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Bay Area Families - Iran War Impact on Household Bills & Decisions

I’m working on a story about the Iran War's cost on Bay Area families. Looking to talk w/ ppl about how their bills have changed over the last few months and the decisions they are making as a result. If you're interested in sharing your experience, email me at [email redacted].

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Bay Area Families - Iran War Impact on Bills & Budget Choices

What's the cost of the Iran War on your family? Hello, I’m working on a story for The San Francisco Standard about the cost of the Iran War on Bay Area households. We’re looking to talk with families about how their bills —gas, groceries, utilities, etc. — have changed/are changing over the last few months and the decisions they are making, big and small, as a result. Would you be interested in sharing your experience? If so, send me an email at [email redacted]. Thank you, Stephanie K. Baer

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Meta Employees in Bay Area - Layoff Fears & AI Pressure

Working at Meta has its perks -- the paycheck being the biggest, of course. But over the years, workers have described to me the moral tradeoffs they feel they make to work there, as well as the daily cost to their mental health. For so many in the Bay Area, though, those are costs they are willing to endure in order to fund the life they wanted to build here. Today, I published this interview with one longtime Meta employee who is going through it as layoffs loom, and they face increasing pressure to use Meta AI products just to use tokens, and the mood around them devolves into nihilism and grief, all while they have actual work to do, and a future to try to plan. They describe crying in the shower. Pressure to performatively use the AI systems that will soon replace them. This took guts to share. Please read it, and listen tot he accompanying podcast. I am very proud of this work, and the way it sheds a light on how it feels to be inside tech as the AI job apocalypse is descending. Link in comments. And if you've been laid off, or are fearing a layoff, I want to hear from you: [email redacted]

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San Francisco Residents - Public Sentiment Toward AI

@paularambles morning! I'm a reporter with @sfstandard hoping to reach you for a feature about public sentiment toward ai in sf. email me at [email redacted] if you get a chance!

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Waymo Riders in SF Blackout for San Francisco Standard

Were you or someone you know stuck in a Waymo during the blackout over the weekend? DM me! working on a story for @sfstandard

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AI Data-Gig Workers in Bay Area for San Francisco Standard

Journalist looking for people who make money training AI products Hi, My name is Thomas Maxwell and I am a freelance business and tech reporter working with the San Francisco Standard. I am working on a story about companies like Conduit (https://condu.it) that pay people from the Bay Area off Craigslist to come in and help train AI products, with pay from $25-30 per hour, or more. Meta and others have also been doing this around the area. There are a bunch of companies also asking people to strap cameras to their heads and record themselves completing tasks, to help train robotics and other tools. If you have ever taken up one of these gigs, please get in touch. My cell is (774) 563-6087 and my Signal is u/rotball7.66. You can remain anonymous.

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Bay Area AI Training Gig Participants for San Francisco Standard

Have you been paid to contribute training to AI products? Reach out! Hi, My name is Thomas Maxwell and I am a freelance business and tech reporter working with the San Francisco Standard. I am working on a story about companies like Conduit (https://condu.it) that pay people from the Bay Area off Craigslist to come in and help train AI products, with pay from $25-30 per hour, or more. Meta and others have also been doing this around the area. There are a bunch of companies also asking people to strap cameras to their heads and record themselves completing tasks, to help train robotics and other tools. If you have ever taken up one of these gigs, please get in touch. My cell is (774) 563-6087 and my Signal is u/rotball7.66. You can remain anonymous.

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