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Hello editors! Jacob Helberg has hired me to update his Wikipedia page. I've disclosed this COI on my Talk page. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 18:13, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
The second sentence of the page currently says Helberg is a “senior policy advisor” at Palantir. In fact, his correct title is “senior advisor.”
An article in CNBC (“Vinod Khosla and Palantir’s Jacob Helberg call on Senate to ban TikTok: It’s ‘a weapon of war,’” 2024) confirms this: “Helberg is a senior advisor at Palantir.”
Similarly, an article in the New York Times says (“A.I. Leaders Press Advantage With Congress as China Tensions Rise,” 2024), “May’s event is being organized by Jacob Helberg, a senior adviser to Palantir.”
Finally, Helberg’s bio on USCC.gov says “Senior Advisor.”
Can we therefore correct “senior policy advisor” to “senior advisor”?
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The first sentence currently says this:
Jacob Helberg is an American author and think tank analyst.
“Think tank analyst” is incorrect. This phrase was added by an anonymous user and sourced to https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/technology/ai-lobby-china.html and https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/01/big-tech-tiktok-ban-hill-valley-forum/, neither of which mentions the phrase “think tank.”
Instead, the Post article describes Helberg as a “tech industry adviser.” Here’s another Post article that describes Helberg as a “tech advisor,” and another Post article that refers to “his advisory role at Palantir.”
Can we therefore replace “think tank analyst” with “technology advisor”? After all, Helberg is a “senior advisor” at Palantir, a big tech company.
Alternatively, it seems that “technology executive” is a common description on Wikipedia. Should we use that title?
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Hello editors! Jacob Helberg has hired me to request updates to his Wikipedia page. I've disclosed this COI on my Talk page. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your consideration. Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 14:44, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
The "political involvement" section currently says this:
Helberg is one of the top donors to Donald Trump's 2024 reelection campaign, donating $1 million in 2024.
According to a new, in-depth article from The Hollywood Reporter ("“F*** These Trump-Loving Techies”: Hollywood Takes on Silicon Valley in an Epic Presidential Brawl," August 7, 2024), the current amount is $2 million. Here's an excerpt (I bolded the part that relates to Helberg):
"Nevertheless, the number of pro-Trump tech billionaires is nearly as startling as the piles of cash they’ve been raising for his campaign: Supporters like Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin bitcoin magnates who in 2004 sued Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea for Facebook (they were both played by Armie Hammer in David Fincher’s The Social Network); venture capitalist David Sacks (who recently hosted a $300,000-a-head fundraiser for Trump); Valor Equity Partners founder Antonio Gracias (who donated $1 million); Jacob Helberg, an advisor to defense technology firm Palantir ($2 million); tech entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale ($1 million); Sequoia Capital’s Douglas Leone (another million); Shaun Maguire ($500,000); and tech investor Ben Horowitz (who has announced plans to make a “significant” contribution); among a dozen or so others."
Note: THR is a reliable source, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources.
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Hello editors! Jacob Helberg has hired me to request updates to his Wikipedia page. I've disclosed this COI on my Talk page. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your consideration. Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 15:18, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
The "publications" section lists only the title of Helberg's book. But is it clear that this is a book? And won't readers want to know what the book says? Here are two succinct sentences to consider, which would help readers understand the book's importance, as illustrated with footnotes in The Information, Axios, and The Washington Post:
In 2021, Simon & Schuster published a book by Helberg, The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power. The book argues that foreign adversaries are using technology to wage war against the U.S.[1][2][3]
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Note: The phrase, "Foreign adversaries are using technology to wage war," comes verbatim from The Information article, which says this: "In 2021, he penned 'The Wires of War,' a Simon & Schuster–published book about foreign adversaries using technology to wage war against the U.S."
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Hello editors! Jacob Helberg has hired me to request updates to his Wikipedia page. I've disclosed this COI on my Talk page. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your consideration. Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 03:45, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
The current headshot of Helberg could be better: It’s four years old, and his head is not facing the camera.
By contrast, consider Helberg’s official photo from a U.S. government website (in this case, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission). Here’s the webpage, and here’s the hi-res image.
1. As you can see from the file path — /2023-01 — this photo comes from 2023, so it’s newer.
2. It features Helberg’s face straight on.
3. The photo appears to be in the public domain and available for fair use.
What do you think?
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Hello editors! Jacob Helberg has hired me to request a correction to his Wikipedia page. I've disclosed this COI on my Talk page. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your consideration. Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 20:27, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
The "political involvement" section says this:
Prior to the October 7th Hamas Assault, Helberg primarily donated to Democratic candidates, including the Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign.[1][2]
This is misleading and incomplete. Can we change "prior to the October 7th Hamas Assault" to "previously,” and then add a sentence that explains the shift? Here’s sample language, with footnotes:
Previously, Helberg primarily donated to Democratic candidates, including the Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign.[3][4] He attributes his shift to the COVID-19 pandemic, technological concerns about China, and anti-Israel views among Democrats.
We’re requesting these changes for two reasons: First, because Helberg shifted well before October 2023. Second, because readers will want to know why he shifted. Here are sources:
1. In September 2022, Helberg and his husband hosted a “major fundraiser for Senate Republicans and Senate candidates.”
2. In December 2022, Helberg was appointed to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission by a Republican Speaker of the House. Republicans appoint Republicans; Democrats appoint Democrats. (How do we know the appointment occurred in December 2022? According to https://www.uscc.gov/commission-members/jacob-helberg, “Commissioner Helberg was appointed to the Commission by then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for a term expiring December 31, 2024.” And according to https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2023/08/22/ex-google-aim-at-china-00112316, Helberg’s “two-year term … began in January [2023].”)
3. In July 2023, in reference to Ron DeSantis, the then Republican Governor of Florida, Helberg’s husband told Fortune, "I want to say very clearly that my husband and I are significant supporters of the Governor and all his policies." The article continued, "Rabois, who lives in Miami with his husband Jacob Helberg, an author and Stanford University senior adviser, added: ‘We think what he’s doing in Florida is the recipe that should be copied in every state. Period, without exception.'"
1. “Covid and his concern about China made him realize he fit in better with the G.O.P.” (“The Silicon Valley Megadonor Olympics,” Puck)
2. “But the pandemic, an artificial intelligence arms race against China, and taking up a crusade to ban TikTok in the United States began to shift his views and party allegiances, he says.” (“Trump gets $1 million from Silicon Valley donor who once gave to Democrats,” Washington Post)
3. “Part of his rationale in switching his support to Trump has to do with Israel and antisemitism. Helberg tweeted last week that ‘American Jews who still support Biden should have their heads examined.’” (“Top Silicon Valley donor cites anti-Israel left in his shift from Biden to Trump in 2024,” Jewish Insider)
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