Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeserveyAsha Sharma, Satya’s pick as new Xbox CEO, comes out the gate strong: “We will take risks” “We will not treat [games] as static IP to milk and monetize” “We will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop” “Games are and always will be art”Opens with an observation
Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey“Planning for your startup to make tech for military use is now firmly in vogue in Silicon Valley.” Five years ago, it was totally taboo Every great idea started out “controversial” and every great person was once a punchline If you’re offending no one, you’re not doing enoughOpens with an observation
Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeserveyThis only helps Anthropic The commander-in-chief angrily threatening to impose “major civil and criminal penalties” evokes exactly the kind of government overreach whose specter would justify Anthropic’s stanceOpens with an observation
Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeserveyThese are the top things Claude users wanted from AI Meanwhile a lot of AI companies’ messaging focuses on the things at the bottom of this list: creativity, learning, entrepreneurship, societal transformation ie, things tech people care a lot aboutOpens with an observation