🚨Scoop from me and Brody Ford: Adobe has touted Firefly as a safe and ethical alternative to competitors like Midjourney… but it also quietly trained Firefly on Midjourney images.

Adobe’s ‘Ethical’ Firefly AI Was Trained on Midjourney Images bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

the bodegas could have been making MILLIONS

10 minutes! We had shirts before we had an emergency alert

I AM FINE

just a lil pre-eclipse earthquake in nyc

not on my 2024 bingo card: receiving a plunger headband in the mail

'These items represent the essence of [our] latest investment theme: the cognitive plumbing of AI companies.'

Wednesday's Weather Rating: 0/10

HORRENDOUS weather continues, with rain (occasionally heavy), and temperatures only reaching the mid 40s. Strong wind gusts up to 60mph are possible tonight. If there is a redeeming quality to this day, I can't find it. There are no vibes.

NEW:

Unpaid bills, bungled contracts, a disastrous meeting with Jensen Huang.

From interviews with 32 sources, Iain Martin and I have the story on how poor business judgment and wild overspending unraveled Emad Mostaque's reign as Stability AI's CEO:

forbes.com/sites/kenrickc…

.The Wall Street Journal's front page one year after Russia unjustly detained our colleague, Evan Gershkovich, for doing his job as a journalist.
A whole year stolen.
Free Evan now.
#JournalismIsNotACrime

Amazon plans to invest $2.75B in Anthropic, the second tranche of Amazon's planned $4B investment in the AI startup, after a $1.25B tranche in September 2023 (CNBC)

cnbc.com/2024/03/27/ama…

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I cried laughing watching this

Following the lead of companies like Airbnb and Rivian, Reddit is inviting some users to participate in its upcoming IPO. But some top moderators told CNBC that they’re declining the offer, citing lingering tensions with management and business concerns. cnb.cx/4agrHMu

The story of transformers. I talked to all eight of the authors of 'Attention Is All You Need' the paper that revolutionized AI. wired.com/story/eight-go…

Are we going to start seeing something of a 'quiet acquisition' happen among big tech cos as they try finding speedy workarounds amid the AI pressure?

Satya ended up not hiring Sam Altman, but now he has succeeded in making Mustafa Suleyman a Microsoft employee cnbc.com/2024/03/19/mic…

CNBC spoke with a dozen recently laid-off tech workers. What they told Alex Koller is extremely revealing.

Laid-off techies face 'sense of impending doom' with job cuts at highest since dot-com crash cnb.cx/3PobxbZ

An Amazon employee was arrested at a TN warehouse last May for theft after they granted scam refunds to a mysterious person named 'Ralph.'

It turns out 'Ralph' was part of a refund fraud ring. The groups thrive on Telegram, robbing retailers of billions:
cnbc.com/2024/03/14/ama…

$IBM

❖ IBM TELLS EMPLOYEES IT’S CUTTING JOBS IN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS - CNBC