Journalist, Hard Reset co-author, pickup basketball enthusiast Formerly: SFGATE, GQ. Email: alexjshultz@gmail.com. Signal: ajshultz.13
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As the swirl continues (which I believe should be taken seriously), let’s pause for a moment and remember what Jensen has contributed to our industry with his determination and vision, which laid the foundation that we all work off of today.
Jensen’s statements have shown grace and dignity to his family and the industry. He surely understands the impact.
Now we should be patient and wait for investigations by the board of directors and any government authorities to conclude.
Something for Wachtell Lipton to consider during its investigation: How frequently do Jensen Huang's security guards accost bystanders who observe his affairs? Do security guards have NDAs ready to go?
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it is kind of heartening to me that there are Biden dead-enders lighting up my replies. I just got baited into my first twitter argument in like five years. remembering better days on here
Alex Karp has been doing this "I'm a progressive with esoteric views" shtick for years. Even here he says DSA likes to "gaslight Jews and segregate Blacks." He's not pivoting left or offering an olive branch. (Not that it'd matter if Palantir's CEO *was* offering an olive branch)
Politico: The Tech Right Pivots Left
Nowhere is that hard pivot more on display than with Alex Karp, the CEO and co-founder of secretive tech giant Palantir, which bet massively on Trump 2.0 and became an administration darling in the process
Inside Palantir’s Manhattan lair, in an exclusive sitdown with Playbook, Karp — who once criticized the Democratic Party as “totally irresponsible” — deployed the word ‘progressive’ eight times to describe his philosophy while acknowledging Democrats ‘absolutely’ corrected in 2026 enough to win back his support in 2028.
Karp: “I’ve been a Democrat my whole life. I grew up in a far left environment. I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet, and I absolutely believe Palantir— all of our products are essentially progressive.”
Link to article: politico.com/newsletters/pla…
did not see @bigblackjacobin's post until now but am glad I am not alone on this, was feeling insane reading the reactions this morning
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Karp is just delusional. He calls himself a neo-Marxist, but also calls the AI labs Marxist when disagreeing with them. He calls himself the last progressive, but also spent the past few years criticizing progressives as feckless and anti-warrior class. This is in line with that.
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Seems like People is the Bidens' preferred media outlet when they want to get ahead of an unflattering news cycle
Joe Biden, in His Only New Interview, Goes on Camera with PEOPLE to Talk About Everything (Exclusive) people.com/joe-biden-new-int…
Los Angeles Clippers fans with Nvidia stock are having a panic attack
Breaking News: Nvidia has hired the law firm Wachtell Lipton to help lead an investigation into its CEO and co-founder, Jensen Huang. nyti.ms/4Asme2s
I answered this question last week, you are welcome
Democrats just pulled off a political earthquake on Tuesday, but the blue tsunami creates a problem the party isn't ready to talk about: what happens to John Fetterman?
The Pennsylvania senator has become the most vocal moderate in the caucus, replacing Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema as the Democrat most willing to break ranks on immigration enforcement, support for Israel, and government shutdowns. That worked fine when Democrats were in the minority. Now that Chuck Schumer controls the Senate with a comfortable margin, Fetterman's maverick streak isn't charming anymore. It's a liability.
Here's the twist: Fetterman is currently more popular with Pennsylvania Republicans than with Democrats in his own state, making his 2028 reelection as a Democrat look increasingly remote.
Full story here foxnews.com/opinion/david-ma…
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Interesting tidbit in this report: Heller, the crisis comms firm working with Huang, was founded by a former press secretary for Chuck Schumer. And Nvidia's current head of public policy comms, John Rizzo, previously worked as...Chuck Schumer's deputy comms director
SCOOP: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang began working with a crisis communications firm known for handling public scandals a year before admitting to an extramarital affair with a woman suspected by US intelligence of being a Chinese spy. wired.com/story/nvidia-ceo-j…
stunning to watch Meta spin its secretive data center deal in Louisiana—an arrangement exposed by NYT—as a blueprint for getting community buy-in. Greg Brockman, meanwhile, claimed OpenAI simply needs to better explain all the benefits of AI/data centers
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there was also this, from 2018
just to clarify: A top CBS News flack cold-emailed me b/c I posted a critique of The Free Press. I wasn't chasing a story or anything. I responded to his email (he sent links to Reingold's ChatGPT defense) by quoting what Vanity Fair actually reported. Never heard back.
a reporter posting an AI-generated image of a political event that they're covering would get them insta-fired from almost every outlet. *Almost* every outlet.
Gonna guess that does not apply to the publication that did a glowing profile of AI actress Tilly Norwood.
this is why I love working at @VanityFair
yesterday, I saw half our staff clustered around our fashion correspondent's desk poring over this photo. As José puts it, "The image has several discrepancies. The style and make of the Chanel Flap bag is inconsistent with others the brand has sold, and the Valentino shoes in question appear askew in proportion; their straps have several punched holes that the authentic Valentino style does not."
AI image detectors confirmed that yes, Olivia Reingold used an AI-generated image to make her point, without a drop of disclosure. Wild!!!!
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this is getting buried by X algo so to be fair I'm reposting it here
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FWIW, the AI-altered explanation does make sense to me—and isn't a fireable offense IMO (her other reporting is a different matter)—but it would still require some level of acknowledgment beyond a snarky and defensive post
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FWIW, the AI-altered explanation does make sense to me—and isn't a fireable offense IMO (her other reporting is a different matter)—but it would still require some level of acknowledgment beyond a snarky and defensive post
CBS News SVP of Comms emailed me a link to Olivia Reingold's latest posts, where she says she used ChatGPT to "brighten and sharpen an image of a woman in Valentino shoes and a Chanel bag."
I followed up to ask for comment on Vanity Fair's reporting and will update accordingly
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this is why I love working at @VanityFair
yesterday, I saw half our staff clustered around our fashion correspondent's desk poring over this photo. As José puts it, "The image has several discrepancies. The style and make of the Chanel Flap bag is inconsistent with others the brand has sold, and the Valentino shoes in question appear askew in proportion; their straps have several punched holes that the authentic Valentino style does not."
AI image detectors confirmed that yes, Olivia Reingold used an AI-generated image to make her point, without a drop of disclosure. Wild!!!!
vanityfair.com/story/midterm…
