I always find this argument strange. The Maven protests were six years ago, and every start-up (and giant) are falling over themselves trying to win Pentagon contracts

yes, and everyone should marvel at the elite professional stamina of 39 year olds who haven't retired

When Madhumita Murgia's scoops about chatgpt show up in chatgpt, will chatgpt be self-aware? ft.com/content/333287…

Great read on the realpolitik tussle over AI.

In US v China, US wins over Abu Dhabi

Mark Bergen

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When investors got so desperate for a Toptal return they weighed the 'cancer patient strategy' and 'outsourcing the assholery' one-week gift link bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Also this helped the deal come about: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Mistakenly googled a startup + 'pitchfork' instead of 'pitchbook' and now I have a brilliant business idea, Conde

If you want to become an AI superpower, you gotta build data centres - even in the desert. A deep dive by Marissa Newman, Mark Bergen, Olivia Solon into the economics and practicality of Saudi and the UAE’s construction race. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Sam Altman pitched investors + gov't officials in UAE this week about a global coalition to support production of AI infrastructure like chips, energy, and data center capacity.

Later this week he'll head to DC for more mtgs. Details w/ Ed Ludlow:

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This great pod was kind enough to have me on! tortoisemedia.com/audio/instabil…

A+ white house pool report yesterday

New Businessweek with Marissa Newman & Olivia Solon - do read!