Q&A with Semafor EIC Ben Smith about building an "anti-scale business", including not chasing traffic, having tech CEOs as advisors, news influencers, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/980759/be
Jensen Huang says AI leaders calling for regulation don't want new legislation, but to be "relieved of the laws we do have" because of "ulterior reasons" (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-jen
Could we just get #AI killing its company owners and CEOs/CTOs first?
Welcome to the mid-2020's. Yet again, parody news site describes current events more accurately than mainstream media.
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/09/tech-oligarchs-agree-calling-ai-too-dangerous-way-…
PEN America's co-CEOs defend publishing an article critical of cultural boycotts, like those affecting Jewish authors, that led the group's president to resign (Malia Mendez/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/arts/pen-america-israel-gaza-re…
Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei have published detailed memos in recent weeks, basically agreeing on the need for a US-led AI regulatory framework (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/ai-regulations-openai-anthropic-google
A profile of David Senra, whose popular Founders podcast attracts billionaire CEOs and generates millions of dollars annually through a flat ad partnership rate (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/07/05/how-dav
AI-linked stocks fell worldwide on Monday after industry leaders called for slowing development; the Philadelphia chip index fell 6%, NVDA 3%, AMD 4%, and MU 5% (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/ai-link…