Michal Lev-Ram

Palo Alto

Co-Host at Leadership Next (Podcast)

Contributing Editor at Fortune

Tech journalist Contributing Editor at Fortune Co-host, What's Your Number podcast (subscribe here: https://t.co/qgpKMIoD3X)

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Melinda French Gates talks divorce in her new book

4 weeks ago | fortune.com | Michal Lev-Ram |Nina Ajemian
Melinda French Gates gets vulnerable in her new book

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Michal Lev-Ram |Nina Ajemian

7 hours agoBill Gates said AI could solve shortages in two key professions: teaching and medicine. The billionaire said AI would help plug labor gaps, even in blue-collar roles. He also said AI could make early retirement or shorter workweeks possible. Bill Gates said the long-standing shortage of doctors and …
Melinda French Gates explains why her new book focuses on big transitions, and why Warren Buffett was one of the first to learn about her divorce

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Michal Lev-Ram

Melinda French Gates says she never expected to write a book about transitions. But over the past few years, she’s gone through a divorce (from her ex-husband, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates), left the $75 billion foundation the two founded back in 2000, and turned 60. Her new book, The Next Day, dives into each of these monumental changes—and more. “You don’t get to be my age without navigating all kinds of transitions,” French Gates writes in the book’s introduction.
With Palantir stock taking off, CEO Alex Karp has finally been vindicated

4 weeks ago | fortune.com | Michal Lev-Ram
Melinda French Gates explains why her new book focuses on big transitions, and why Warren Buffett was one of the first to learn about her divorce

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Michal Lev-Ram

Large language models (LLMs) were originally intended to do nothing more than predict the next word in a sentence. But they can now use the …
With defense tech booming and Palantir stock up 323% over the past year, CEO Alex Karp has finally been vindicated

4 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Michal Lev-Ram

In This Article: Alex Karp is having a moment, and he’s not embarrassed about turning it into a victory lap. The co-founder and chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies, maker of data analysis software for both private sector and government applications—and, most famously, for the U.S. military—is about to take the stage at AIPCon, the company’s annual showcase of its AI-powered tools.
The Perfect Girlfriend

2 months ago | esquiresg.com | Michal Lev-Ram

Every once in a while, Brian W's girlfriend gets a little confused. One time, he messaged her to suggest they go out for Italian food. He was thrilled when she texted back, saying it sounded like a great idea and that she’d love to join him. But then she added another, more confounding comment: “I think I’ll order some fajitas.”It wasn’t the first time his girlfriend had gotten a little, well, glitchy. She is, after all, a bot.
She survived Harvey Weinstein. Can she survive the Palo Alto school board?

Feb 11, 2025 | sfstandard.com | Michal Lev-Ram

Rowena Chiu helped ignite the MeToo movement with her revelations of sexual assault. Now she’s become a lightning rod in an explosive debate over ethnic studies. Chiu, a mother of four who moved to Palo Alto in 2009, was elected to the school board late last year. During her campaign, she and two other candidates promised to suspend a plan for a mandatory ethnic studies course for high school freshmen in the Palo Alto Unified School District. On Jan.
Sex, Drugs, and Murder in Tech Land

Feb 3, 2025 | msn.com | Michal Lev-Ram

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Utah CEO says distance from Silicon Valley has made the state ‘a really strong community of entrepreneurs’

Feb 3, 2025 | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Michal Lev-Ram |Nicholas Gordon |Alan Murray

I was traveling in Asia last week, and as a result had to miss one of the year’s big events: Fortune Brainstorm Tech, held for the first time in Park City, Utah.