"If you are looking to hear from some of tech's most powerful people, you will increasingly find them on a constellation of shows and podcasts like Sourcery that provide a safe space for an industry that is wary, if not openly hostile, towards critical media outlets. Some of the new media outlets are created by the companies themselves. Others just occupy a specific niche that has found a friendly ear among the tech billionaire class like a remora on a fast-moving shark."
"The heads of tech's largest companies, including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella and more, have all sat for long, cozy interviews in recent months, while firms like Palantir and Andreessen Horowitz have branched out this year into creating their own media ventures. At a time when the majority of Americans distrust big tech and believe artificial intelligence will harm society, Silicon Valley has built its own network of alternative media where CEOs, founders and investors are the unchallenged and beloved stars."
Technology’s expansion increasingly feels inevitable and is reinforced by a friendly tech-media bubble. Constellations of shows and podcasts like Sourcery offer safe spaces for an industry that is wary of critical media outlets. New media outlets are sometimes created by companies or occupy niches that attract a receptive billionaire-tech audience. High-profile executives including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Satya Nadella have participated in long, cozy interviews, and firms such as Palantir and Andreessen Horowitz have launched media ventures. Amid widespread distrust of big tech and concern about AI harms, an alternative media ecosystem elevates unchallenged tech elites while internal critical voices also grow.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]