Gavin Newsom Veto’s AI Bill, Signs A Storefront, YouTube Shorts Increase, Crypto News + more | Tech Vibes EP09

Episode 09 of Tech Vibes, a weekly roundup of tech, crypto, blockchain, AI, and future web news, covers a range of stories. It discusses California Governor Gavin Newsom's veto of a major AI safety bill. Other stories include YouTube's deal with SESAC, YouTube Shorts' increased video length, a potential merger between DirectTV and Dish, Meta's new AI-generated video tool, a CryptoPunks NFT transaction, and HBO's Bitcoin documentary.

This and more in this week's recap of news.

Week 42, Year 2024, Episode 09.

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California governor vetoes major AI safety bill

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/29/24232172/california-ai-safety-bill-1047-vetoed-gavin-newsom

Newsom Tweet

https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1817768956754788440

California's New Law Will Force Storefronts to Disclose That Buyers Don't Actually Own Their Digitally Purchased Media

https://www.ign.com/articles/californias-new-law-will-force-storefronts-to-disclose-that-buyers-dont-actually-own-their-digitally-purchased-media

YouTube Inks Deal With SESAC to Restore Music Videos for Adele, Nirvana, Bob Dylan and More in U.S.

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/youtube-sesac-licensing-deal-restore-songs-adele-bob-dylan-rem-1236160467/

YouTube Shorts Will Boost Max Video Length to 3 Minutes

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/youtube-shorts-maximum-video-length-three-minutes-1236166349/

DirecTV And Dish Merger Could Create The Largest Pay-TV Distributor

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2024/10/02/directv-merger-of-dish-would-create-the-largest-pay-tv-distributor/

Meta Unveils ‘Movie Gen,’ Tool That Creates 16-Second AI-Generated HD Videos

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/meta-movie-gen-ai-generated-realistic-videos-1236168244/

No, a CryptoPunks NFT Didn’t Just Sell for $56 Million

https://decrypt.co/284608/cryptopunks-nft-didnt-sell-56-million

HBO Bitcoin doc ‘Money Electric’ hunts for Satoshi Nakamoto—see a first look at the trailer

https://www.fastcompany.com/91201894/satoshi-nakamoto-hbo-bitcoin-documnetary-money-electric-trailer

Polymarket Bettors Say HBO Documentary Will Name Len Sassaman as Satoshi Nakamoto

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/04/polymarket-bettors-say-hbo-documentary-will-name-len-sassaman-as-satoshi-nakamoto/

OpenAI closes $6.6 billion funding haul with investment from Microsoft and Nvidia

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-closes-66-billion-funding-haul-valuation-157-billion-with-investment-2024-10-02/

IT’S OFFICIAL: OpenAI is worth $157 billion

https://fortune.com/2024/10/02/openai-officially-raises-6-6-billion-funding-deal-157-billion-valuation-sam-altman-thrive-capital/

OpenAI told employees Wednesday it plans to allow them to sell some of their stakes in the startup through a tender offer, following its $6.6 billion fundraising haul and a planned conversion to a for-profit from its current nonprofit structure.

The funding round “means that we have the ability to offer a tender event to give qualifying employees a liquidity option,” chief financial officer Sarah Frier

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openai-employees-may-get-to-sell-shares-after-6-6-billion-round-says-cfo

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🔥 Host Neil Alonzo @nawellsee

Producer Brandon Don Heath @brandondonheath

www.VisibleAudioStudios.com @visibleaudiostudios

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