First Pour.
The crisp Pacific Ocean air cuts through my overpriced windbreaker during my morning hot-girl-walk. Note to self: Alo is more form than function and we need to stop shopping there.
Kids are laughing outside, chatting with their AI chatbots.
Traffic on the 101 is moving above 55 mph, without paying for the express lane.
My porch comes to life every evening, UPS deliverymen delicately piling up my summer-sale purchases.
Ahh. It’s my favorite season.
Open letter season.
That’s right, folks. Everyone in AI has apparently decided to take a hard line—and indignantly add their name to a goddamn Google Doc.
Here are the five worth your time:
Keep AI open. More than 20 tech companies pushed back against restrictions on open-weight models. Nearly everyone signed—except Anthropic.
Not so fast. Dario Amodei defended his stance in an open letter of his own, arguing that powerful models—open or closed—should face mandatory safety testing. The framing conveniently claims the moral high ground while leaving a clear path to the bottom line.
Slow the frontier. More than 1,100 AI employees called for mechanisms to deliberately pace advanced AI development.
Prepare society. More than 200 economists and researchers warned that AI could transform the economy faster than workers and institutions can adapt.
Make openness secure. Nvidia launched a coalition to build shared AI-safety and cybersecurity tools.
I bring the letters up because they’re an important part of the conversation right now—and they’re defining the major debate in AI:
Who gets to shape the future of AI?
Everyone wants a say. And simultaneously, everyone has differing incentives.
IMO, tension in tech is always a good thing. I don’t know if I’d call this one healthy, though.
I think we may be one open letter away from implosion.
Something to brew on ☕️