Cydney Hayes
A Stop AI activist is standing trial after blockading OpenAI HQ last year
Wynd Kaufmyn is prepared to serve time if it helps spread the group’s warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence
Can you actually buy a house with Anthropic stock? Probably not
‘You can’t just say, I’ll sell my house for a thousand almonds, or, in this case, a thousand shares of OpenAI or Anthropic’
Aella wants to know how you’d defile a cow
Could you hack it in a house full of AI doomer rationalist influencers? I’m willing to try
From Sam Altman’s ‘fun’ hair to Elon Musk’s ‘twisting’ lips: How courtroom artists capture giants
Three trial veterans describe their approaches to depicting the rich and infamous during the Musk v. Altman trial
Jury sides with Altman in OpenAI case
Plus, the Standard gets tech help from journalism’s newest whiz kid
Hell on Bay Wheels
The Google Gemini ads currently dominating the city’s bike share fleet are the latest targets for culture jamming
The aestheticization of government secrets
Plus, in shocking news, new college grads don’t like the technology that’s ruining their futures
New troubles at Mercor: Infighting, ‘face time slavery,’ and ‘inhumane working conditions’
Former staffers offer a look inside the human data startup, where the hours are brutal, employees say they’re getting stiffed, and the CEO is a 23-year-old billionaire who wants to be Elon Musk
The girls are crabbing
The Crabby Baddies and other young, net-savvy women across the city are getting hooked on crustaceans
