🤖⏳ Breaking news: Silicon Valley's latest Bond villain, Sam Altman, is allegedly plotting to control our future with AI! But fear not, dear reader, because a throng of concerned colleagues armed with secret memos are here to save the day, or at least provide some juicy gossip for The New Yorker. 🕵️‍♂️📜
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted #SiliconValley #BondVillain #AIControl #SecretMemos #TheNewYorker #TechGossip #HackerNews #ngated
Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?

New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI, Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz write.

The New Yorker

MinnPost: Counterpoint: Pine Island data center project is far from a gold standard. “Residents got four months of knowing about the project until final approval was voted on by the city. The city, Google and Ryan Companies got two years facilitated by NDAs. Pine Island and Ryan were warned they would be sued if they didn’t make environmental review changes. They ignored that warning, not […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/06/counterpoint-pine-island-data-center-project-is-far-from-a-gold-standard-minnpost/
Counterpoint: Pine Island data center project is far from a gold standard (MinnPost)

MinnPost: Counterpoint: Pine Island data center project is far from a gold standard. “Residents got four months of knowing about the project until final approval was voted on by the city. The…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

#PeterThiel, reist auf #Antichrist-Tour um die Welt, trug in Sichtweite des Vatikans seine demokratiefeindlichen Ideologien vor.
👍 #Papst-Berater Paolo Benanti entlarvte Thiels Ziele, der Konzentration von Reichtum, Monopolisierung und einen autoritären Staat anstrebt, gegen eine demokratische Gesellschaft kämpft, und dazu religiöse Ideen pervertiert.

Es geht um Macht und Gier. #Religion ist bloß Mittel zum Zweck, demokratische Institutionen zu schwächen. @cdarwin

#Thiel #Musk #SiliconValley

Futurism: Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed. “It’s not just a problem for data centers planned for 2026, either. Among data centers slated to open in 2027, only about 6.3 gigawatts worth of computing infrastructure are actually under construction, compared to 21.5 announced gigawatts.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/06/futurism-almost-half-of-us-data-centers-that-were-supposed-to-open-this-year-slated-to-be-canceled-or-delayed/
Futurism: Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed

Futurism: Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed. “It’s not just a problem for data centers planned for 2026, either. Among data …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

#SiliconValley types aren't just stupid,
they expect you to be.

The fact is #Claude daily spits out licensed code - whether it be the #MIT, the #GPL or anything else - without the actual license and copyright notice, which is in breach of the license.

#AI is infringing upon #Copyright every second of every day.

#Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About #IntellectualProperty After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's #SourceCode
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-suddenly-cares-about-intellectual-property-claude-leak

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude’s Source Code

Copyright is suddenly very important to Anthropic now that its AI source code leaked. Just don't ask how it trained its AI in the first place.

Futurism

Colorado Newsline: Social media companies must respond to search warrants within 72 hours under new Colorado law. “Senate Bill 26-11 requires that online platforms staff a hotline with workers available to answer questions from Colorado law enforcement about search warrants. Companies must acknowledge they received a court-ordered search warrant within eight hours and must comply within 72 […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/05/colorado-newsline-social-media-companies-must-respond-to-search-warrants-within-72-hours-under-new-colorado-law/
Face aux médias classiques jugés trop sceptiques, la Silicon Valley bâtit sa propre bulle - RTBF Actus

Le rachat du talk-show TBPN par OpenAI jeudi n'est pas un cas isolé. Depuis plusieurs années, la Silicon Valley a...

RTBF.be

Corriere.it - Homepage: ChatGPT andrà in Borsa? Finanziamento record per OpenAI per la quotazione: adesso vale 852 miliardi

OpenAI ha concluso il più grande round di finanziamento nella storia della Silicon Valley, raccogliendo 122 miliardi di dollari in vista di una quotazione in Borsa di grande successo prevista entro la fine dell'anno

Will ChatGPT go public? OpenAI secures record funding for its IPO: it's now worth $852 billion.

OpenAI has closed the largest funding round in Silicon Valley history, raising $122 billion in anticipation of a highly successful IPO by the end of the year.

#SiliconValley

https://www.corriere.it/economia/intelligenza-artificiale/26_aprile_05/chatgpt-andra-in-borsa-finanziamento-record-per-openai-per-la-quotazione-adesso-vale-852-miliardi-1d8994e3-e25d-419c-bb3e-10e9485f9xlk.shtml

ChatGPT andrà in Borsa? Finanziamento record per OpenAI per la quotazione: adesso vale 852 miliardi

OpenAI ha concluso il più grande round di finanziamento nella storia della Silicon Valley, raccogliendo 122 miliardi di dollari in vista di una quotazione in Borsa di grande successo prevista entro la fine dell'anno

Corriere della Sera

All Content from Business Insider | 5 AI-powered consulting startups to watch by Lakshmi Varanasi

Aily Labs CEO Bianca Anghelina and Tanmai Gopal, CEO of PromptQL.Ruder Finn; Bonfire Partners

AI is transforming the consulting industry with new tech startups in Silicon Valley.These startups aim to help companies manage data and optimize technology using AI.These four companies have collectively raised over $300 million.AI is upending a business that hasn't changed in generations.

Over the past year, a new wave of consulting tech startups has emerged in Silicon Valley. These companies are helping clients manage their data, make better decisions, and optimize their technology, all through the use of AI.

PromptQLTanmai Gopal, CEO of PromptQL.Aily LabsAily Labs, founder and CEO, Bianca Anghelina.ProfoundProfound founders James Cadwallader and Dylan Babbs.DialogueLarridinLarridin cofounders (left to right) Jim Larrison, Ameya Kanitkar, and Russell Fradin.Read the original article on Business Insider

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/5-ai-powered-consulting-startups-aily-promptql-profound-dialogue-2025-10

#ai #consulting #siliconvalley #tech #venturecapital #siliconvalley

5 AI-powered consulting startups to watch

Silicon Valley is pouring money into a new AI category some investors call "consulting tech."

Business Insider

#siliconvalley #techbros and #venturecapitialists achieved what Soviet Ruzzia never did but the "West" always feared they would... turned everyone into dogma regurgitating drones:

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/04/health/ai-impact-college-student-thinking-wellness

hows that for a legacy? #TylerDurden would rightfully despise all of you.

#LLM #Vc #Techbro

‘Everyone now kind of sounds the same’: How AI is changing college classes

As more college students use AI for classroom discussions, some students admit they’re starting to sound alike. Teachers say they’re also getting less creative.

CNN