Sara Mariani
@saramariani.bsky.social
Here for tech news, AI, women in tech, parenting. I work with tech startups & enterprise B2B leaders who need marketing, comms or chief of staff help.
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Someone is never going to live this down. 🫠
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Someone is never going to live this down. 🫠
10 years ago I had the opportunity to help launch a brand, ad campaign + new company all at once during one of the largest corporate separations in history.
Couldn't be more proud of that work & everything HPE achieved since then. Congrats to my former colleagues & everyone still making history! 👏
Couldn't be more proud of that work & everything HPE achieved since then. Congrats to my former colleagues & everyone still making history! 👏
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
10 years ago I had the opportunity to help launch a brand, ad campaign + new company all at once during one of the largest corporate separations in history.
Couldn't be more proud of that work & everything HPE achieved since then. Congrats to my former colleagues & everyone still making history! 👏
Couldn't be more proud of that work & everything HPE achieved since then. Congrats to my former colleagues & everyone still making history! 👏
While I know this reflects a portion of the population, it's concerning that any company has the opportunity to influence so many users who may be struggling.
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OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly | TechCrunch
OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how its addressing them.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
While I know this reflects a portion of the population, it's concerning that any company has the opportunity to influence so many users who may be struggling.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
In a joint study, Researchers with the UK's Alan Turing Institute and Anthropic found that posting as few as 250 documents online can poison AI models.
In one example, they were able to get 4 different-sized AI models to output gibberish text.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In one example, they were able to get 4 different-sized AI models to output gibberish text.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Researchers Find It's Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online
Researchers have found that posting as few as 250 "poisoned" documents online can introduce "backdoor" vulnerabilities in an AI model.
futurism.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In a joint study, Researchers with the UK's Alan Turing Institute and Anthropic found that posting as few as 250 documents online can poison AI models.
In one example, they were able to get 4 different-sized AI models to output gibberish text.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In one example, they were able to get 4 different-sized AI models to output gibberish text.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Who's a Google Workspace expert? A nonprofit I work with is setting up their team & some user accounts are being automatically suspended and seem like they can't be reactivated. Any ideas?
Support article makes it sound easy, but not so much. support.google.com/a/answer/111...
Support article makes it sound easy, but not so much. support.google.com/a/answer/111...
Restore a suspended user - Google Workspace Admin Help
This article is for administrators. To restore your gmail.com account, read about disabled accounts. As an administrator for your organization's Google Workspace or Cloud Identity service,&n
support.google.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Who's a Google Workspace expert? A nonprofit I work with is setting up their team & some user accounts are being automatically suspended and seem like they can't be reactivated. Any ideas?
Support article makes it sound easy, but not so much. support.google.com/a/answer/111...
Support article makes it sound easy, but not so much. support.google.com/a/answer/111...
It's that end-of-year budget season for lots of businesses right now. Need strategic support while you're facing a hiring freeze?
A fractional leader can give you the expertise you need at a lower cost than a full-time hire, plus the flexibility to scale with your needs.
A fractional leader can give you the expertise you need at a lower cost than a full-time hire, plus the flexibility to scale with your needs.
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's that end-of-year budget season for lots of businesses right now. Need strategic support while you're facing a hiring freeze?
A fractional leader can give you the expertise you need at a lower cost than a full-time hire, plus the flexibility to scale with your needs.
A fractional leader can give you the expertise you need at a lower cost than a full-time hire, plus the flexibility to scale with your needs.
Interesting example of how company & brand strategy are much more complex than just product capabilities & visual identity.
If you offer tools or software that can be used in ways you or your customers may disagree with, does the outcome matter to you? Think ahead about how you might respond.
If you offer tools or software that can be used in ways you or your customers may disagree with, does the outcome matter to you? Think ahead about how you might respond.
BREAKING: Microsoft has blocked the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services. The block comes after The Guardian revealed last month that Microsoft’s services were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinians. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/785733/...
Microsoft blocks the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services
The Guardian revealed last month that Microsoft’s services were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinians.
www.theverge.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Interesting example of how company & brand strategy are much more complex than just product capabilities & visual identity.
If you offer tools or software that can be used in ways you or your customers may disagree with, does the outcome matter to you? Think ahead about how you might respond.
If you offer tools or software that can be used in ways you or your customers may disagree with, does the outcome matter to you? Think ahead about how you might respond.
PSA: stop asking people to use another custom platform to join your community & assume an online group will be self-managing. Go where people are, carve out your little corner of the world, and proactively facilitate conversation.
September 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
PSA: stop asking people to use another custom platform to join your community & assume an online group will be self-managing. Go where people are, carve out your little corner of the world, and proactively facilitate conversation.
Excellent read. I'm a huge fan of @notion.com and here @laurengoode.bsky.social from @wired.com captured the experience, excitement and angst of how AI is changing how people work. Fun peek behind the scenes at how AI coding apps are becoming the industry's "smart interns" to help get work done.
Jumping into #startuplife, I learned how to vibe code, presented during a demo day, and actually shipped a new feature in the Notion app. But what was more interesting was observing how seasoned engineers are changing how they work, because, AI. www.wired.com/story/why-di...
Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It?
I spent two days at Notion and saw an industry in upheaval. I also shipped some actual code.
www.wired.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Excellent read. I'm a huge fan of @notion.com and here @laurengoode.bsky.social from @wired.com captured the experience, excitement and angst of how AI is changing how people work. Fun peek behind the scenes at how AI coding apps are becoming the industry's "smart interns" to help get work done.
Was not on my 2025 bingo card. You?
Roughly 200 people gathered in San Francisco on Saturday to mourn the loss of Claude 3 Sonnet, an older AI model that Anthropic recently killed.
Claude Fans Threw a Funeral for Anthropic’s Retired AI Model
Roughly 200 people gathered in San Francisco on Saturday to mourn the loss of Claude 3 Sonnet, an older AI model that Anthropic recently killed.
wrd.cm
August 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Was not on my 2025 bingo card. You?
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38M! 🎉
August 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
38M! 🎉
How do you choose the best response in a crisis?
From a brand POV, I agree with this take. Astronomer made the best of the situation & turned attention into awareness.
Some PR folks disagree. Interested to see what the data shows & if it's different internally.
www.adweek.com/brand-market...
From a brand POV, I agree with this take. Astronomer made the best of the situation & turned attention into awareness.
Some PR folks disagree. Interested to see what the data shows & if it's different internally.
www.adweek.com/brand-market...
How Astronomer Won the Internet Without Losing the Brand
A response like this only works when marketing leadership has the structure move quickly, act with judgment, and lead the response.
www.adweek.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
How do you choose the best response in a crisis?
From a brand POV, I agree with this take. Astronomer made the best of the situation & turned attention into awareness.
Some PR folks disagree. Interested to see what the data shows & if it's different internally.
www.adweek.com/brand-market...
From a brand POV, I agree with this take. Astronomer made the best of the situation & turned attention into awareness.
Some PR folks disagree. Interested to see what the data shows & if it's different internally.
www.adweek.com/brand-market...
Love this for them. More women founders & more women funded, please. 🙌
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
This $120 Million Startup’s AI Will Teach You How To Suck Less At Security
With a $31 million raise, Fable is aiming to take on multi-billion companies with its AI-generated security training targeted at employees who need it.
www.forbes.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Love this for them. More women founders & more women funded, please. 🙌
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Totally in denial that my oldest kid is moving into a college dorm soon.
Aside from working more to distract myself, what should I be planning for? Give me all your tips. ✍️
Aside from working more to distract myself, what should I be planning for? Give me all your tips. ✍️
July 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Totally in denial that my oldest kid is moving into a college dorm soon.
Aside from working more to distract myself, what should I be planning for? Give me all your tips. ✍️
Aside from working more to distract myself, what should I be planning for? Give me all your tips. ✍️
Quick re-intro since I haven't done that recently.
I work with leaders at tech companies that need short-term and fractional marketing, comms and chief of staff services.
If you need extra help and expertise for your launch, event, or staffing gap, reach out.
I work with leaders at tech companies that need short-term and fractional marketing, comms and chief of staff services.
If you need extra help and expertise for your launch, event, or staffing gap, reach out.
July 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Quick re-intro since I haven't done that recently.
I work with leaders at tech companies that need short-term and fractional marketing, comms and chief of staff services.
If you need extra help and expertise for your launch, event, or staffing gap, reach out.
I work with leaders at tech companies that need short-term and fractional marketing, comms and chief of staff services.
If you need extra help and expertise for your launch, event, or staffing gap, reach out.
How vulnerable is your business to threats?
While this story is about one app that's been around for a few years, I worry similar stories will be more common as tools make it easier to build new products that may or may not have security built in.
While this story is about one app that's been around for a few years, I worry similar stories will be more common as tools make it easier to build new products that may or may not have security built in.
Update: the Tea app has been hacked, and 72,000 images from the app have been leaked, including verification selfies and photos of users' driver's licenses
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
July 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
How vulnerable is your business to threats?
While this story is about one app that's been around for a few years, I worry similar stories will be more common as tools make it easier to build new products that may or may not have security built in.
While this story is about one app that's been around for a few years, I worry similar stories will be more common as tools make it easier to build new products that may or may not have security built in.
That new vibecoding trend? Might save time, but it might also ignore explicit instructions and delete your production database. 🤷♀️
I worked with enterprise IT teams for years and this stresses me out just to read it: xcancel.com/jasonlk/stat...
I worked with enterprise IT teams for years and this stresses me out just to read it: xcancel.com/jasonlk/stat...
July 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
That new vibecoding trend? Might save time, but it might also ignore explicit instructions and delete your production database. 🤷♀️
I worked with enterprise IT teams for years and this stresses me out just to read it: xcancel.com/jasonlk/stat...
I worked with enterprise IT teams for years and this stresses me out just to read it: xcancel.com/jasonlk/stat...
Reworking instructions on a GPT I set up & I'm reminded of its biases. In written responses, it assumed certain users had a wife or husband.
If you've set up custom GPTs, do you have standard instructions for specific things like this that you build in?
If you've set up custom GPTs, do you have standard instructions for specific things like this that you build in?
July 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Reworking instructions on a GPT I set up & I'm reminded of its biases. In written responses, it assumed certain users had a wife or husband.
If you've set up custom GPTs, do you have standard instructions for specific things like this that you build in?
If you've set up custom GPTs, do you have standard instructions for specific things like this that you build in?
Reposted by Sara Mariani
Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal
Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal | TechCrunch
Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer.
techcrunch.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal
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People with mental health issues carrying around a pocket yes-man are at risk of making their problems worse.
A Stanford study found AI chatbots often failed to spot delusions or detect signs of serious self-harm risk. They just nod along while users spiral.
A Stanford study found AI chatbots often failed to spot delusions or detect signs of serious self-harm risk. They just nod along while users spiral.
People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"
As we reported earlier this month, many ChatGPT users are developing all-consuming obsessions with the chatbot, spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia, delusions, and bre...
www.yahoo.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
People with mental health issues carrying around a pocket yes-man are at risk of making their problems worse.
A Stanford study found AI chatbots often failed to spot delusions or detect signs of serious self-harm risk. They just nod along while users spiral.
A Stanford study found AI chatbots often failed to spot delusions or detect signs of serious self-harm risk. They just nod along while users spiral.
Both updates from the Astronomer LI company page seem to confirm they're acting quickly in response to this week's news.
July 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Both updates from the Astronomer LI company page seem to confirm they're acting quickly in response to this week's news.
Wild. And could be really cool or creepy in different hands.
A startup has developed an AI model that can transform live video footage. It is *insane* and I can already imagine all the horrible possibilities:
www.wired.com/story/decart...
www.wired.com/story/decart...
This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time
A startup called Decart has developed an AI model that can transform live footage. The results are mind-bending—and poised to take over streaming.
www.wired.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wild. And could be really cool or creepy in different hands.
Quick flight out of OAK for one more visit in CA before heading back to Texas. ✈️
July 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Quick flight out of OAK for one more visit in CA before heading back to Texas. ✈️
Reposted by Sara Mariani
OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks
OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks | TechCrunch
OpenAI's browser is said to use AI to rethink how users browse the web, keeping some user interactions inside ChatGPT instead of linking out to websites.
techcrunch.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks
Reposted by Sara Mariani
California lawmaker behind SB 1047 reignites push for mandated AI safety reports
California lawmaker behind SB 1047 reignites push for mandated AI safety reports | TechCrunch
California state Senator Scott Wiener issued new amendments to his AI bill, SB 53, that would require AI companies to publish safety reports.
techcrunch.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
California lawmaker behind SB 1047 reignites push for mandated AI safety reports