This Week in Silicon Valley is highlighted by the San Jose Jazz' Summer Jazz Fest at Plaza de César Chávez featuring world-class talent.

Google’s chat bot equivocated on pedophilia, conservatives say, and ChatGPT gave husbands a pass on doing the dishes. Is AI ready to serve as our moral compass?

The California Attorney General’s office gave initiatives to decriminalize some hallucinogens a green light

Cannabis Internet can be like hanging out with Slater in the movie 'Dazed and Confused': passionate, but not always on the mark.

Its the ultimate show of flower power: though people are becoming more aware of their lung health and the warnings around smoking anything, sales for bud continue to rise during the pandemic.

Some California lawmakers want to decriminalizing psychedelic drugs, like mushrooms, in the coming legislative session.

The election showed us more than just who voters want as president; it showed the nation has turned a corner on pot.

Singh, a “skinny, long-haired dude who roams the streets” picked out hundreds of 'Silicon Alleys' columns over 15 years for the book.

The annual Wine and Weed Symposium brings together two "frenemy" industries that have a lot to work out to work together.

Parents, police and news reports seem to be realizing that that no one wants to give away their pricy pot to kids.

Stock-pickers seem to have already “priced in” a Democratic victory on Election Day when it comes to cannabis companies.

Celebrities, from Tommy Chong and Roseanne Barr to Martha Stewart, have flocked to weed to enhance their “brands.”

If green-lit, contracts between states would spur an “explosion of new investment, expansion, and business formation.”

A new study, by scientists at UC San Diego, moves the needle just a little on research around cannabis and sleep, and results are promising.

SJI’s favorite news-blogger,  Watch Dog Silicon Valley, broke yet another story on Tesla Motors yesterday (and followed up this morning). It seems that the young electric car company, until recently considered San Jose’s Great Green Hope, has in fact secured $350 million from the federal government, BUT is in “late-stage negotiations” to build a plant in New Mexico.

As Fly operatives head to DC to keep an eye on Silicon Valley’s vain and connected, they are noticing that the Obama presidency is already having a positive effect on the economy.