Two @sama quotes I think about often from the Senate Judiciary Committee's AI hearing in 2023: The 1st answer is when @ossoff expressed concern about tech companies maximizing engagement. The 2nd is when @CoryBooker asked if OpenAI would ever consider ads.
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Tech Monetization and AI: Senate Judiciary Hearing Insights
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I always think about the 2023 Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on AI when @ossoff noted tech companies' tendency of monetizing engagement. Here's how @sama answered, and I've always wondered how long this would hold up:
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Hassett’s Failed Economic Predictions: Dow 36,000 and Pandemic Models
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Context: Hassett co-authored "Dow 36,000," a 1999 book claiming the Dow would hit 36,000 by 2004. (It came out right before the dot-com bubble burst.)
— Marty Swant (@martyswant) 19 mars 2025
He also was criticized for his "cubic model" during the pandemic that predicted U.S. deaths would drop to zero by mid-May 2020. https://t.co/IW7gwwMmXlContext: Hassett co-authored "Dow 36,000," a 1999 book claiming the Dow would hit 36,000 by 2004. (It came out right before the dot-com bubble burst.) He also was criticized for his "cubic model" during the pandemic that predicted U.S. deaths would drop to zero by mid-May 2020.
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Hassett Cites Greenspan: Financial Regulation Lessons from 2008
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Interesting to hear Hassett cite Greenspan, especially given what happened with 2008 subprime mortgage crisis and Greenspan himself admitting he'd relied too much on banks to regulate themselves…
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FTC Democratic Commissioners Removed Despite Legal Protections
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Both Democratic members of the FTC were removed today despite U.S. laws stating a president can't fire commissioners, who each serve 7-year terms.
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Jensen Huang Presents at GTC25 Without Teleprompter Script
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I won't livetweet all of #GTC25, but here's Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang. He said he's on stage "without a net" & no teleprompter script. (Behind him are real-time AI graphics.) If you're watching & have a POV about the news & its impact marketing/content/tech/etc, LMK!
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NVIDIA GTC25: AI Tokens Transform Space, Science, Healthcare, Robotics
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It's time for @nvidia
's 2025 #GTC25 keynote! First off is a video about how AI tokens help with space travel, physics, science, healthcare, robotics, etc. The video narrator said tokens help humans "bravely go where no one has gone before," paraphrasing the famous Star Trek -
Wired leads tech and political coverage in 2026
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Wise move from Wired, which continues to lead the way this year with tech & political coverage.
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Meta ad CPMs surge 10% during temporary TikTok ban
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Columbia researchers analyzed Meta ad impressions from 30K advertisers to the temporary TikTok ban’s impact on ad spend/price/volume: • Meta ad CPMs +10% on Jan 19
• Large advertiser spend +66% and ad volume +20%
• Smaller brand spend +19% and ad volume +6%
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Social Isolation Paradox: Technology’s Impact on Human Connection
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“The people who held conversations with fellow passengers reported feeling significantly happier than those who stayed quiet. This paradox is what we, as a society, are now dealing with at scale. We've built a world that defaults to isolation…” Yep. I’m always happier — and