Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.
Category: San Francisco (Calif)
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San Francisco Opera Reaches Deal With Orchestra, Ending Strike
The New York Times – Music:Nearly a week after opening night was canceled while patrons were in their seats, the musicians agreed to a four-year contract. The deal still needs to be ratified.
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior
The New York Times – On the Runway:The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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San Francisco Opera Cancels Opening Night After Musicians Strike
The New York Times – Music:The labor action forced the opera to cancel as patrons were finding their seats, and threw the season of one of the nation’s premier companies into limbo.
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Burning Man Draws an Older, Wealthier Crowd, Data Shows
The New York Times – Music:Last year, just one in ten festivalgoers were in their 20s, according to researchers. A decade ago, the same group represented nearly 30 percent of attendees.
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Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’
The New York Times – Business:As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.
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These Employees Like Their A.I. Boss. Its Shop Is Kind of a Disaster.
The New York Times – On the Runway:A new study of a bot running a first-of-its-kind San Francisco store finds it is really friendly, but not very smart.
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In San Francisco, Some Home Sellers Now Ask for OpenAI or Anthropic Stock
The New York Times – Business:Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers ask for stock instead of cash.
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The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors
The New York Times – Business:A.I. labs are hiring contrarian, chin-stroking, finger-steepling sages. Who’s underemployed now?
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In San Francisco’s A.I. Era, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough
The New York Times – Business:As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, tech workers making six figures are grousing that they cannot compete with the new A.I. elite. Some doubt they can afford to stay.
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Dwarkesh Patel’s Podcast Lets You Eavesdrop on the A.I. Elite
The New York Times – Business:Dwarkesh Patel was a bored college sophomore looking for intellectual stimulation. Now he commands interviews with Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg and holds his own with deeply nerdy A.I. researchers.
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Sam Altman’s Next High-Wire Act: Getting OpenAI to Make More Money
The New York Times – Business:Mr. Altman, who has faced criticism over OpenAI’s direction, has culled company projects and is trying to be more disciplined with strategy.