hacker friends, help us find the vulnerabilities of top GenAI models and the open source use of C2PA Content Authenticity Initiative credentials to help us navigate the era where we can no longer believe our eyes via HackerOne

thinking about the overwhelming human need to be a part of something “greater than yourself” and feel belonging, especially in our earlier and more insecure years. this vulnerable source of energy can be leveraged for good OR abused and misguided so easily by hate-fueled agendas

do something extraordinary within a category, and you create a halo that extends across the whole category.

👏💥 vision and execution by Brian Chesky and Airbnb team

thinking: AI will help us take far more informed and drastically lower cost risk.

you’ll be able to test the far edges of your imagination in all sorts of ways (think AI focus groups, playing out every scenario, etc). this raises the ceiling of what’s possible by building our

Just finished the latest scott belsky piece on the future of interfaces. We're at a thrilling transition phase, and I'm fascinated by what the next frontier might be. Some notes I took...
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if creativity is world’s greatest recycling program, then taste is a function of what we expose ourselves to - our inputs. interesting to learn how carefully steve jobs seemed to curate his inputs.

this Kayvon Beykpour and Lenny Rachitsky convo is sure to have many gems - on product and navigating the messy middle of building… 🔥

perhaps the ultimate superpower for leading a project or company at scale:

having a compass for what REALLY matters (amidst a cacophony of industry noise, FOMO, sunk costs, temptations to satisfy people at expense of strategy) and allocating resources and minutes accordingly.

am pretty excited about the era of AI agents, but their potential to do things for us is limited by the permission they have to act on our behalf. to solve this, Daniel Mason + Anon team built a toolkit for user-permissioned integrations for sites/services of all kinds.

resolution makes a difference…

nail it, then scale it.
trying to build for scale before it’s nailed is bound to fail.

Disruptive Interfaces & The Rise of Luxury Software:

“Disruptive interfaces … are a generation of drastically simpler and more accessible interfaces that ultimately commoditize everything underneath…” ⁦scott belsky⁩ implications.com/p/disruptive-i…

observed: the VCs I respect spend most of their time helping their companies that are struggling (or in specific areas of opportunity). while less strong investors try to make the most change and incessantly “help” the thriving companies and founders that need it the least. 🤷‍♂️

Kevin Kelly (co-founder of WIRED Magazine) insists a good 'rest ethic' is essential for counterbalancing a good work ethic.

I like the idea of:
accepting (and even encouraging) discussion and debate of ideas that make you feel uncomfortable

…becoming a value of the modern school and workplace.

Software is considered either a complement to hardware, or a problem solver. Why is luxury software a new vector?

Where will we see luxury software transform markets?

How will role of designers evolve from “interface builders” to “software artists?”

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been super fun to watch Eric Glyman Diego Zaks and team build the product and the brand/soul of the company since early days. congrats on the growth and the focus. 💥

cool to see what creators are making with the brand new Adobe Express mobile app today, which includes all the latest magic from Firefly AI. team just rolled it out on the app stores - it’s awesome.