Alex McCracken
@alexmccra
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at JP Morgan Chase providing banking and lending to VC-backed tech companies.... views are my own
London
Joined March 2011
hearing from more investors their focus in this market is on mission critical companies (ie if solution went down then end customers would really suffer). Great article from @a16z on mission criticality in #fintech
a16z.com
Over the past several years, the field of fintech infrastructure has exploded with venture capital investment and entrepreneurial attention. Between the emergence of Stripe, Plaid, and other catego...
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beware the person who speaks “intention” but never follows thru “we must meet up” “i’ll send you X” but never/rarely does
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here we go… regulation and identity authentication is needed…. Tom Hanks warns dental plan ad image is an AI fake
bbc.co.uk
The actor says he is the latest celebrity to fall victim to a deepfake scam, and has "nothing to do with it".
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companies need to start preparing for proper ESG reporting under CSRD
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good news for people with servere spinal injuries
news.northwestern.edu
After single injection, paralyzed animals regained ability to walk within four weeks
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Bezos does it again - allows viewers to buy clothes/items worn by actors during movie https://t.co/RgTVAaN1Fq from @TheEconomist
economist.com
It aims to make video pay by applying the techniques of e-commerce
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why does it take so long to get keys to a pre booked hire car at the airport? seriously @SixtDE you have all my details, card - so when i show up with drivers licence and passport i’d just like the keys please. shouldn’t take 20 minutes for me or all the others
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not many places outside SF you can walk to 10 true unicorn tech companies in a 1km2 block - but Stockholm is one of the few
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massive congrats @rsohoni @cee and team - you are rockstars, yet humble, but vital to generating realised EU Unicorns - kudos
Holy s**t @seedcamp I knew you were one of the best... but these returns are insane (and kudos for the transparency) https://t.co/7NDeYUyh7v
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talented humans will embrace AI and use it to make their output better Mr Sting
AI is out there, it can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop… EVER #artificalintelligence
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AI is out there, it can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop… EVER #artificalintelligence
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haven’t we got bigger things to worry about - like poverty, war, global warming etc banning pics of classical naked statues is PC madness Glasgow subway poster blocked over Michelangelo statue nudity
bbc.co.uk
The advert for an Italian restaurant showed Michelangelo's naked statue of David eating pizza.
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the problem is Mr Sting (a) AI generated songs will keep getting better and (b) they absolutely will not stop, they keep going and do not sleep, whereas human songwriters quickly run out of ideas. Sting warns against AI songs
bbc.co.uk
He says songwriters face "a battle" to defend work against the growing use of artificial intelligence.
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absolutely terrible service - @eurostar train cancelled 10 minutes from departure. no announcements on website until last minute now suddenly citing industrial action. one poor guy now shouting at people and no one has any idea. great organisation
@Eurostar is the worst travel experience i’ve had. make you stand in line for an hour with muffled announcements no one can understand , only to get on a train with terrible wifi. will fly next time for sure
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rising debt interest payments should worry Governments and companies https://t.co/WY0CyrbO4U from @TheEconomist
economist.com
The world over, they are failing to confront the dire state of their finances
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The average person has never even used ChatGPT yet. But I've learned advanced techniques since day 1 of the ChatGPT release. I'm twice as efficient as I've ever been. Here are the top 7 prompt techniques that I use every day:
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this is why TikTok should be banned IMHO
bbc.co.uk
London-based reporter Cristina Criddle says it was "chilling" to learn her data had been accessed.
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wish @fa would send cynical fouling defenders off for 10 mins for pulling attacker back when on track for goal. would truly penalise the offence rather than an inccouous yellow
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