Intelligent Machines 806: I'm Piffed

• Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
• Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz, a16z Crypto's head of policy to lead the CFTC
• Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the "primary device for YouTube viewing in the US", indicating YouTube is "the new TV"
• Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US
• FYI related: Court Unplugs AI Fair Use Defense, But Context Is Key
• "Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed
• How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term
• Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition "Atrophied and Unprepared"
• The Strategy Behind Musk's $97 Billion Bid for OpenAI
• 'Doomers' Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I.
• 25 Years of The Sims Turning Players Into Gods - The New York Times
• WikiTok
• BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own
• Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany
  

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