Canada has never launched its own rocket to space on home turf. Rahul Goel is spending his personal fortune to change that. Watch the first episode of my Canada series for Core Memory!! :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCMm...

Can Canada Actually Fly A Rocket To Space?

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It was just 24 days between when Zuck went on Rogan and talked about how "never again" would he suppress info based on gov't demands (misrepresenting those demands) and when he texted top gov't employee Elon Musk to say "we're all set up to take down info you want removed." I wrote about it here.

Techdirt@techdirt.com · 4mo ago

Weeks After Denouncing Government Censorship On Rogan, Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk Offering To Take Down Content For DOGE On January 10th, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Joe Rogan and put on quite a performance. He talked about how the Biden administration had pressured Meta to take down…

My first video for Core Memory is live on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNo_...

Makes an Epstein joke and then goes with the classic sign of any great joke, “is this thing on”?

i wrote about a really strange press briefing i attended for perplexity www.corememory.com/p/perplexity...

We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...

Donate to Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers, organized by Victoria Song

On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about … Victoria Song needs your support for Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers

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Kylie Robison@kylierobison.com · 7mo ago

In this week's Core Memory podcast, we chat with Jerry Tworek, the former VP of RL at OpenAI who left this month after 7 years with the startup. Available now for subscribers, coming soon to streaming services for all. www.corememory.com/p/he-left-op...

Jerry Tworek, former VP of Research at OpenAI and 7-year veteran of the company explains why he left. After pioneering reasoning models and techniques like RLHF, he found OpenAI is now more focused on monetizing LLMs than researching new techniques to make AI smarter.

He Left OpenAI To Think Bigger - EP 53 Jerry Tworek

Are all the AI superpowers playing it too safe?

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In this week's Core Memory podcast, we chat with Jerry Tworek, the former VP of RL at OpenAI who left this month after 7 years with the startup. Available now for subscribers, coming soon to streaming services for all. www.corememory.com/p/he-left-op...

In a memo to staff announcing the news, OpenAI's CEO of Applications Fidji Simo said she doesn't share any of Murati's concerns over Zoph's ethics. Zoph will report to Simo. Initial scoop about Zoph's firing from @kylierobison.com. Read more in WIRED: www.wired.com/story/thinki...

Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI

The news is a blow for Thinking Machines Lab. Two narratives are already emerging about what happened.

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SCOOP: Thinking Machines has terminated its CTO, Barret Zoph, due to unethical conduct according to two sources familiar with the matter. CEO Mira Murati announced the news at an all-hands with employees today. Soumith Chintala will be taking over as CTO.

For my debut as co-host of Core Memory's podcast, we sat down with Jasmine Sun to chat about all things peptides. We get into all the important bits: What are peptides, why are they Chinese, and how is RFK Jr. involved? www.corememory.com/p/welcome-to...

funny that the people who work on grok are very sad at the prospect of being forced to use it to work on grok xcancel.com/kyliebytes/s...

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

it's true! featuring my big face! there’s no one I'd rather work with than Ashlee -- we share the unique and troubling ability to find the craziest stories possible. Subscribe to the gang @ corememory.com

Talking Biz News@talkingbiznews.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@kylierobison.com is joining @ashleevance.bsky.social's Core Media: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/r...

@kylierobison.com is joining @ashleevance.bsky.social's Core Media: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/r...

Robison joins Vance's Core Media - Talking Biz News

Tech reporter Kylie Robison has joined Ashlee Vance’s Core Media, which covers science and technology, reports Oliver Darcy of Status. Robison was a senior correspondent at Wired before leaving earlie...

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Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

Business Insider and the Bots

The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.

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Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation. Full statement here: www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

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Bit of a warning from someone who has seen a lot of people turn into corpses: avoid it if you can. It doesn't make you "hard" or "wise" it just leaves you with more hollow places than you had before. Violent deaths, in particular, weigh heavier. Yes, they always cost you, no matter the victim.

Kylie Robison@kylierobison.com · 11mo ago

For hours yesterday, starting minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot, @laurengoode.bsky.social and I combed through social media finding countless graphic videos of the incident. They autoplayed, without warning. This is the post-content moderation world. www.wired.com/story/charli...

Bluesky has said it’s suspending accounts that encourage violence, and taking down close-up videos of the event.

Kylie Robison@kylierobison.com · 11mo ago

For hours yesterday, starting minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot, @laurengoode.bsky.social and I combed through social media finding countless graphic videos of the incident. They autoplayed, without warning. This is the post-content moderation world. www.wired.com/story/charli...

For hours yesterday, starting minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot, @laurengoode.bsky.social and I combed through social media finding countless graphic videos of the incident. They autoplayed, without warning. This is the post-content moderation world. www.wired.com/story/charli...

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content Moderation World

Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases the platforms are falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules.

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Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The suspect is in custody. www.wired.com/story/charli...

Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University Event

Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The suspect is in custody.

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At the Man vs. Machine hackathon, co-hosted by AI nonprofit METR to test if AI helps people code faster and better, the top prize went to an "AI-supported" team (Kylie Robison/Wired) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

maybe just do not wear active microphones around your neck www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

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wearing an ai that mainly insults and fights with you is actually so good for all the wrong reasons. the future is an idiot plot www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

the way someone was like “let’s invent an AI necklace that records and listens to your convos and berates you for said convos” when we have these horrific stories of chatbots influencing self harm is just expanding my understanding of hell

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

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apple event lock in at the wired dot com office

Silicon Valley fears AI will replace engineers. For this week's Model Behavior, I went to a hackathon that put this to the test — roughly 100 people were randomly assigned “human” or “AI-supported" projects, and the winner nabbed a $12,500 cash prize. www.wired.com/story/san-fr...

Inside the Man vs. Machine Hackathon

At a weekend hackathon in San Francisco, more than 100 coders gathered to test whether they could beat AI—and win a $12,500 cash prize.

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