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As the AI industry likes to tell it, superintelligent bots could one day cure cancer and end poverty. Or in the worst-case scenario, they might wipe out all humans from the face of the Earth. In recent weeks, Silicon Valley’s existential concerns about the technology it is racing to build have blown up. The tech journalist Kara Swisher sees it differently. “We have to stop thinking AI is going to kill humanity,” she told Atlantic executive editor Adrienne LaFrance at The Atlantic Festival. If the AI future goes sideways, bots won’t be to blame. People will be. “These are people at the helm of these things.”In the several decades that Swisher has covered Silicon Valley—formerly as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, now as the host of two podcasts—she says that she’s seen tech whizzes make the same mistakes again and again: failing to take proper precautions against the products they are building. “One of the things about tech people is they’re the smartest people in the world, in case you need to know, because they like to tell you,” she said. In her interview with LaFrance, Swisher also discussed the economic implications of the AI race, who is likely to win, and how Americans can respond to this dizzying and worrying AI moment.This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Adrienne LaFrance: You have been paying attention to the tech world and AI for basically ever. And now it seems like within the past, say, two weeks, the rest of the world is suddenly paying much closer attention. So I wanted to start just by talking about where you think we are, in this moment.Kara Swisher: I think the penny has dropped with a lot of people. Years ago I wrote Burn Book, which was tough on the tech industry. And at the time, they were sort of in an ascendant period, not as well liked as they started off. Someone came up to me and said, This book is really mean, as if I’m their friend or something. And recently that same person came up to me and they said, It wasn’t mean enough, which was kind of interesting. And I thought, Well, don’t worry; I’m coming up with a new one. It’s going to be great. The new book opens up with them standing with Donald Trump at the inaugural in front of the Cabinet.LaFrance: By… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago - Mike Waltz Has Quietly Signaled He’s Looking Past the UN
Failure doesn’t have to kill ambition. Mike Waltz ought to know.After the infamous Signal chat debacle, which contributed to President Donald Trump's decision to oust him as national security adviser, Waltz was sent to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Instead of hiding at the struggling global institution in New York, Waltz has seized chances to stay in the spotlight, from hosting hip-hop royalty to warning Cuba’s leaders to “change your ways” to blitzing the Sunday shows defending the U.S.-Israel war in Iran.Next week, Waltz will find himself near the cameras again as Trump attends the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders. It’s an opportunity for Waltz to get facetime with Trump as well as other heads of state in an array of settings. Maybe he will even pass out his team’s popular “MUNGA” hats (“Make the U.N. Great Again”).My understanding is that Waltz is thinking well beyond the corridors of Turtle Bay.Around Washington, there’s speculation that he might someday go for a Senate seat from Florida, and no one rules out a presidential run. I’ve also heard he wouldn’t mind a quicker return to the capital. The late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told people that Waltz had sought his support in becoming secretary of State should Marco Rubio, whom many pols suspect has presidential aspirations, leave the role. I heard this directly from two people Graham told in separate conversations, one of whom is a Republican elected official. One of them said their conversation with Graham took place several weeks before the senator died on July 11. Graham indicated that he’d spoken with Waltz very recently, the person said.Like many who spoke for this piece, I granted them anonymity to talk about sensitive matters.Asked about Waltz’s talk with Graham, Waltz’s office insisted in a statement: “This conversation never happened. It’s completely fake.” The office criticized POLITICO for reporting on the matter given that there’s no way for the late senator to refute it. Waltz’s office didn’t respond to questions about whether he had any other political aspirations.An aide to the late Graham did not respond to my emails seeking comment.Many people have had second, third or 15th lives in the era of Trump. The president prizes loyalty, or at least likes a good groveler. Waltz stands out, though, because he’s not widely despised or — the Signal screw-up aside — considered incompetent. If anything,… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago - Democrats’ Influencer Era Has Arrived
Gina Hinojosa, the Democrat trying to win the governor's mansion in Texas, confessed her love for the Wicked musical whilemixing a strawberry milk latte witheli.rallo (an influencer with 1.2 million TikTok followers). Peggy Flanagan, the Democrat trying to win a Senate seat in Minnesota, ran around the state fair withemmalinechilds (300,400 TikTok followers), wielding“pronto pups” — Midwestern corn dogs — and declaring it the “best day ever.” And Roy Cooper, the Democrat trying to win the Senate race in North Carolina, stood on the sidelines of a campaign rally to askmerenator (57,800 Instagram followers) what her biggest challenge is,teeing up a response about a shaky economy for small business owners. This is campaigning in the age of influencers. As political campaigns are waged more and more on the internet — a place where everyone seems driven by an insatiable hunger for attention — a debate is brewing about whether elections can be won or lost online. After Trump’s 2024 victory, Democrats are playing catch up by taking a page from the GOP playbook: Influencers are being deeply embedded into campaigns, from Florida to Alaska, and candidates are popping up on screen with them, on their turf. Developing an influencer program is now a common component of a campaign, mapped alongside traditional voter outreach methods like door-knocking and phone-banking. This approach isn’t without controversy. Within the Democratic Party there’s a raging discussion about the ethics of engaging boisterous online personalities — and sharp disagreement about whether influencers should be brought on board at all. No one can agree if they should be paid or remain volunteers or if they should be considered independent journalists or campaign surrogates or something else entirely. Longtime Democratic consultants tend to be antsy about influencer adoption, skeptical that any investments will reap dividends come Election Day. Meanwhile a cottage industry of digital firms specializing in connecting campaigns with vetted influencers is booming — a new consultant class eager to cash in on Democrats’ internet inexperience. “This is not something that is optional anymore,” says Stuart Perelmuter, co-founder of digital firm Good Influence, one of those operations. “In the ‘26 cycle, that's when our side woke up to the power of this work.”Nearly 20 years ago, rapper/producer will.i.am of Blackeyed Peas fame stared directly into the camera, looking somber. As a few guitar chords began to play, Barack Obama, a baby-faced Democrat running for president, appeared on… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago - 0% intro APR until 2024 is 100% insane
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As the AI industry likes to tell it, superintelligent bots could one day cure cancer and end poverty. Or in the worst-case scenario, they might wipe out all humans from the face of the Earth. In recent weeks, Silicon Valley’s existential concerns about the technology it is racing to build have blown up. The tech journalist Kara Swisher sees it differently. “We have to stop thinking AI is going to kill humanity,” she told Atlantic executive editor Adrienne LaFrance at The Atlantic Festival. If the AI future goes sideways, bots won’t be to blame. People will be. “These are people at the helm of these things.”In the several decades that Swisher has covered Silicon Valley—formerly as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, now as the host of two podcasts—she says that she’s seen tech whizzes make the same mistakes again and again: failing to take proper precautions against the products they are building. “One of the things about tech people is they’re the smartest people in the world, in case you need to know, because they like to tell you,” she said. In her interview with LaFrance, Swisher also discussed the economic implications of the AI race, who is likely to win, and how Americans can respond to this dizzying and worrying AI moment.This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Adrienne LaFrance: You have been paying attention to the tech world and AI for basically ever. And now it seems like within the past, say, two weeks, the rest of the world is suddenly paying much closer attention. So I wanted to start just by talking about where you think we are, in this moment.Kara Swisher: I think the penny has dropped with a lot of people. Years ago I wrote Burn Book, which was tough on the tech industry. And at the time, they were sort of in an ascendant period, not as well liked as they started off. Someone came up to me and said, This book is really mean, as if I’m their friend or something. And recently that same person came up to me and they said, It wasn’t mean enough, which was kind of interesting. And I thought, Well, don’t worry; I’m coming up with a new one. It’s going to be great. The new book opens up with them standing with Donald Trump at the inaugural in front of the Cabinet.LaFrance: By… [TheTopNews] Read More.
2 weeks ago
Failure doesn’t have to kill ambition. Mike Waltz ought to know.After the infamous Signal chat debacle, which contributed to President Donald Trump's decision to oust him as national security adviser, Waltz was sent to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Instead of hiding at the struggling global institution in New York, Waltz has seized chances to stay in the spotlight, from hosting hip-hop royalty to warning Cuba’s leaders to “change your ways” to blitzing the Sunday shows defending the U.S.-Israel war in Iran.Next week, Waltz will find himself near the cameras again as Trump attends the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders. It’s an opportunity for Waltz to get facetime with Trump as well as other heads of state in an array of settings. Maybe he will even pass out his team’s popular “MUNGA” hats (“Make the U.N. Great Again”).My understanding is that Waltz is thinking well beyond the corridors of Turtle Bay.Around Washington, there’s speculation that he might someday go for a Senate seat from Florida, and no one rules out a presidential run. I’ve also heard he wouldn’t mind a quicker return to the capital. The late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told people that Waltz had sought his support in becoming secretary of State should Marco Rubio, whom many pols suspect has presidential aspirations, leave the role. I heard this directly from two people Graham told in separate conversations, one of whom is a Republican elected official. One of them said their conversation with Graham took place several weeks before the senator died on July 11. Graham indicated that he’d spoken with Waltz very recently, the person said.Like many who spoke for this piece, I granted them anonymity to talk about sensitive matters.Asked about Waltz’s talk with Graham, Waltz’s office insisted in a statement: “This conversation never happened. It’s completely fake.” The office criticized POLITICO for reporting on the matter given that there’s no way for the late senator to refute it. Waltz’s office didn’t respond to questions about whether he had any other political aspirations.An aide to the late Graham did not respond to my emails seeking comment.Many people have had second, third or 15th lives in the era of Trump. The president prizes loyalty, or at least likes a good groveler. Waltz stands out, though, because he’s not widely despised or — the Signal screw-up aside — considered incompetent. If anything,… [TheTopNews] Read More.
2 weeks ago
Gina Hinojosa, the Democrat trying to win the governor's mansion in Texas, confessed her love for the Wicked musical whilemixing a strawberry milk latte witheli.rallo (an influencer with 1.2 million TikTok followers). Peggy Flanagan, the Democrat trying to win a Senate seat in Minnesota, ran around the state fair withemmalinechilds (300,400 TikTok followers), wielding“pronto pups” — Midwestern corn dogs — and declaring it the “best day ever.” And Roy Cooper, the Democrat trying to win the Senate race in North Carolina, stood on the sidelines of a campaign rally to askmerenator (57,800 Instagram followers) what her biggest challenge is,teeing up a response about a shaky economy for small business owners. This is campaigning in the age of influencers. As political campaigns are waged more and more on the internet — a place where everyone seems driven by an insatiable hunger for attention — a debate is brewing about whether elections can be won or lost online. After Trump’s 2024 victory, Democrats are playing catch up by taking a page from the GOP playbook: Influencers are being deeply embedded into campaigns, from Florida to Alaska, and candidates are popping up on screen with them, on their turf. Developing an influencer program is now a common component of a campaign, mapped alongside traditional voter outreach methods like door-knocking and phone-banking. This approach isn’t without controversy. Within the Democratic Party there’s a raging discussion about the ethics of engaging boisterous online personalities — and sharp disagreement about whether influencers should be brought on board at all. No one can agree if they should be paid or remain volunteers or if they should be considered independent journalists or campaign surrogates or something else entirely. Longtime Democratic consultants tend to be antsy about influencer adoption, skeptical that any investments will reap dividends come Election Day. Meanwhile a cottage industry of digital firms specializing in connecting campaigns with vetted influencers is booming — a new consultant class eager to cash in on Democrats’ internet inexperience. “This is not something that is optional anymore,” says Stuart Perelmuter, co-founder of digital firm Good Influence, one of those operations. “In the ‘26 cycle, that's when our side woke up to the power of this work.”Nearly 20 years ago, rapper/producer will.i.am of Blackeyed Peas fame stared directly into the camera, looking somber. As a few guitar chords began to play, Barack Obama, a baby-faced Democrat running for president, appeared on… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [TheTopNews] Read More.
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