Tech
In between gods, looking for work
I went to an 'AI salon' at The Commons SF, expecting to find radical techies working to accumulate power. Instead, I found loneliness — and a lot of existential dread.
Viral incident shows passenger stuck in Waymo as man outside pulls a knife
Expert warns liability issues and tech limitations will put more people at risk
Zoox plans to deploy its robotaxis without a steering wheel, despite regulatory uncertainty
We’ll see how this works out for them…
‘A tale of two cities’: SF looks to expand free high-speed internet to underserved neighborhoods
The goal is to bridge the digital divide between San Francisco’s underserved neighborhoods and the rest of the city
Wild billboards around the Bay call attention to tech companies free-loading off open source projects
An advocacy group called Open Source Pledge wants tech companies to pay up
SFPD quietly deployed drones at Outside Lands, Pride, and the Dolores Hill Bomb
The San Francisco Police Department has deployed drones more than 100 times since May, increasing usage sharply over time
Chatbot service Character.ai takes down school shooting, ‘Diddy party’ simulators after Gazetteer inquiry
The company was valued at $1 billion last year, and recently announced a harder pivot into chatbots
How do Bay Area locals really use AI?
Despite lofty promises (and a steep environmental cost), people are using AI tools more for cheating and noodling around than to try and save the world
Reboot 2024 promised a ‘New Reality.’ It was mostly conservative bluster
Billed as disruption to the status quo, the all-day event at Fort Mason on Thursday mostly fixated on the radical vibes of the technocrat class and fantasies of a libertarian future
The crypto industry shows its hard-right heart at Reboot
Industry experts at the tech conference laid bare why conservatism is the linchpin for an ‘abundant’ crypto future — and how the industry is shaping the election