Max Ufberg
@Max_Uf
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Tech editor @fastcompany | Email: mufberg at fastcompany dot com
Austin, TX
Joined September 2013
“Don’t nail a tiny picnic table to a tree,” they said. “The squirrels will never go for the corn,” they said.
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"Every major figure in tech right now is trying to fund movies," @jasonjoyride tells @FastCompany. Who? Everyone from @ssankar to @a16z. Why? They're sick of Hollywood dystopias. But Jason Carman is *making* techno-optimist films. His cool story here:
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The tech world hates Hollywood's downbeat, "Black Mirror"-style portrayals of the tech future. Jason Carman, a 25-year-old filmmaker, is determined to change that, starting right now.
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Leo Ufburg (‘28, PA) 📝 RHH C gets on top of FB for 1B to LF. Natural feel in the box w/ uphill bat path. 1B: EV: 88mph #PhillyFall | @PBT_BellRingers
https://t.co/AtQi1nsFeU
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In @FastCompany, I offer a glimpse at the impossible logistics of becoming a journalist and writing a book in the joint, and how I used the tech from a controversial company to build a career. h/t my editor @Max_Uf
https://t.co/Z5ec9xUIhg
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The expansion of tablets and prison Wi-Fi shows both the promise of connectivity and the cost of relying on billion-dollar contractors.
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This @JohnJLennon1 essay offers a searing look at how fragile, tightly controlled tech access shapes life behind bars. Please do give it a read.
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The expansion of tablets and prison Wi-Fi shows both the promise of connectivity and the cost of relying on billion-dollar contractors.
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Scoop: Anthropic revoked OpenAI’s API access to its models on Tuesday, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell WIRED. OpenAI was informed that its access was cut off due to violating the terms of service.
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Imagine if Congress had an office dedicated to laying out the risks and benefits of emerging technologies. Turns out, it once did! But then Newt Gingrich defunded it 30 years ago. My latest @FastCompany:
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For years, the Office of Technology Assessment helped Congress see around corners on science and tech. Its 1995 shutdown left lawmakers flying blind.
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NEW: ChatGPT allows Google to index chats users share using the Share functionality - presumably misinterpreting "make this chat discoverable". The result? Frank admissions about sex lives and drug dependencies. My latest for @FastCompany
https://t.co/tM17uV6oZa tip @Techmeme
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Thousands of shared ChatGPT chats are now appearing in Google search results.
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I wrote about a former FBI agent who spent decades chasing art forgers, and why he’s now using tech to try to stop fakes before they’re made.
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After decades with the FBI’s Art Crime Team, Ronnie Walker launched the Art Legacy Institute to protect artists before their work gets forged or stolen, rather than after.
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RTM is a little-known PTSD treatment that helps patients overcome trauma without confronting it directly—potentially huge, if it can be vetted scientifically. Over the last few months, I investigated whether it's too good to be true. https://t.co/OMUCQANAI5
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What if overcoming trauma can be painless?
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Bolloré's businesses seem to “prey on countries with weak governance standards... Their relative impunity is made possible by the control they have over the media," Chanez Mensous, advocacy and litigation manager at Sherpa. @clintrainey for @FastCompany👇 https://t.co/ZoBuygAygM
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Activists say Vincent Bolloré built his fortune through abusive business practices in West Africa. They’re urging UMG artists to take a closer look.
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New on @FastCompany: This California bill could redefine digital consent by requiring opt-in approval before companies collect or share your location data
fastcompany.com
Assembly Bill 1355 would require opt-in consent for collecting and sharing geolocation data, a targeted approach that reflects growing national concern over surveillance and use of sensitive data.
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i will never live this down
I've made a lot of mistakes in my career, but I wouldn't put hiring on the list. I think I'm pretty good at spotting talent! Even if my methods are ... unorthodox. Fun to revisit the time @Max_Uf sent me the wrong cover letter and we brought him on anyway. https://t.co/0D6P6VOdeD
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"In practice, that has [also] meant... deploying #AI tools—including #Grok, the chatbot developed by xAI, which Musk owns—to monitor federal employee communications for critical sentiment toward Musk or Trump": https://t.co/ip2jjIyBTU
#ethics #law #tech #gov
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Critics warn that the rushed, untested use of AI could lead to wrongful firings, mishandling of sensitive data, and lasting damage to core public services.
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I talked to Age of Disclosure director @Dan_Farah about how he managed to get Marco Rubio, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jim Clapper and dozens of other officials to go on record about alien life.
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Director Dan Farah’s new documentary brings the alien conversation into the mainstream, with help from some of the most powerful names in Washington.
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What does a decentralized social network look like when it starts to scale? For @FastCompany’s annual Most Innovative Companies program, I looked at how Bluesky — and its CEO Jay Graber — are evolving with the shifting social media landscape.
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With 33 million users and counting, Bluesky is showing that decentralization may be social media's best path forward.
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“People are right in front of you, and you want to talk to them between songs,” Hamilton Leithauser said about the Carlyle. “I really wanted to let people in on what I was actually singing about, because I spend so much time on my words.”
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For seven years, this Walkmen frontman has performed a residency at Cafe Carlyle. This year, he’s bringing along songs from a (louder) new solo album.
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That’s Post Malone and Shane Gillis
millenials have a cargo cult mentality. by dressing like the adults they remember from their youth, they hope to experience the prosperity it seemed their parents experienced at the time. but their parents were getting kicked in the balls every day by the economy, and so are they
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Hamrah's @FastCompany articles are not just my favorite writing on movies, they're some of my favorite current writing period https://t.co/AmfKmsnrrT
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Wrote a piece about AI in current movies for @FastCompany
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From digitally enhancing accents to resurrecting the dead, AI is reshaping film in pursuit of impossible standards.
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