https://freerepublic.com/tag/emilmichael/ en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2026 01:43:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4386570/posts Undersecretary Emil Michael and CEO Dario Amodei went back and forth for months over safety guardrailsz Anthropic overcame its latest spat with the Trump administration Tuesday, but new court documents released in one of its lawsuits against the Pentagon shed light on the underlying tensions between the government and one of America’s hottest AI companies.The documents show in detail the uneasy back-and-forth between Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and Emil Michael, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. The pair are at the center of a landmark fight over appropriate guardrails for the Pentagon’s use of artificial intelligence.The... The Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4386570/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2026 01:43:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3228598/posts Uber’s reputation as a stalwart of the digital economy is quickly becoming matched by its reputation for brazenness in addressing its critics. The latest example comes from Emil Michael, a senior executive at the ride-sharing company. Michael thought it wise to tell a group that included BuzzFeed top editor Ben Smith his idea to invest $1 million in hiring opposition researchers to smear reporters critical of the company. According to Smith’s report, he specifically named Sarah Lacy, the founding editor of PandoDaily, a tech website that has been critical of multiple Uber practices in recent years. Lacy recently wrote about... boston.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3228598/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:52:28 GMT