34 PM
I liked this Doug Turetsky joint on social housing bills @ the City Council. He wonders what the bills might have done for one of NYC's first big apartment complexes, vacant since '07.
As it stands, this could end up a hotel w/ 20 affordable apartments: citylimits.org/2023/10/04/s...
As it stands, this could end up a hotel w/ 20 affordable apartments: citylimits.org/2023/10/04/s...
Station name you’d never heard of I’ll start
July 26, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Station name you’d never heard of I’ll start
First o the season
June 17, 2023 at 12:21 PM
First o the season