Elizabeth Dwoskin
@lizzadwoskin
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Washington Post Silicon Valley Correspondent. RT’s don’t mean I agree. [email protected].
San Francisco, CA
Joined October 2008
EXCLUSIVE: Sharing my investigation into how Israel’s secretive 8200 intelligence unit built “AI factories” for war. Years before October 7, commanders debated whether “the man was replaced by the machine.” 🧵 https://t.co/Wx3oe7Sfqh
washingtonpost.com
Years before the Gaza war, Israel transformed its intelligence unit into an AI testing ground. Critics charge that the overhaul has fueled the death count in Gaza.
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More misadventures in Washington Post AI. First, this musing on "the process for a president to investigate military actions," whatever that means, in the context of Hegseth's reported order to kill everyone in a boat strike in September. No reporter would be allowed to publish
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.@elonmusk's nonprofit grows to $14B. But, for the fourth year in a row, it gave away less than the legal minimum requred for the year. And 85 percent of its giving went to other nonprofits in Mr. Musk's orbit -- including a school next to his business compound in Bastrop Texas.
nytimes.com
The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.
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“And in all that posturing, not one glimpse of the worm that crawled into Olivia Nuzzi’s brain and made her fall so ravenously in love.” Great review of American Canto by the wonderful @heidegrrrrl
https://t.co/PfNyOGvXgp
washingtonpost.com
The flashy reporter who lost her job at New York magazine over a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returns with a memoir light on gossip — and reckoning
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Remember when San Francisco reclassified low-income for a family of four as $149K? People blamed that on SF prices. But @profplum99 breaks down how nationally, today, any family making under $100K is low-income. This is the most cogent by-the-numbers explanation of economic rage
yesigiveafig.com
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
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Unlock Asia's green growth opportunities and drive decarbonisation strategies from SG.
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Agreed!
This kind of response is why I hold Karen in such high esteem. For the amount of work she did to try to get it right in the first place and her consistent efforts to elevate the state of debate, like educating journalists around the world on AI
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... and engage rather than choosing disengagement. I get that we all must protect our peace and act according to our personal values. But straying hurts the well-intentioned journalists more than anyone else. Keep that in mind. I thank you for reading and caring. -30-
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... while I understand and share your frustration with some decisions being made, the overwhelming majority of folks are doing the work we've always done in an earnest and passionate manner. Please support them. Please subscribe. When something frustrates you, use your voice ...
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... this job requires. I've been fortunate to work with great people at every stop, but the combination of talent and kindness at The Washington Post is incomparable. Despite the negative reports you've heard, there is extraordinary work being done hourly at our shop, and ...
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The big $100 million AI super PAC from a16z and OpenAI executives has its first target. Alex Bores in New York.
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If you’re in NYC this week, there’s a subway ad campaign from the fertility and genetics startup selling the idea of selecting embryos based on “great genes.” It’s a self-conscious play on the controversial Sydney Sweeney jeans ad, but Nucleus takes it further by embracing
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Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
washingtonpost.com
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
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Huge applause at the Tesla shareholder meeting when Musk says Tesla FSD users will be permitted to text and drive soon: "I'm confident that in the next month or two, we're going to look closely at the safety statistics, but we will allow you to text and drive, essentially."
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She held five passports and, to keep her various identities straight, would memorize birth dates and other personal information of people she knew. How Abigail Spanberger went from undercover CIA officer to the first woman governor of Virginia. @ktumulty
washingtonpost.com
The former House member ran a centrist campaign focused on affordability, health care and education, providing a potential road map for other Democrats.
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Important corrective from @lizrhoffman on the idea that Wall Street will flee New York. Quite the opposite:
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Heritage staff in open revolt over leader’s defense of Tucker Carlson
washingtonpost.com
At least five members of Heritage’s antisemitism task force resigned after Roberts defended Carlson’s interview with antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
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Researchers found that people with early, presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease who walked 3,000 to 5,000 steps per day delayed their cognitive decline by three years in comparison to those who walked less. Read more: https://t.co/hLooah9HTd
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Mamdani has named former FTC Chair Lina Khan to his transition team
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Fascinating
Zohran Mamdani built an anti-loneliness campaign. He met voters who were attached to screens, isolated from the pandemic, spiritually unmoored — and got them out of the house, because the political, to them, was personal. W/ the wonderful @boreskes
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments today challenging Trump’s tariffs. The legal group representing some of the small businesses suing the administration is funded by prominent conservative donors, tax filings show.
President Trump’s tariff policy faces a Supreme Court challenge brought by small businesses, which argue that his tariffs have harmed them by raising their costs. They’re being backed by a legal group funded by wealthy conservative donors.
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Here is Peter Thiel’s email to Zuck and Andreessen in Jan-2020 predicting socialism. Tl;dr too much student debt and lack of affordable housing keeps young people with negative capital for too long. And without a stake in the capitalist system, they will turn against it.
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