Wsj: Tech Ceos Take Turns Praising Trumps for AI Leadership at the White House
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Tech CEOs praised Trump's AI leadership at the White House, sparking criticism that they are abandoning their progressive values for political convenience, highlighting the tension between corporate interests and social responsibility.
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FridayoLeary
4 months ago
What i find fascinating is the speed of the pivot. The big tech companies are dropping their progressive policies like hot potatoes. From a business point of view is it not a bad idea to basically come out and admit that you have been virtue signalling for the last 8 years and playing your audience for fools, and the moment it's politically (in)convenient you will abandon all your principles assuming you ever had any.
I think they don't care what their customers think and never did. They were just pandering to whatever ideology had the most political power at the moment.
vrighter
4 months ago
it's just like that scene from south park!
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