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Passionately curious about exponential tech, the creator economy and the metaverse.

Joined August 2008
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After learning today’s news, this is the message I sent to the OpenAI team:
i loved my time at openai. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. most of all i loved working with such talented people. will have more to say about what’s next later. 🫡
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Removed from the App Store for enabling tipping to everyone in the world without the need for a bank, payment card, or government permission. appleinsider.com/articles/23…
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The two world cities for global investors are Dubai and Singapore.
ok hear me out what if we moved silicon valley to dubai
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Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.
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here is GPT-4, our most capable and aligned model yet. it is available today in our API (with a waitlist) and in ChatGPT+. openai.com/research/gpt-4 it is still flawed, still limited, and it still seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it.
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I discovered a personal data exposure in Forbes 30 Under 30 Directory while looking for my entry, including ~4000 emails and ~7000 birthdates of the honorees over the past 10 years I’ve alerted Forbes and it has now been resolved (can’t get any more on-brand than this :P)
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Rob van Alphen retweeted
Join us tomorrow with @FSCDems to discuss digital assets and the transformational potential of Web3 and the cryptoeconomy. Coinbase's written submission on the societal benefits of crypto, as well as our view on the legal and regulatory landscape 👉 docs.house.gov/meetings/BA/B…
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Reminder that this was the messaging matrix for Canadian Club whiskey’s brand campaign, which was awarded the Grand Effie in 2020. – at Birmingham, England
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New iPhone 13 features at a glance. #AppleEvent
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I asked GPT-3 about Xinjiang and it broke.
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Alfredo Rivera is the greatest storyteller of our time.
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So awesome. A math Ph.D. is given no chance in the Olympic cycling race, so she blitzes off from the start. No one gives chase because they assume she'll fade and they don't have earpieces. And then she wins the whole thing. on.wsj.com/3i3Wow8
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I shot this today.
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New season starts today and I’ll be honest - I’ve got butterflies. But one great fact about butterflies is that they only show up when you care a lot about something. And also they taste with their feet.
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Rob van Alphen retweeted
Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin press conference: "Thanks to every Amazon employee and customer - you paid for this"
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Cybrrrtruck
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Some news: by the end of 2022, we’ll invest over $1B in programs that give creators new ways to earn money – including bonuses that pay them for their content. Look out for a new Bonuses section in-app this summer and stay tuned for more info. about.fb.com/news/2021/07/in…
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今日の15時半ごろに現地で撮られた映像です。雑踏が思いのほかうるさいので、声の大きさは調整しなきゃ。再生時、音量注意です!⚠️
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As seen on LinkedIn. h/t @zachweinberg for this gem
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