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San Francisco Mayor Says City Wants AI Here · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: Open AI's contribution to the San Francisco economy. It's a
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  Speaker 1: little bit clear right dev day. There are thousands of attendees,
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  Speaker 1: there are people being drawn to the city to work
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  Speaker 1: in the field of AI. But probably the biggest story
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  Speaker 1: most recently was the secondary sale Open ai employees being
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  Speaker 1: able to sell some of their stock, wealth creation and
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  Speaker 1: as a place to start. I wondered, has the city
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  Speaker 1: recognized any kind of trickle down economic benefit from that,
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  Speaker 1: all of these people that have made careers and now
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  Speaker 1: wealth from their time in open AI.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think you're seeing the momentum build in our city.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that sale just happened in the last few days.
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  Speaker 2: So I can't say that we've seen trill down. But
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  Speaker 2: what I can say is we've got thousands and thousands
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  Speaker 2: of people coming into work every day. Down by Chase Center,
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  Speaker 2: they have over a million square feet of office space.
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  Speaker 2: That part of town is booming right now. Restaurants are
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  Speaker 2: opening up left and right. The energy is back in
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  Speaker 2: San Francisco, and we know open ai is having a
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  Speaker 2: big contributing effect to that.
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  Speaker 1: Does the city like commission studies on specifically what AI
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  Speaker 1: is doing for the city.
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  Speaker 2: I think we've done those in past years. I haven't
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  Speaker 2: seen any recently. What I have seen is from Visa.
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  Speaker 2: Visa showed me numbers from January to June thirtieth up
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  Speaker 2: ten percent in person spending in San Francisco using the
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  Speaker 2: Visa space on credit Collture credit card every month got
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  Speaker 2: stronger and stronger, higher than any other major city in
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  Speaker 2: the country. So we're seeing the momentum build. I haven't
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  Speaker 2: seen any studies just on AI, but let me be clear,
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  Speaker 2: we are the home of AI. We're going to continue
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  Speaker 2: to lean into that. I talked to mayors across the city,
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  Speaker 2: across the country. They all are desperate to get one
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  Speaker 2: of the companies that we have. We have them all anthropic,
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  Speaker 2: open AI salesforce. It's all happening here and we're happy
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  Speaker 2: about it.
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  Speaker 1: So open any Eye's new head quotes was a ribbon
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  Speaker 1: cutting moment for you, literally, But have you held discussions
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  Speaker 1: with them about doing more, expanding the real estate footprint.
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  Speaker 1: What is it that you're asking for.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm asking from the leadership from SAM and others
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  Speaker 2: and also other companies, is we want you here, We
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  Speaker 2: want and welcome you here, but we want you to
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  Speaker 2: be part of San Francisco. We want you to be
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  Speaker 2: part of our schools, our arts institutions, our parks. We
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  Speaker 2: want your employees engaged in the community. So that's my
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  Speaker 2: big ask. I'm going to focus on creating the conditions
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  Speaker 2: so that small businesses and businesses like Open AI and
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  Speaker 2: Anthropic can thrive. I'm going to make sure that we
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  Speaker 2: continue to drive crime down, which we're doing. We're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have better street conditions, and then we want to be
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  Speaker 2: open for business, and we are and it's happening before
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  Speaker 2: our life.
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  Speaker 1: We have had the opportunity to discuss this several times
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  Speaker 1: since you took off this. I'm grateful for that, but
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  Speaker 1: the same question still applies. How do you keep technology
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  Speaker 1: companies coming to the city of San Francisco not Silicon.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we are the innovation ecosystem of the world when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to AI, and what we need to do
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  Speaker 2: as city government and as the mayor is make sure
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  Speaker 2: that people feel safe walking down the street with their kids.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure that we get people that are struggling with
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  Speaker 2: addiction off the street and into mental health and drug
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  Speaker 2: treatment events. We are working relentlessly on both of those.
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  Speaker 2: We create the conditions for safe and clean streets. We
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  Speaker 2: are doing permit reform to make life easier for our
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  Speaker 2: small businesses, our restaurants, our bars, which are opening up
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  Speaker 2: at record numbers. It's booming when it comes to our neighborhoods,
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  Speaker 2: and I want that for downtown. And then we tell
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  Speaker 2: the world this is the place to be and people
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  Speaker 2: are getting the message. We have multiple towers being planned
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  Speaker 2: for San Francisco, including one taller than the Salesforce Tower.
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  Speaker 2: People are betting on San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: Again, may Lari off to the events of the weekend
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  Speaker 1: in the past week. It's a fair question to ask
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  Speaker 1: about how you are preparing or planning a stretch for
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  Speaker 1: the idea of a National Guard deployment in the city
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  Speaker 1: of San Francisco.
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  Speaker 2: Your position, please, I can only control that I can control.
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  Speaker 2: I want my police officers, I want my shriffes focused
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  Speaker 2: on local crime in San Francisco is down thirty percent
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  Speaker 2: this year. It's down forty percent in downtown. We're at
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  Speaker 2: twenty two year lows in terms of car breakings. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm focused on keeping people safe in San Francisco. Outside
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  Speaker 2: of my control, I cannot. I can't get into that
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  Speaker 2: because I can only control it.
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  Speaker 1: Having discussed it with the.
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  Speaker 2: Governor, for example, I have not, but we have planning
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  Speaker 2: in place. We're always seeing what's going on. We're watching
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  Speaker 2: what's happening in other cities, and we continue to have
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  Speaker 2: planning sessions.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, top of mind for San Franciscans and many people
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  Speaker 1: across the country is redistricting. Have you had an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: on your list of many things to consider.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I said personally, you know, I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: be supporting. I'm not getting involved in any campaigns as
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  Speaker 2: mayor of San Francisco. I'm getting involved in the campaign
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  Speaker 2: to bring San Francisco back as the greatest city in
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  Speaker 2: the world, the most beautiful city in the world, which
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  Speaker 2: it is. Look outside today, it's close to eighty degrees.
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  Speaker 2: We've got thousands of people here. This city is on
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  Speaker 2: the rise, and I think everybody is starting to get
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  Speaker 2: that message across the country and across the world.