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TechCrunch examines criticism of tech CEOs — including Dazzle AI’s Marissa Mayer, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg — for public comments about using AI in personal and social contexts. The article and an Equity podcast discussion question whether such examples make executives seem disconnected from ordinary users and whether the industry is over-optimizing human interaction away.
Tyler Shultz, a key whistleblower who exposed Theranos’ faulty blood-testing claims, told the San Francisco Standard and in a TechCrunch article that the current AI boom creates a ‘‘great opportunity to go deceive people,’’ arguing investors may struggle to do due diligence and could be misled by superficial AI product claims. The piece also notes Elizabeth Holmes’ ongoing public activity, a reported Haemanthus fundraising (~$20 million), and the documentary You Can See Everything about Holmes’ final weeks before prison.
Google says it has been named a technology partner for the White House’s newly announced America.gov front door and will leverage its Gemini model to help more than 100 million people access federal services. Google frames the collaboration as supporting the administration’s digital modernization to make public services more seamless and accessible.
Particle6 Group's AI-created performer Tilly Norwood, made available for up to 75 simultaneous journalist interviews, has repeatedly stumbled in press appearances — including a recorded interview with Piers Morgan and Tom Conti where the model abruptly began speaking Chinese for over ten seconds while discussing the film Misaligned. The company markets Norwood as a digital performer in a hybrid production, but the tour highlights reliability and public-perception issues around AI personas.
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