Artificial intelligence is changing the world around us, potentially in profound ways, right before our eyes. It became too important for me not to write about. 

At the start of 2024, I received the Tarbell Fellowship to pursue AI journalism full-time. The Tarbell Fellowship provides mentorship, support, and funding for early-career  AI journalists. I was one of eight Tarbell Fellows, chosen from a pool of 500+ candidates. 

You can follow my writing at lynettebye.substack.com, where I link to other places I'm published.  

I strive for accurate, calibrated opinions in my writing. I'm also coming in with my own beliefs: AI is a big deal. It's important that it goes well, and that is most likely to happen if we understand what's happening clearly. 

Levels of Attribution
On the record - I can quote you by name in writing. 
On background - I can write about what you said but not identify that you’re the person who said it. (Essentially Chatham house rules) 
Off the record - I won't write about what you said. Because this is so restrictive, I’ll usually request interviews be on the record or on background.

By default, casual conversations at social events are on background/off the record - I'm not going to report on what you say at house dinner without talking to you first. 

All coaching conversations are confidential and will not be reported on.

Disclosures and conflicts of interest
The Tarbell Fellowship and Transformer are in part funded by Open Philanthropy, an organization which funds lots of work on AI safety and advocacy. Neither Open Philanthropy nor Tarbell have any editorial control over what I write. 

My partner works at Google DeepMind.