Silicon Valley based deputy business editor of the LA Times. Journalism Lecturer. Formerly WSJ in New Delhi, Jakarta, Mumbai, Manila, Osaka, and Tokyo.
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It's a military-tech-powered neighborhood that dimmed with the end of the Cold War. Now it's back on the back of a new space race and Silicon Valley investors who aren't shy about investing in killing machines. The triumphant takeoff of ‘The Gundo’ latimes.com/business/story/2…
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Hollywood developer David Simon is betting big on a new vertical movie studio he is building on Santa Monica Boulevard. latimes.com/business/story/2…
Live commerce is helping mom-and-pop shops gain back some of the customers they lost to online retail, but it is exposing them to trolls and other trouble. Read this crazy L.A. tale about a big battle over a tiny pantless character. latimes.com/business/story/2…
What if AI can already do (almost) everything you do at work? That's the dilemma AI voice actors are facing. They're getting undercut, replaced & tricked into letting others clone their vibes. Is selling out to the borg the only way to survive? latimes.com/business/story/2…
The biggest settlement ever & stocks rose. Will tech titans change? With the power of ML and AI, social media isn't so social anymore; it's us (& our kids) watching what the bots surface. Will this convince Instagram, TikTok and others to bind their bots?latimes.com/business/story/2…
After renaming the company to Mark his territory in the metaverse, he's got 440 acres, stone walls and a moat.
Silicon Valley sells the future as its royalty get rich enough to start shopping in the 17th century.
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Say what you want, haters, but Cali's getting paid. Yes, it's only a few companies, and it may make most citizens struggle ... but no other state is even close.
California's AI gold rush pulls in 90% of capital despite billionaire tax backlash latimes.com/business/story/2…
Looking for a tech job? Don't come here (unless you have crazy AI skills). There are fewer jobs, and at the same time, the AI elites are making everything even more expensive.
San Francisco Bay Area dethroned as largest tech talent market
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Loved sitting with these thought leaders at a top-secret Silicon Valley location to warn the next generation of tech reporters about covering the massive, meandering AI story. I spent a lot of time bragging about @NilChristopher. Expect similar great things from @ellachakarian.
If you can't beat them, join them. Then use their technology to avoid troublesome unions.
Hollywood strikes first AI copyright truce with ByteDance
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With social media harms, we didn't know what we were getting into or how far these companies were willing to go. With AI, we/they cannot claim innocence. The titans are trying to get ahead of potential damages and failing.
Introducing: ChatGPT for Teens
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China is extending its lead in battery-powered and automated vehicles. Like the most successful American products in history — the iPhone — it could be American software, marketing, and brands that benefit from this, but some have decided that trade barriers are more important.
Yes. AI may help us find a cure to cancer. But before that, it will likely be used to make us buy more stuff ...
Albertsons Says Its Shoppers Are Buying More—Thanks to AI
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Mark Zuckerberg—who single-handedly commands a $1.5 trillion tech giant—is now writing a manifesto criticizing corporate power, @WillOremus reports. theatlantic.com/technology/2…
Big Tech seems to almost be bragging about their naughty bots. There is reason to fear this flex.
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The housing prices in SF and the surrounding Bay Area are genuinely insane. I have no idea how anyone affords to live there who isn’t a tech exec or something. It’s wild!
They built AI. Now Silicon Valley workers protest its threat to jobs and humanity latimes.com/business/story/2…
Chatting live with potential customer to sell pots online was their side hustle. Then the AI bots came.
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For all the new Mini Musks a place to call home (and NOT In Texas)
SpaceX IPO sparks race for luxury housing in Southern California latimes.com/business/story/2…
All the new mini-Musks need nice homes and now they can splurge.
SpaceX IPO sparks race for luxury housing in Southern California latimes.com/business/story/2…