To clarify, Kaplan also worked at Meta but was just promoted. (Kevin Martin, who was appointed to the FCC by Bush, also just got promoted to take over Kaplan’s old role.)
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Meta hires GOP-aligned executives Dana White Joel Kaplan
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Which other GOP-aligned people has Meta either hired or promoted in the past few days? (Dana White, Joel Kaplan, Francis Brennan, Kevin Martin…)
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Meta Hires Third GOP Official in Week, Replaces Clegg
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Dana White, who intro’d Trump at the 2024 RNC, is Meta’s third GOP hire in a week. -Republican Joel Kaplan just replaced @nickclegg
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Oxygen Supply Chain Disruption Threatens Hospital Critical Operations
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I think the biggest "buzz" so-to-speak, @greetpool
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Stanford HAI Council Member Engages World Leaders on AI Importance
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Congratulations @StanfordHAI Advisory Council member @vsikka for engaging with world leaders on the importance of AI
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Universities lag behind industry in frontier AI research development
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Academic scholars invented nearly all of the core technologies behind AI. But today, no university can build a frontier AI system on par with industry. What does this mean for public sector AI research? Our latest brief presents policy recommendations:
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Geopolitical AI Race: Countries Push Boundaries Across All Levels
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Nous entrons dans une ère où des pays ont décidé de repousser toutes les frontières, à tous les niveaux. Vous avez le droit de penser qu’ils ont tort. Sauf qu’ils le feront, avec ou contre nous. Donc soit on s’oblige à faire partie du game, soit on sort de l’histoire. Au choix.
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Swiss Media Echoes AI Warning Call
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Merci au journal suisse @LeTemps de se faire échos de mon cri d’alarme.
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Public debate needed on AI approach strategy
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yes i really do; i hope we can start a lot more public debate very soon about how to approach this