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The AI will kill everyone is the same people who claimed climate change would've destroy the planet by this decade. Now that does not mean climate change is fake or that AI has no risks. It means real concerns often get turned into apocalyptic predictions because fear attracts attention, funding and political influence. Jensen Huang completely rejected the idea that AI could end humanity by 2030, putting the probability at 0%. There will always be extremists on both sides because each side wants to push a certain narrative. One side claims that AI will kill everyone unless governments slow development and impose strict controls while the other side acts like AI has no serious risks and that every safeguard is an attack on innovation. Both narratives can benefit the people promoting them. Doomsday predictions can justify licensing requirements, compute restrictions, and more government control while dismissing every risk can benefit companies that want AI development and infrastructure spending to continue without interference. The reasonable position is somewhere in the middle. We should continue developing AI, test new systems aggressively, and address real dangers without allowing extremists on either side to control the conversation through fear or denial.

The best time to raise money is when you don’t need it. Founders often wait until they have six months of runway left and then suddenly fundraising becomes the most important thing in the company. That’s when investors have all the leverage. If the company is growing, you have cash in the bank and you can genuinely say “we don’t need to raise,” the conversation is completely different. You can walk away from bad terms. You can wait for the right investor. You can decide not to raise at all. Fundraising from desperation is expensive. Fundraising from strength gives you options.

The AI slowdown might actually be exactly what we need. 👀 One of my biggest Dreamforce takeaways: the conversation is shifting from how fast we can build AI to how we actually get PEOPLE to adopt it. And Salesforce’s strategy is getting clearer: Slack = where the work happens
Surfaces = how we interact with AI
Claude = another way into your Salesforce ecosystem
Salesforce = the trusted data + governance layer underneath it all The technology moved fast. Now we need to bring our people with us. And THAT might be the most important part of the next phase of AI. #Dreamforce# #DF26# #Salesforce# #Slack# #AI# #Claude# #Slackforce# #TechTok# @Benioff @rseaman2 @rbgavin @slack @salesforce

The Japan IP AI Co-Creation Conference, co-hosted by KAGAMI AI and MiniMax, has officially concluded. 🇯🇵 🎉 We brought together more than 150 companies from Japan and the U.S., alongside distinguished guests including AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto, KAGAMI AI Chairman Takami Kondo, and KADOKAWA editor and producer Motoi Chujo. Global AI leaders @runwayml, @higgsfield, @krea_ai, and @HeyGen joined the conversation to explore the future of IP and generative AI. We unveiled MiniMax H3 IP Edition, bringing the power of MiniMax H3 together with officially licensed Japanese IP for a new generation of AI-powered storytelling. The conference received extensive coverage from major Japanese media, including a dedicated segment on TV Tokyo's WBS (@wbs_tvtokyo). Japanese IP × Global AI. A new era begins.

The @avax Summit kicks off tomorrow in New York. Join our CEO @carlosdomingo for “Tokenization at Scale: Rewiring Wall Street” at 10:50 AM, then continue the conversation at our cocktail reception at the Après Bar at 4:30 PM. Tokenize the World.

“The opportunity to expose these people to Cash App with a true value proposition, where you can spend Local Cash, you can earn, and then spend that Local Cash at a local Square seller, is incredible from an actives growth perspective for Cash App.” @AmritaAhuja joined Goldman Sachs' 2026 Communacopia + Technology Conference to discuss how Block is creating more connections across its ecosystem, including through Neighborhoods. More from the conversation here:

The @NFL season just dropped on X! 🏈 The timeline came alive with the Game 1 SBLX rematch, driving 739.6K posts, 875M impressions and 72M video views as fans joined the conversation in real time. Catch every moment with NFL Gametime on X.

“The conversation around AI is completely devoid of worker perspective,” says @LizShuler, president of the @AFLCIO. She tells @EenaRuffini and @jeffmason1 “we are about to hit a crisis point. And we have no plan as a nation. So we are saying as working people, we need to put the guardrails in place to make sure AI is used responsibly, that it's not used to dehumanize us, but instead to augment and enhance our jobs.”

The Master & Magnolia would surely be the best film for 99% of directors walking this planet. For Paul Thomas Anderson, these are two films that rarely get mentioned as his best. I think most people look to Boogie Nights & There Will Be Blood as PTA’s best work - rightfully so, those are two flawless films - but The Master & Magnolia are each films that are worth joining the conversation. I don’t know how you can watch The Master without feeling like you’re watching the best acting ever put on screen.