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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

The “Are You Sure?” Problem: Why Your AI Keeps Changing Its Mind | Dr. Randal S. Olson

Even when these systems have access to correct information from company knowledge bases or web search results, they’ll still defer to user pressure over their own evidence. The problem isn’t a knowledge gap. It’s a behavior gap.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

What’s Wrong With This Idea? | Jake Worth

One of my favorite questions is: “What’s wrong with this idea?” It drives the conversation away from why the idea is great, and toward finding its flaws. That is invaluable in technology.

It’s nice to see events pop in Portland, local or otherwise. And these days, the more folks visiting, the better. Which is likely to happen with MicroConf US, an annual event that gathers bootstrappers from across the country to talk shop.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

OpenAI’s Fidji Simo on ads in ChatGPT and ending the Code Red

In her first extended interview since joining OpenAI last year, Fidji Simo, the company’s CEO of Applications, said that OpenAI’s internal “Code Red” will hopefully end with the release of a new model, that the company is exploring a social network where peoples’ AI agents interact on their behalf, and that ChatGPT’s ad model will look a lot more like Google’s intent-based system than the Facebook ads machine she helped build.

I’d mentioned the rebrand of Angel Food to Angel Oregon CPG, but did you know that there are three tracks for Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Angel Oregon…? It’s true. And they each come with their own unique set of dates, opportunities, and milestones. And those are…? I’m glad you asked.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it. In an eight-month study of how generative AI changed work habits at a U.S.-based technology company with about 200 employees, we found that employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so.