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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 18d

My hidden talent is I make the best bbq ribs of probably anyone you know.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 20d

This week writing about the importance of designing context as a part of multi-agent product experiences.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 21d

One thing I love about using ChatGPT currently is switching between the default mode and agent mode. I love having it go into agent mode for more in depth research, and switching back to regular mode when I have a specific question or need it to do something with that research.

Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 22d

One thing about me, if someone compliments my work in terms of quality, rigor, etc, I will be deep in the best of my feelings for the rest of the day.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 23d

Last week I found out I was nominated for the Mayfield | Divot AI List on my way back from a panel at Startup Boston Week. 🎉

I remember wishing for moments like this when I first started learning about AI in 2017.

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Veni Kunche @veni.dev · 25d

I listened to part of this mom's testimony today. Her son started isolating and cutting himself after chatting with companions on Character .ai.

She shared that the company offered her like $100 during arbitration. $100!! 😠

nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 26d

I spoke with the Jane Doe mom testifying today about Character AI back in December. Here's a gift link to her story wapo.st/4mhYqXe

An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. Now his mom is suing.

A new Texas lawsuit against Character.ai, alleging its chatbots poisoned a son against his family, is part of a push to increase oversight of AI companions.

wapo.st

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 26d

Every day I think to myself how fortunate I am to do what I love. The things I am building now, I used to dream about in 2017. And I sometimes rundown my to do list and I’m like, wow, I used to wish for this with all my heart.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 27d

It’s so so so so so good!

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · 29d

One of my top life skills is planning surprises for peoples’ birthdays.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Sep 10

Some pictures from Startup Boston Week today on the panel AI at the Helm: Prototyping Smarter as a Product Manager

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Sep 10

My panel AI at the Helm: Prototyping Smarter as a Product Manager at Startup Boston Week is today at 11am.

Spending the day hanging out with the Boston and New England startup community.

Register here: t.co/CMbeAnsa8o

Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Sep 4

I was out and about the other day, and one of those bikes that tourists ride in the back of was blasting soda pop.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Excited to be speaking at Startup Boston Week on Sept 10 on the panel AI at the Helm: Prototyping Smarter as a Product Manager.

Going to talk about what’s actually valuable in AI prototyping, what is hype, and what not to do.

www.startupbos.org/sbw2025

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Hà Phan @hpdailyrant.bsky.social · Sep 2

When faced with a large initiative w/a ton of ambiguity and unclear POV, I tend to write a UX Brief as a way to put down the initial experiential goals, approaches, behavioral hypotheses, known constraints that presumably will drive the biz goals. It is kind of a straw man to shape the UX POC.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 30

Every application of these tools deployed against incarcerated people has some analogue in the spaces where people adopt these technologies willingly or in our ostensibly free society.

This is not coincidental.

From Surveillance to Robot Guards: How AI Could Reshape Prison Life

Critics worry about opaque data collection, privacy violations and the technology’s bias spreading in jails and prisons.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 27

“Ghassemi and her MIT colleagues found that AI systems were more likely to leave female patients untreated.”

Can artificial intelligence cause medical errors? This MIT researcher shows it can. - The Boston Globe

As hospitals rush to embrace AI systems that help diagnose diseases, Marzyeh Ghassemi's research suggests the technology is still rife with flaws and biases.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Aug 29

I admire your problem solving approaches and sense of how to experiment and find a core thread running through the problem.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 28

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.

They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.

(🎥 AP)

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 28

imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · Aug 28

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire

Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

www.seattletimes.com

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Aug 26

You’re welcome! Found the thread I read it in: bsky.app/profile/ylep...

Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · Aug 18

6/ Will the Covid-19 vaccine formula be updated this fall?

Yes, it should be updated to match the most recent circulating Covid-19 strain. Keep in mind, if you get a vaccine now, Covid-19 hasn’t changed much. So the “older” vaccine formula will work very well in providing additional protection.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Aug 25

I heard a lot of people are getting last years shot and that right now there isn’t that big of a difference between the current strain and the current vaccine.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Aug 25

Please someone compile a video of all the photos of this man in the club.

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Aug 25

The man who is known for all the time he spends in the club and trying to socialize with celebrities is criticizing someone for having fun. Got it lol.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 25

“Known as intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (Istar) systems, these tools, built by several companies, allow users to track, detain and, in the context of war, kill people at scale with the help of AI.”

Palantir’s tools pose an invisible danger we are just beginning to comprehend | Juan Sebastian Pinto

Weaponized AI surveillance platforms threaten human rights around the world. Here’s how they work

www.theguardian.com

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Anne (she/her) @annetgriffin.bsky.social · Aug 24

Sometimes I think about Murderbot and how it would get “bored” and just watch episodes of its favorite tv show repeatedly.

And I think about the human brain and how easy it is to detract it or sabotage it if you get it hooked on something providing constant dopamine 24/7.