Tech
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
All hail the Tillyverse
Plus, Anthropic’s looming IPO and Trump’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad concert
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’
Waymo’s double parking problem is our double parking problem
AVs have figured out that blocking traffic is no big deal. Wonder where they learned that
A fake receipt on Facebook is causing real headaches for one Mission restaurant
Targeted by an AI-generated bill for $456.03, Picaro is fighting back
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
Sergey Brin fled California, but he keeps throwing money at SF politics
Even from Nevada, the Google co-founder is fighting the Overpaid CEO tax and funding a right-wing extremist (among others) for governor
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
