While the algorithmic feed helps creators get discovered, deeper, long-form content is what motivates fans to invest their passion and their dollars, says Brielle Villablanca, head of communications and creator advocacy at Patreon.
Monica McGill, CEO of the Institute for Advancing Computing Education, supports early training in programming and data science because “it basically touches everybody’s work.”
The onus for enforcing the stringent rules will be on the tech platforms. One of the challenges involved is reliably and securely assessing users’ age.
Joe Supan, senior writer at CNET, recently looked at how satellites connect rural and remote areas to the digital world. But he warns that as the space-based machines proliferate, collisions and debris could become problems.
The Department of Government Efficiency has been accused of potentially violating federal privacy law by accessing Department of Education information without prior consent. Kevin Frazier, contributing editor at Lawfare, says there are many other ways to use AI for government efficiency without breaching privacy law.
Jack Cushman, director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, has been preserving sites and data that went dark after executive orders from President Trump. He underlines the importance of keeping digital copies or risk parting with “our cultural memory.”
Sarah Kunst, managing director at Cleo Capital, foresees a culture clash as VCs take on prominent Trump administration roles. She points out that they’re used to having a few big winners while most investments fall by the wayside.
