Melissa Verrilli
@melrose
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Human • Lawyer • Outdoor Enthusiast • GenAI Counsel @Meta • Early @Uber Ops • Former @US9thCircuit Law Clerk • @Harvard_Law @Georgetown ✌🏼
Seattle
Joined April 2009
@retraC__ Once you have a group of 4 that understand euchre it’s undoubtedly the greatest card game
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The best place to relax is near water. After just 2 minutes of viewing water outdoors, blood pressure and heart rate drop. It's more calming to look at a lake, pool, or stream than trees or grass. Beaches are popular for a reason. Wider bodies of water bring more tranquility.
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Meta is pushing harder to compete with ChatGPT by putting its AI assistant everywhere. You're going to start seeing it in the search boxes of Instagram and Facebook. There's now a standalone web app. Google Search has been integrated. And the first two Llama 3 models are being
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Why is enrollment declining in Seattle Public Schools? Reasons pondered in this Seattle Times piece: - low birthrates - migration - "just fewer kids in Seattle" - high housing costs in Seattle NOT mentioned in this Seattle Times piece: - closing the district to in-person
The district will use a state grant to understand what's behind the enrollment decline and come up with ways to attract families.
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Worth reading or rereading: The Undoing Project, about Danny Kahneman and Amos Tversky, by the amazing Michael Lewis. It's astonishingly good, and hilarious, and quite moving. https://t.co/hKoBIKdUDX
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Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original papers that invented the field of behavioral economics. One of the greatest partner...
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Happy New Year! And day 1 in a new job as in-house counsel on Meta's Legal AI team, focusing on Privacy and AI Regulations, in the Seattle office. Super excited to take on this role!
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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died at the age of 93. @JudyWoodruff looks back on her life and legacy.
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We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett
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I was on this flight last night w/ my 2 kids 😭. Thank god everyone is ok ♥️. “An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was booked into jail on 83 attempted murder charges after he allegedly tried to shut off the engines of a SF-bound plane.” https://t.co/jixSUBJKho
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An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was booked into jail in Oregon on Monday on 83 attempted murder charges after he allegedly tried to shut off the engines of a San Francisco-bound plane.
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Back to school season! Excited to take a class at Stanford this Fall: Ethics, Technology, and Public Policy - diving into thorny issues around how to navigate breakthroughs in generative AI, misinformation, tech policy and regulation
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Less than a year after speaking on this panel, where I threw out what felt like a lofty idea to teach a law school class, I made it happen! Just one lecture (but still, it counts) at @WashULaw on social media and content regulation.
Spoke on a panel at my 5 yr @Harvard_Law reunion, feeling inspired & energized by fellow alums and former professors! Lots of discussion about navigating career pivots, breaking “career rules” (that don’t exist anyway) and our duty to mentor those entering the profession ⚖️
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We're launching an Honors Attorney Program for new and recent law graduates to join the @FTC! Honors attorneys will work on both antitrust and consumer protection matters. To join the program starting in August 2024, apply by 9/26/23:
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Wait until you see the @bgurley talk on Regulatory Capture from #AllInSumnit - it’s gold and he names names.
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plus poolside happy hour and dinners with @laurajfagan @pvot40 @Nev97142740 @afehrenbacher and @raechellambert for always connecting us!
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Wrapped up @allinsummit ~highlights include @bgurley on regulatory capture/it’s the friend of the incumbent @robkhenderson on harms perpetrated by luxury beliefs @alexandrabotez playing 4 simultaneous chess games @yayalexisgay roasting tech culture (and meeting her afterward!)
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My dear friend and colleague @tednotlasso raved about this AIS women’s brunch last year and I’m so grateful she helped me apply for a scholarship this time around 🙏 One of our first conversations was about the @allinpod and now we’ve come full circle 🤩 We even got a poker
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Fab #AllInSummit23 day 1 All speakers fantastic - longest notes made during presentations by @RayDalio - @tobi - @GrahamTAllison We knew it was coming but @elonmusk in his jet was a surreal moment Bravo besties 👏🏻 @Jason @friedberg @DavidSacks @chamath
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“Education is learning to use the tools which the race has found indispendible.” Quote above the stage at @allinsummit - must say The Besties are great tools. 😜 @friedberg @Jason @chamath @DavidSacks - this has been fantastic learning and meeting amazing people!
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