Tech
Grindr’s AI ‘wingman’ has privacy experts concerned
We tried the tool — made in partnership with SF-based AI firm Ex-human — and it’s pretty terrible
If climate tech companies want to survive the next four years, they’ll need ‘a new set of skills’
Faced with slashed incentives and undermined protections, the industry will have to make big changes to keep the energy transition alive
A tech worker influx is shifting the vibe at the 150-year-old Dolphin Club
Oldtimers are less than thrilled about newcomers treating the famed open water swimming group as a networking hotspot
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