This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside soccer’s data renaissance Imagine tuning in to the opening kickoff of a World Cup match and seeing a player intentionally kick the ball out of bounds. You may question the…
Companies that treat AI governance as a compliance checkbox rather than a continuous operational discipline are quietly accumulating risks their boards don’t yet know exist.
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX’s historic IPO.
Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions of the same thing. An entrepreneur at heart, […]
Most CEOs pursue brand partnerships before they’re ready for them. Here’s what I learned building collaborations with Reebok, Eddie Bauer and Nautica while running a publicly traded company.