Fri. 03/01 – Elon Sues Sam Altman And OpenAI

Elon is suing Sam Altman and OpenAI. Meta continues to get out of the news business, especially when it’s being pushed. A new AI deepfake supertool. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat (Courthouse News Service) Meta to Wind Down Its News Feature in the US and Australia (Bloomberg) Microsoft introduces Copilot AI chatbot for finance workers in Excel and Outlook (CNBC) Alibaba’s new AI system ‘EMO’ creates realistic talking and singing videos from photos (VentureBeat) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Wait. Why is Reddit losing so much money? (Business Insider) The 9-Month-Old AI Startup Challenging Silicon Valley’s Giants (WSJ) What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet (The New Yorker)