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Dec. 11, 2023

December 11, 2023: this weekโ€™s reads and listens

Here’s this week's roundup of a few of the cool reads and listens:

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‘‹ DO let the door hit you on the way out Liz Magill. Don’t worry, in this context she’d likely consider that a love letter. Great Big Read from the Financial Times, “The Ivy League, Wall St donors and the fury over antisemitism on campus”

The Ivy League, Wall St donors and the fury over antisemitism on campus” https://lnkd.in/gqgQuzWe 

๐Ÿ‘€ You know I love hearing from COOs. OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap talks w/ CNBC about ChatGPT launch, DevDay & how Sam Altman thinks. https://lnkd.in/gHKSqgW7 

๐Ÿ‘€  While we’re talking OpenAI, have a look at this WSJ article on whether its unusual board structure should stay or go https://lnkd.in/gh9gngfg

๐ŸŽง๐Ÿฅฐ ๐Ÿง Speaking of COOs and CEOs, listen to Dan Siroker, CEO and Founder of Rewind AI (and before that Optimizely), chat with me about augmenting human memory with AI on the latest episode of Between Two COO's. https://lnkd.in/gvPbWZVF

๐ŸŽง Fantastic Decoder ep with Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami

 

๐Ÿ‘€ You know I love hearing from COOs. OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap talks w/ CNBC about ChatGPT launch, DevDay & how Sam Altman thinks. https://lnkd.in/gHKSqgW7 

๐Ÿ‘€  While we’re talking OpenAI, have a look at this WSJ article on whether its unusual board structure should stay or go https://lnkd.in/gh9gngfg

๐ŸŽง๐Ÿฅฐ ๐Ÿง Speaking of COOs and CEOs, listen to Dan Siroker, CEO and Founder of Rewind AI (and before that Optimizely), chat with me about augmenting human memory with AI on the latest episode of Between Two COO's. https://lnkd.in/gvPbWZVF

๐ŸŽง Fantastic Decoder ep with Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami on AI, the future of the web, identity, content moderation, and hate speech, emphasizing Israel and Hamas. Very straightforward binary view on content moderation that’s refreshing to hear publicly from a CEO. https://lnkd.in/gte8heCi

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿคฏ โš›๏ธ The World's Biggest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Just Came Online. Seriously, this is a BIG deal ๐Ÿ˜‰. https://lnkd.in/gBZ8awny

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿฉบ๐Ÿ’Š CRISPR gene editing has blown my mind for years, and now the FDA has approved the first gene modification drug to treat Sickle-Cell Disease. This is the start of a new type of medication you need to pay attention to. https://lnkd.in/gC_SNhrQ

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ‘จ‍โš–๏ธWell that’s not nice. 23andMe changed their terms of service amid legal fallout from their data breach, preventing class action suits after discovering their breach but before disclosing it. We’ll see what the courts have to say about that. ๐Ÿฟ https://lnkd.in/gyGwZiES

๐Ÿ‘€โšพ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ$700M!!! That’s how much the Dodgers will pay Ohtani over the next ten years. I picked the wrong profession. https://lnkd.in/gDnf6kJ2

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ it’s not a ๐Ÿhttps://lnkd.in/g9zt2xrK