Scott Thurm
About
Scott Thurm is a senior editor at The Information. Prior to The Information, he was most recently business editor of WIRED. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly two decades as a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, and before that at the San Jose Mercury News, Louisville Courier-Journal, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Globe-Times. He is a two-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, and shared in a Pulitzer Prize.
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California's AI Bill: Necessary or Harmful?
Posted byLaura Mandaro
California’s first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence bill—which is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk after being approved by the legislature—is a hotly contested attempt to regulate the most valuable developers of the technology. Proponents say it’s necessary to safeguard against potentially catastrophic risks created by AI makers. Opponents say it will harm startups a...The Information
Instagram Maps : A challenge to Google?
Posted byLaura Mandaro
In our creator economy newsletter, Mahira postulated Instagram Maps feature would be a challenge to Google search, which a senior Google exec's comments at an Aspen conference seemed to back up. Instagram head Adam Mosseri disagrees, writing, "Suggesting the new map feature on Instagram is a “challenge to Google” is a gross exaggeration." Thoughts?The Information