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Why Signal’s Meredith Whittaker thinks OpenAI isn’t that open | StrictlyVC LA

Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, joined TechCrunch Senior Reporter Devin Coldewy for a conversation about the threats facing Signal and its mission, how Signal beat Apple in raising the bar on encryption and why NVIDIA is a “giant, core dependency” for the AI industry. Whittaker has previously spoken at TechCrunch events, including Disrupt…

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Whittaker has previously spoken at TechCrunch events, including Disrupt 2023, where she expressed her concerns around AI as a surveillance technology, though at StrictlyVC she honed in on the difficulty in monetizing and the centralization of power within the AI field.

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@lori2364

March 1, 2024 at 3:36 pm

>see shit I’d like more people to know about
bump for the algorithm

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@itseveryday8600

March 2, 2024 at 1:48 pm

Thank you Meredith

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@DamienOMalley

March 4, 2024 at 7:50 pm

All hail Meredith!!

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The Luminous Mystery of Fireflies | Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh | TED

There are more than 2,000 firefly species, found on every continent except for Antarctica — an astonishing diversity of movement and light. Firefly scientist Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh explores the mysteries of these little beetles that light up the night and details her quest to discover and protect new species as their habitats are at…

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