Venture capitalists aren't looking for nice founders; they want risk-takers. Nate Silver highlights that 70% of the billionaires on the 2023 Forbes 400 list are self-made, often coming from modest backgrounds. Subscribe to the newsletter at: ht
Comedians are increasingly using AI to help write jokes and brainstorm ideas, with mixed results. I think this is similar to the Turing Test in terms of the importance of AI progress. If AI can write a full set of comedy and make humans laugh,
Trump shared a fake image of Harris speaking at a Communist event. This one looks fairly fake, but 1) lots of people will still believe it’s real, and 2) current tech can already make more believable ones. Subscribe to the newsletter at: https
A new Fabric web app called FabricUI!, Many AI Eyes, PagerAttack Analysis, a new Ripgrep, and more... Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:h
A whole bunch of right-wing influencers received millions from Russia in return for promoting pro-Russian talking points. Hilarious to me since their whole narrative is to be skeptical and discerning. Except when it comes to obvious Russian pro
The more I think about it, the more I think a major career for creators going forward will be building entire realities for people to live inside of. So think post-AG/SI and post UBI, and where games are extraordinarily immersive. I think there
Here are my first thoughts after using OpenAI's New Strawberry Model for a couple of hours Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twit
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In this conversation, I speak with Shiladitya Sircar, Senior VP of Product Engineering and Data Science at BlackBerry. We talk about: The Rise of Deepfakes and Cyber ThreatsInnovation Meets Malicious Intent: Deepfakes are not just a tech novelt
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KnowBe4 accidentally hired a North Korean state actor who tried to install info-stealing malware on their devices. They caught it in time, but it shows how good North Korean hackers are at pretending to be IT staff. | Bill Toulas | MORE Subscri
This reminds me of a very similar lesson I learned when hiring in cybersecurity over 20 years: exposing people to training and encouragement makes the stars stand out, but it doesn’t turn everyone into stars. Subscribe to the newsletter at: htt
The idea that Universal Basic Income (UBI) reduces the need to work isn't new, but recent studies show it doesn't lead to better jobs or more education. Instead, people just work less. | by Alex Howlett | MORE Subscribe to the newsletter at: ht
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Google is slowly getting rid of all the best things it has. The main thing Google is growing is its graveyard. Such a colossal waste of money and talent. Their failures should be studied for centuries as an example of what happens when you don’
China is installing record amounts of solar and wind energy, adding 10 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity every two weeks, which is like building five large nuclear power plants weekly. Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.c
A new study shows that while generative AI like ChatGPT makes individual stories more creative and engaging, it also makes them more similar to each other. | by Ben Dickson | MORE Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subsc
Stopping Chinese AI/Robot imports, Substrate for political platforms, sun vs. smoking, and more... Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:http
I watched a number of videos last night about people losing their jobs, starting a YouTube channel, and just generally struggling. People are hurting because they’re feeling the ground shifting under their feet and it’s not clear if it’s their
Microsoft Lays Off DEI Team — Microsoft laid off its diversity, equity, and inclusion team, saying DEI is "no longer business critical." MORE Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://
Political deepfakes are here, Grok2 is insane, weakness vs. evil, and more… Check out ThreatLocker to secure your data: threatlocker.com/ul Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://d
This video introduces Substrate—An Open-source Framework for Human Understanding, Meaning, and Progress. Substrate is a crowdsourced project designed to enhance understanding, communication, and action in order to move humanity forward. Read t
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Daniel Miessler discusses how AI can grow the number of elite propagandists and hackers employed by foreign intelligence agencies. Discussed in this video: AI-Enhanced Software and Disinformation (00:00:00)Russia utilizes AI software, Millio Ra
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