AI’s Existential Threat, Plus Amazon Prime Day Forecast 7/10/23

Sarah Silverman and other authors are suing Meta and OpenAI over claims of using their content without permission to train chatbots. It raises the question of whether copyright is an existential threat to AI, and the limits of how much AI can actually leverage content on the internet. Plus, Amazon Prime Day kicks off tomorrow – but how much do we care? Many investors aren’t buying the stock for e-commerce anymore, instead shifting focus to the faster-growing and more lucrative AWS and even advertising businesses instead.