Category: San Francisco (Calif)

San Francisco Is Still Pushing to Turn Offices Into Homes

The New York Times – Business:
The city has not completed a single office-to-housing conversion, despite hopes to meet housing demand and inject life into empty downtowns.
Forget Tech. San Francisco Is Home to Great Movies.

The New York Times – T Magazine:
Along with films about algorithms and AI, the year has brought human stories that are welcome reminders of what life in the city is really like.
These 5-Star Hotels Allow You to Enjoy Luxury Experiences as a Non-Guest

The New York Times – Travel:
The cost of a night at a luxury hotel can be daunting, but you can get a taste of the gilded life for less by booking an experience. Here, six standouts.
This A.I. House Can Provide You With Connections. It Also Has a Dark Side.

The New York Times – Business:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?