Ben Sherry

You still have time to delete this Carly slander

Sam why did they give her a last name

Inside Muse, Microsoft's gen-AI game tool everyone hates - what's really going on and why is it being marketed at Xbox fans? Every new AI reveal is met with disdain by the gaming community. What is Microsoft's aim with Muse if it isn't a video game creation tool? And should we care?

What’s the deal with Muse?

I spoke to AI expert @mtrc.bsky.social and Dr Katja Hofmann, Microsoft’s research team lead, and visited Microsoft Research in Cambridge in an attempt to figure out one of the strangest, most controversial ‘gameplay’ reveals in games: www.eurogamer.net/inside-muse-...

Leaked Scale AI Database Offers New Details into Projects for Meta, Google, and X.ai Meta’s AI-powered characters, human reasoning, “harmful themes,” and the Polish elections are all categories AI developers are exploring with the help of the industry’s foremost data-labeller.

NEW: A leaked copy of Scale AI's internal Gen AI Ops Hub details what it's working on for Big Tech Clients.

It appears Meta is still developing AI characters, Google is focused of human reasoning and safeguarding the Polish elections from misinfo.

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CEOs Are Telling Their Employees to Embrace AI–or Become Irrelevant Shopfy’s Toby Lütke and Fiverr’s Micha Kaufman told their workforces that understanding AI tools is more critical to their careers, and survival, than ever before.

It's now du jour to log on and tell the your employees—and consequently, the world—that AI is making their jobs expendable. www.inc.com/sam-blum/ceo...

Hell no!

I will buy it for $500 with a digital download for Mario Kart World packed in.

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The game show that I hosted for @inc.com got nominated for a Webby! Please vote for me please please vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Vote for the best of the internet I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

The game show that I hosted for @inc.com got nominated for a Webby! Please vote for me please please vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Are Your Messages Really Secure? How to Use Encrypted Apps Safely Encrypted apps like Signal offer privacy, but simple mistakes can put your data at risk. Follow these best practices to stay protected.

This seems like a great time to talk about some best practices when communicating sensitive information with others! For @inc.com, @bensherry.bsky.social provides a quick guide on what apps like Signal, which offer end-to-end encryption, actually do—and how to use them the smart way.

“Just like 007 receives a mission and gets equipped with gadgets specifically designed to help him carry out that mission, AI models are given a purpose and then equipped with the tools needed to carry out that purpose.”

Some Employees Are 'Sabotaging' Their Company’s AI Strategy, According to a New Survey The survey found that 41 percent of Millennial and Gen-Z employees said they'd done some form of sabotage. Here's what that means.

Has your company's AI rollout been a total shitshow? Blame Gen-Z! www.inc.com/ben-sherry/e...

OpenAI’s New Developer Tools Make Building AI Agents Easy Here's how one company is already using the tools designed to help businesses create helpful AI agents.

Chatted with senior execs at OpenAI and Box about the new Agents SDK and Responses API: www.inc.com/ben-sherry/o...

They can’t make me learn what Kubernetes are

It was always a matter of time before something like this happened

OpenAI Just Released o3-mini, Its Most Cost-Efficient Model Yet The release caps a big week that also saw the OpenAI making announcements related to U.S. government work.

OpenAI continues their proud tradition of being absolutely horrible at naming shit @inc.com

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Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio "There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."

"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"

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An AI summary of multiple New York Times notifications. The summary falsely states “Plane crash in Washington claimed no lives”

Incredible things are happening with Apple Intelligence

*wolfs

TLDR: it’s the AI boy who called wolf except both of them are wolves

I’m sorry this is a fucking outrage

Trump Announces Project Stargate, a Massive New Investment in AI The venture involves OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle, and starts with an investment of $100 billion.

So what exactly is Project Stargate? @inc.com's @bensherry.bsky.social takes a look at the Trump-blessed AI initiative www.inc.com/ben-sherry/p...

Talked with some tech founders about how they can’t really prepare for Trump/Musk because things are so chaotic rn

Small Businesses and Homeowners in My Hometown Are Grappling With California’s Broken Insurance Market One business owner in Altadena, where I once lived, would love to rebuild. But all of her customers lost their homes.

The day before fire tore through LA I was at Huntington Gardens, having a nostalgic visit with my mom.

The toll of this catastrophe is only starting to sink in. This one is personal, and about the economic implications of insurance in the age of climate change.
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this guy went on the Joe Rogan podcast to accuse other companies of insufficient innovation

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

Tom Holland’s Nonalcoholic Beer Brand Bero Launched in Target. How Will It Stand Out on Shelves? Amid the rapidly expanding non-alcoholic category, Bero intends to attract customers with a smart retail strategy.

Tom Holland’s non-alcoholic beer brand Bero launched in Target. How will it stand out on shelves?

Just like the “male loneliness epidemic” the imbalance in men going to college is entirely their own doing. A whole generation has decided to make themselves uneducated and unfuckable because they’re addicted to resentment. Manosphere influencers line their pockets by ensuring they stay that way.

How a Struggling Apple Orchard Became New York’s Top Cannabis Company Ten years ago, Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards was on the verge of collapse. Today, the family-owned company is building an empire.

Hi! Today is my birthday and it’d mean a lot to me if you check out and share my story about ayrloom, the NY-based cannabis company taking over the state. I worked on this for over a year and imo it’s the best thing I’ve ever written: www.inc.com/ben-sherry/a...

Thinking about Sonic 3 again